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Fresh Air music critic Milo Miles reviews music from Russian rock group Auktyon. The band is currently on tour in the U.S. Auktyon, like some other Russian rock groups, found their footing during the censorship-free period of glasnost in the former Soviet Union under Mikhail Gorbachev.

Fresh Airlistens back to archival interviews with Max Roach and trumpeter Red Rodney, two musicians who played with Parker; and alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, who considered Parker a mentor.

Rep. Paul Ryan could run, with or without support from the Freedom Caucus. Or he could choose not to run, leaving Boehner or perhaps a new candidate to fill the speaker's chair.

After nearly six years as Washington bureau chief for The Economist, David Rennie is headed off for another assignment. He talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about his impressions of the U.S., and how it's changed in his tenure.

"We now know that the virus is actively spreading in some communities here in Washington," a state official said, after four more people in the Seattle area died after contracting COVID-19.

Bandleader and pianist Eddie Palmieri has died. One of the leading Latin musicians of his generation, Palmieri founded a number of seminal bands.

Doyle Lawson grew up admiring Bluegrass legends — and now he is one. His mandolin and voice have been heard with bluegrass pioneers like J.D Crowe, the Country Gentlemen and Jimmy Martin. Lawson's band, Quicksilver, started in 1979, forging a mix of bluegrass and gospel that has earned them numerous awards. Their latest release is You Gotta Dig a Little Deeper.

Joe McDonald of Country Joe & the Fish has died at 84. His band provided one of Woodstock's famous moments, leading the crowd through the anti-Vietnam War song "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag."

Russian performers who have criticized the country's role in Ukraine have been denounced on TV programs and had concert dates abruptly canceled.

Friday marks the start of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. We set out to discover if Brazil's tradition of wild street parties and lavish costume parades is actually a form of collective therapy.