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  • Stephen Bruton played guitar for nearly 40 years with Kris Kristofferson. He recorded five solo albums, and his songs have been covered by such greats as Bonnie Raitt and Willie Nelson. Bruton died of cancer on May 9 at the home of his longtime friend, music producer and songwriter T-Bone Burnett.
  • Daryl Hall and John Oates have distilled their hit-making career into a new box set called Do What You Want, Be What You Are. The band had so many '80s pop hits that it's helpful to remember that they started their careers as soul musicians. Hear Hall and Oates' interview with Guy Raz.
  • The band is a bit of a rarity in rock music — both critically acclaimed and commercially successful. But it took the better part of two decades to get there. Founders Jim Eno and Britt Daniel talk about their upcoming album, Transference.
  • There's nothing like a good song to make you realize you're not alone after all. Music can cross divides, and Somi draws from the common ground she has found in many cultures. Her new album, If the Rains Come First, celebrates many flavors from her past.
  • Superchunk's new album, Majesty Shredding, fits the textbook definition of indie-rock: the pomp and spectacle of marketplace rock 'n' roll turned inside out to show the seams, revealing the men and women behind the curtain who aren't much different from the rest of us.
  • The German duo has been active since the early '90s, making dance music its members call "raw soul," though most would call it funk. On a new album, Earthology, the pair branches out into indigenous sounds.
  • Dr. Anthony Fauci says he will step down before the end of President Biden's first term, but he has not chosen an exact date and is not sure what he will do after he leaves his position.
  • Eight people were found dead Thursday in a burning Tulsa-area house in what was being investigated as multiple homicides, police said.
  • There is significant radioactive contamination at an elementary school in suburban St. Louis where nuclear weapons were produced during World War II, according to a new report.
  • The milestone places New Zealand among a half-dozen nations in the world that this year can claim at least 50% female representation in their parliaments, according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
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