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These catchy old songs aren't as think as you drunk they are

Chloe Veltman

People are drinking less these days, but drinking songs never go out of style. The Lomax Archive is dropping a new album of traditional songs this week.
Sean Combs' ex describes relationship marked by 'manipulation': 'I couldn't say no'

Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

The woman who dated Combs until his arrest described the relationship in complex terms — traumatic but sometimes loving — and seemed to be working through her feelings about it on the witness stand.
Three albums in 3 months? No sweat for violinist Anne Akiko Meyers

A Martínez

Iman Maani

The ambitious violinist has an insatiable appetite for new music, much of which she's commissioned herself.
Christian music is experiencing a pop breakthrough

Emma Madden

Once largely confined to insular networks, contemporary Christian music is having a breakthrough moment on the pop charts with artists like Brandon Lake and Forrest Frank.
The best new albums out June 13

Stephen Thompson

Nate Chinen

Annahstasia enters the chat. The Cure reimagines a lost world. Mary Halvorson demonstrates why she's a MacArthur genius. WRTI's Nate Chinen joins Stephen Thompson to share their favorite albums out June 13.
Arts & Culture

San Diego weekend arts events: Design, street food, free Shakespeare and more

Julia Dixon Evans

This weekend in the arts: EXPO Design Market at MCASD; Fiber Fest at San Diego Craft Collective; Kinfolk Fest; Coronado Playhouse's Free Classics: "As You Like It"; San Diego Dance Theater's "Resilient Skies I"; Juneteenth; City Heights Street Food Fest; Lyrical Groove; "Indian Princesses"; live music picks and more.
Remembering Brian Wilson: A collection of NPR's interviews, concerts and appreciations

Hazel Cills

The Beach Boys' co-founder Brian Wilson has died at the age of 82, leaving behind a storied legacy as one of pop music's greatest songwriters and producers. Here are NPR's best interviews, concerts and appreciations of the late artist.
National

Brian Wilson, the troubled genius behind The Beach Boys, has died at age 82

Ann Powers

Chloe Veltman

The Beach Boys' co-founder, songwriter and producer transformed pop music into high art and became America's answer to The Beatles' Lennon and McCartney in the process.
The charts are ruled by Morgan Wallen, Alex Warren… and doldrums

Stephen Thompson

Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem continues to dominate the charts, while long-ago chart queen Connie Francis is gathering momentum for a song from 1962.
International

K-pop group BTS set to reunite as two more members complete military service

Se Eun Gong

BTS has been on a break since June 2022 to focus on solo projects and serve in the South Korean military. All of the group's members are scheduled to finish mandatory enlistment by the end of June.