Search results for

The a cappella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo has been singing the story of South Africa for more than 40 years. On its latest album, the group has recorded an album of Zulu songs traditionally sung by parents to their children.

"This was probably the most difficult Olympics of all time," NBC Sports Chairman Pete Bevacqua said, citing "very harsh protocols in China" because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Weekend Edition Sunday begins its three-week-long CD Wish List series, with music insiders picking the best albums that have yet to be issued on CD. This week's picks come from JoAnn Falletta, music director for the Buffalo Philharmonic and Virginia Symphony orchestras; Sibley Music Library's Jim Farrington; and Rick Luningham of the Ernest Tubb Record Shops.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the communication skills Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a comedian and actor, is using to lead his country.

When George Plimpton and his friends, writers H.L. Humes and Peter Matthiessen, founded The Paris Review in 1953, they were young men whose curiosity exceeded their means. But they were determined to keep the literary journal going, publishing early interviews with E.M. Forster, Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound and Italo Calvino. This year, The Paris Review celebrates its 50th anniversary. NPR's Jacki Lyden visits Plimpton at his Manhattan apartment talk about his career and the history of Review. Hear an extended interview.

The new movie Hellboy is based on a comic book about a monster-fighting hero with a twist: he's also a demon, working for the U.S. government. Creator Mike Mignola says he drew inspiration from another famous creature of the dark -- Bram Stoker's Dracula. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports.

On Wednesday, the mega-hit single became the first reggaeton song to be inducted into the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress.

"I make this apology myself. And I feel the weight of the words in my heart and my soul," King Willem-Alexander said at a ceremony marking 160 years since the end of slavery in the Netherlands.

Novelist Stephen Carter, who is also a professor at the Yale Law School, says his latest novel, Palace Council, is a thriller, a conspiracy, a love story and historical fiction. And the process of writing it was "utterly exhausting."

The British singer and guitarist was one of the punk rock's first stars and perhaps its greatest songwriter.