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Equal parts educational and just plain silly, the Chilean puppet show makes its first trip ever to the United States to turn the Tiny Desk into a playground.

Welsh artist Cate Le Bon has been reluctant to write about love in the past but embraces the heartache and challenges of breakup on her new album Michelangelo Dying.

Combs had been convicted in July on two counts of transportation for prostitution. During his sentencing hearing he spoke at length for the first time in the trial, addressing the judge at length.

The pop singer's 12th album focuses on her love life and grievances beyond the spotlight.

The Ballroom Thieves take the stage for a night of incredible harmonies, deeply personal songs and stories, and a wide musical palette featuring cello and acoustic guitar.

Taylor Swift's 12th studio album released on Friday.

Swift's 12th studio album returns to her pop roots, with lots of love-struck lyrics and upbeat melodies. But it's also a warning about the darker side of an industry she has battled — and bested.

One of the most listened-to genres in the Americas, photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United States.

On her 12th album, the most dominant pop star of our era makes a spectacle of herself in full flower, in love and holding the music industry in the palm of her hand.

The Bruce Springsteen Archives at Monmouth University in New Jersey just wrapped up a six-day symposium celebrating the 50th anniversary of the album that vaulted him to stardom.