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  • Calls Trump made to Republican lawmakers during the insurrection have been revealed publicly, underscoring questions about why no activity was recorded during the most crucial hours of that day.
  • District Attorney Larry Krasner is looking to file state charges against Pennsylvanians who were pardoned after participating in the January 6th riot. He explains his efforts to NPR's Pien Huang.
  • Local Colombian music permeates the soundscapes crafted by the band Aterciopelados. But what gives the group's music its universal appeal is something less tangible: a quality of dry-eyed optimism that proves both persuasive and reassuring in these troubled times.
  • Music critic Christian Hoard reviews Show Your Bones, the new album by the rock group the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the follow-up to their wildly successful debut, 2003's Fever to Tell.
  • Today is the 85th birthday of jazz drummer and legendary bandleader Chico Hamilton. He has spent seventy years behind the drum kit, performing in a wide variety of styles and jazz flavors: from big band and R&B, to funky and experimental.
  • Just about everyone has been affected by the financial crisis, directly or indirectly. Songwriter Elizabeth Ziman used it as creative inspiration. She wrote a song about the crisis on Wall Street for her band, Elizabeth and The Catapult. "Taller Children" is the title track on her new album.
  • The alternative band takes the concept of dream-pop to the next level. Singer-songwriter Alejandra Deheza talks about the group's influences, the new album and her sister Claudia's recent departure from the band.
  • A traditional black string band with a modern twist, the group employs a range of traditional instruments: several banjos, a fiddle, a ceramic jug, bones and a kazoo, to name a few.
  • In the early 1960s, the vocal trio landed on the pop charts with tight harmonies and songs of romance. Five decades later, its members are still wearing their signature jackets and reinterpreting their favorite songs. The Lettermen's latest album, New Directions 2010, features Les Brown Jr.'s Band of Renown.
  • Rivers Cuomo leads one of the most consistently beloved and reviled rock bands of the past 20 years. With Hurley, Weezer's eighth studio album, the band stays true to its classic sound and confronts growing older. Cuomo, now 40, says he will continue to write about whatever comes to mind, regardless of his age.
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