Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons performs onstage at the Amnesty International Concert presented by the CBGB Festival at Barclays Center on February 5, 2014 in New York City.

Hearing Devotion In Pop’s Details

“Radioactive,” by Imagine Dragons, just set a chart record for the longest run on Billboard‘s Hot 100. It’s just one of a few songs on the charts showing the influence of religious themes.

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Heavy Rotation: Shlohmo & Jeremih

Each month NPR Music asks public radio hosts and DJs to pick a favorite new song. Today we’ll hear from Jason King, host of I’ll Take You There, NPR Music’s new 24 hour Soul and R&B stream. He’s talking about his pick for Heavy Rotation: “No More” by Jeremih and Shlohmo.

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ASCAP CEO John LoFrumento, member Katy Perry and president Paul Williams at the 2012 Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards in Hollywood, Calif.

Collecting Money For Songwriters, A 100-Year Tug Of War

ASCAP — the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers — was founded on Feb. 13, 1914, to protect its members’ copyrights by monitoring public performances of their music. It hasn’t been an easy century; in fact, just about every victory has come as the result of litigation.

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Violinist-turned-Olympian Vanessa-Mae checks out her fellow skiers in Sochi, Russia on Feb. 10.

Fiddler On The Slopes

One of the world’s most successful crossover musicians, violinist Vanessa-Mae, will fulfill a lifelong dream by skiing the women’s giant slalom at the Winter Olympics in Sochi next Tuesday. Though she is British, she is one half of the Olympic team from Thailand.

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Violin Worth $5 Million Makes A Safe Return Home

Police in Milwaukee have recovered a Stradivarius violin and arrested three suspects in its theft. The instrument, said to be worth approximately $5 million, was stolen in a brazen armed robbery from the concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra late last month. Mitch Teich of WUWM in Milwaukee reports on the violin’s recovery.

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