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Remixing the Holidays: Christmas Memories with Natalie Cole

Arts, Culture & Media

It’s the week before Christmas, and as usual, we’re celebrating with our annual ?Remixing the Holidays? series. All week long, we’re talking with musicians, music lovers, writers, and you, our listeners, about the best songs of the season. Our series wraps with nine-time Grammy winner Natalie Cole, who talks with us about her new Christmas […]

In Canada, Fort McMurray Radio Station Bans Neil Young

Global Hit

Phil Collins on pop music and going back

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Bono and the Polarizing Face of Celebrity Activism

The Many Voices of Jacob Collier

Arts, Culture & Media
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Rockin’ For a Nuke-Free World

Bonnie Raitt’s been protesting nuclear power since the 70’s. Now that she’s seen Congress’s new energy bill, she’s not about to stop.

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White House honors former Beatle

Global Politics

Last night, The President and First Lady Obama made the White House’s East Room center stage for a star-studded performance, in tribute to Paul McCartney.

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Tom Hooper

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Canadian rocker Neil Young famously sang the words, �It’s better to burn out than to fade away.� Well, our final story today is about a Canadian rocker who didn’t take Young’s advice. The World’s Jason Margolis met him in Victoria, British Columbia.

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Not-so-live performance

Arts, Culture & Media

A new book states that Luciano Pavarotti’s performance at the 2006 Olympic opening ceremonies in Turin was lip-synched – both voice and orchestra were recorded before the ceremony, and The World’s Alex Gallafent examines the significance of the claim.

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