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Kanye West performing "Black Skinhead" on Saturday Night Live last weekend.

May 21, 2013 On his new songs, the rapper points fingers in every direction, including back at himself.

The Valkyries, led by Brunnhilde (soprano Debra Voigt, lower left), are the warrior maidens of Richard Wagner's epic Ring cycle.

May 21, 2013 For the bicentennial of the composer's birth, author William Berger picks his favorite Wagner.

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In spite of the robotic persona they've cultivated for years, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo elected to make the latest Daft Punk album in a real studio, with real musicians.

May 16, 2013 Hear the elusive electronic duo in conversation with All Things Considered's Audie Cornish.

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Ray Manzarek (far right) stands with fellow members of The Doors Jim Morrison (from right), Robby Krieger and John Densmore in 1968. Manzarek died Monday in Germany. He was 74.

May 21, 2013 Manzarek brought Chicago sound to L.A.'s beaches with the trailblazing band. He died Monday at 74.

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The Uncluded features Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson.

May 20, 2013 Critic Robert Christgau says The Uncluded's debut album is almost like two halves of a whole.

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Sarah Vaughan performs during the International Jazz Festival of Nice in southeast France in July 1984.

May 20, 2013 A new anthology packs four CDs with music, recorded live or in the studio with bands big and small.

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