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Meet Anamaria Sayre, the Youngest Host in NPR History

Daniella Tello-Garzon — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 19:07:04 +0000

Anamaria Sayre’s enthusiasm for storytelling has been ingrained in her for years, stemming from her tenure as editor-in-chief of her high school paper and her involvement in a college podcast. Yet, while her affinity for music ran deep, she never imagined it could evolve into a professional pursuit. “Music has always been a love, a

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In the Face of Erasure, Peru’s Quechua Hip-Hop Fights Back

Daniella Tello-Garzon — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 21:07:10 +0000

Tukuy Llaqtakuna Hatarisunchik. This means “let all our villages rise” in Quechua, the language of the Inca empire and the most widely spoken Indigenous language in the Americas. The phrase is also the title of a song by Liberato Kani, a Peruvian Quechua rapper synthesizing Andean, Amazonian, and Afro-Peruvian music with hip-hop. Liberato created the

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Why Are Fans Throwing Sh*t at Artists Performing? – Experts Weigh In

Daniella Tello-Garzon — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 15:55:24 +0000

The days of showering artists with flowers (or Dr. Simi Plushies) during their performances are becoming a thing of the past. Nowadays, fans are throwing more attention-grabbing, albeit riskier, objects onto the stage — an unsettling trend that is gaining popularity and posing a growing danger. Among the long list of items being thrown at

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