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These wildly different artists both reach the top of the pop charts this week.

South Plainfield, New Jersey's Anthony Ashnault always dreamed of being an NCAA national champion in wrestling. Those dreams became a reality in March of…

Scott Rochelle has been the President and CEO of the National Basketball Retired Players Association since March 2018, after serving one year as an…

Pittsburgh-based rocker and songwriter Joe Grushecky joins Sportsjam with Doug Doyle to talk about the Light of Day Foundation concerts, Bruce Springsteen, special education and sports

WBGO Journal host Doug Doyle chats with Newark poets Dimitri Reyes and Queen Mother Imakhu

New Jersey reported 2,481 new coronavirus cases Tuesday, bringing the state’s total to 116,264.Another 329 people died of complications from COVID-19. The…

People are looking for things to do while they are stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic and reading a good book has become on the most popular…

A 21-year-old woman from China came out on top in the 10-meter air rifle competition. Qian Yang narrowly beat out a competitor from Russia and beamed as she held up her gold medal.

Rock critic Ken Tucker gives us his top picks in pop for 2004. He runs down his 10 best albums, and then talks about some trends of 2004, such as the return of punk, the year of the hip-hop producer, crunk music, and the potential end of an era as iPods and single song downloads replace album purchases. Ken Tucker is also a film critic for New York magazine.

For five years, Down Beat has named Joey DeFrancesco the industry's top jazz organist. In addition to enjoying a successful solo career, he's also played in bands with Miles Davis, John McLaughlin, and Pat Martino, to name a few. Hear an interview and a solo performance from KPLU.