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Here's this year's list of the most endangered historic places in the U.S.

Neda Ulaby

The National Trust's annual list includes Eatonville, the all-Black Florida town memorialized by Zora Neale Hurston, Alaska's Sitka Tlingit Clan houses, and the home of country singer Cindy Walker.
'I can only give the best': Bon Jovi on vocal surgery and the road to recovery

Terry Gross

A few years ago, Jon Bon Jovi stopped performing due to a vocal cord injury. The Hulu docuseries Thank You, Goodnight offers a career retrospective, plus a view of his surgery and return to the stage.
Bon Jovi docuseries 'Thank You, Goodnight' is an argument for respect

Eric Deggans

The new Hulu show takes a close look at the struggle by lead singer Jon Bon Jovi to overcome vocal problems which nearly led him to quit the band.
Whither the West Coast gangsta?

Sheldon Pearce

A familiar rap character, the Cali hustler cruising in a low-rider, has faded in the 21st century. On new albums by G Perico, Mozzy and Gangrene, that figure is alive and well, living in the margins.
Politics

Some 300 musicians, from Diplo to Nile Rodgers, lobby Congress for ticketing reform

Rachel Treisman

Billie Eilish, Fall Out Boy, Nile Rodgers, Cyndi Lauper, Lorde, Sia, Diplo and Chappell Roan are among the signatories of an open letter urging a Senate committee to support the Fans First Act.
What song reminds you of Mom?

Robin Hilton

Record and email us a voice memo telling us about a song that reminds you of Mom. We'll share select stories and songs on an upcoming episode of All Songs Considered.
Arts & Culture

San Diego weekend arts events: Photography, flowers, books and more

Julia Dixon Evans

This weekend in the arts: Medium Festival of Photography, San Diego Museum of Art's annual floral show, the San Diego Book Crawl, plus opera, street festivals, choral music and some live music picks.
Taylor Swift set a new record this week with, well, records. The vinyl kind.

Neda Ulaby

Taylor Swift, whose latest album is now the first to surpass one billion Spotify streams in a single week, has smashed another record as well.
St. Vincent offers tension, release and sonic 'jump scares'

Terry Gross

"I'm not playing with persona," St. Vincent says of All Born Screaming. "It's a really a record about life and death and love. That's it. That's all we got."
Taylor Swift and 'Tortured Poets' smash the Spotify album streaming record

Anastasia Tsioulcas

On Friday — the day Swift released her 11th album, The Tortured Poets Department — she smashed the all-time Spotify record for most album streams in a single day, with more than 300 million.