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The country singer's startlingly deep voice and the hard-won wisdom in his songwriting belie his young age. Hear a performance and interview.

In a year when hip-hop was frequently absent from the pop charts, NPR's music critic found that looking in darker corners revealed a genre that was flourishing.

KEN TUCKER reviews ZZ Top''s new record "Antenna" (RCA).

Stanford University has set a new record for college fundraising: more than $1 billion in a single year. How did the school do it and what does it do with the money?

It isn't just privacy that is at risk in this new era of Big Data collection. Secrecy is a casualty too. It used to be classified documents were kept in a safe and seen by a select view. Now a top secret document can be accessed by hundreds, if not thousands, all with the click of a mouse. Because of that the modalities of spying have changed. Now analysts can take an infinite number of secrets with them by just putting them on a thumb drive, but it's a counter-intelligence nightmare.

Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon talks with Milton Esterow, editor of ARTnews, about this year's list of the world's top 200 art collectors.

On Election Day, Kentucky reported its 6th highest day of COVID-19 cases, which included 255 positive cases among kids under 18. Gov. Andy Beshear…

From India to Ireland, from Spain to South Africa - you never know what you might hear on Imported. Turkish psychedelic rock, Algerian funk, Ukrainian electro-folk, French hip-hop, it's a true global hodgepodge of fresh sounds with host Matt Markgraf. This episode has expired.

From India to Ireland, from Spain to South Africa - you never know what you might hear on Imported. Turkish psychedelic rock, Algerian funk, Ukrainian electro-folk, French hip-hop, it's a true global hodgepodge of fresh sounds with host Matt Markgraf. This episode has expired.

Federal immigration officials are making arrests from within Tennessee jails at a much higher rate than other states. A new report ranks Tennessee second only to Texas in the number of people ICE picks up from jail.