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After years struggling to make it in New York, the folk group left everything behind and settled in Denver. The band released its self-titled debut album this spring.

Seven years and five albums into its existence, The Hold Steady is still making intelligent rock music. Heaven Is Whenever is the band's latest record, and it confronts themes of struggle, redemption and reward.

Thanks to some nimble engineering, Armstrong has a new song coming out, complete with a backing track from the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Engineer Earl Scioneaux III tells Gwen Thompkins just how he achieved this trick of time.

The four members of the South African rock band BLK JKS (pronounced "Black Jacks") grew up in different parts of the country, speaking different tribal languages. And they listened to a great range of music — everything from local rhythms to Sonic Youth to Duke Ellington. Those influences converge in a totally original sound on the group's full-length debut, After Robots.

The Laysan Albatross was first banded (or marked) in Hawaii in 1956. Meaning, she could be even older than the current estimate of 74.

The Taj Mahal reopened at sunrise Monday for the first time since March 17. It is limited to 5,000 visitors a day, and all must wear masks. Before the pandemic, up to 70,000 people visited every day.

Chris Pine has done it all, from Star Trek to Wonder Woman to The Princess Diaries. Now, he's written/directed his own movie, Poolman, but can he answer our questions about crisp pine air fresheners?

Former President Donald Trump alleged that he received a target letter from Special Counsel Jack Smith on Sunday indicating he may be criminally indicted in the Jan. 6 riot.

The Secret Service insists it did not delete the messages between Jan. 5 and Jan. 6 in a malicious way but that there were lost in what it described as a “device-replacement program.”

NPR's Jan. 6 coverage includes a database of all the charges filed against more than 1500 defendants. It's now one of the only places that information is publicly accessible.