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NPR's Daniel Estrin asks Nora Felder, the music supervisor for the series "Stranger Things," how she went about scoring the series over its decade-long run which ended this week.
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This was destined to be a Christmas-y week on the Billboard Hot 100. -
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Ana Gonzalez and cellist Yo-Yo Ma about their new podcast Our Common Nature from WNYC, which connects music with nature and place.
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One pianist has noticed an interesting pattern in demographic trends when it comes to the songs people request for him to play.
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Wednesday’s New Year's Eve performances have also been canceled.
