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The legendary heavy metal band GWAR pays a visit to NPR.

Professors Shaun Harper and Lori Patton Davis talk about how Beyonce's music resonates with meaning for Black scholars fighting for pay equity and recognition in predominantly white institutions.

Throughout NPR's 50th anniversary, we're looking back at moments from that year that have (also) stood the test of time. Today, one of the most unforgettable pieces of drumming in rock history.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson about the first album of new songs in 40 years, and the show that will bring their avatars to the stage.

How can All Things Considered consider all things without considering dinosaurs? That's the question posed by 8-year-old Leo Shidla of Minneapolis.

Recorded in a few days and released just months after the band's self-titled debut, Paranoid delivered bleak but unforgettable songs about war, corruption and trauma.

At just 10 years old, drummer Nandi Bushell has challenged musician Dave Grohl to a drum-off, and the lead singer of the Foo Fighters has accepted.

From online soccer to missing Grandma, children all over the country sent us postcards about their lives. Along the way, they gave us a glimpse of what it's like to be a kid right now.

"We're only immortal for a limited time." Peart, who died on Jan. 7, guided Rush through the decades with a pen, a massive drum kit and an openness towards life's many shades.

Nandi Bushell's video has it all: style, timing and mind-melting screams. She absolutely crushes it.