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Live music's return continues to take hits due to rising COVID-19 rates around the world. K-pop superstars BTS, Garth Brooks and Nine Inch Nails are among the latest acts to cancel their tours.

OPB news week in review for Friday 20 August 2021

The new single from Cuban funkmeister Cimafunk, featuring Parliament's George Clinton, is the perfect soundtrack for an end-of-summer front porch party (properly masked, of course).

President Biden on Friday redoubled his vow to oversee the safe removal of all Americans from Afghanistan and said he was committed to trying to evacuate Afghans who assisted the U.S.

The latest single from Liam Kazar relishes in life's ephemeral wonders while acknowledging their impermanence.

A driving drum beat and string section give the song a sinister feel, while its gospel chorus reminds us that we're not headed down this path alone.

Known affectionately as El Judio Maravilloso, "the marvelous Jew," the Brooklyn-born pianist, arranger, producer and activist helped to popularize the music that would become known as salsa.

Earlier this week, 30 patients filled OHSU’s COVID ICU, and all of them were unvaccinated. OPB’s Amelia Templeton toured the ICU yesterday, and tells us what she saw and heard.

Local teachers' unions were in strong support of a vaccine mandate for students, a district spokesman told NPR.

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler had a message on Friday for the brawling right-wing groups predicted to pour into downtown on Sunday and clash violently with the anti-fascist counterprotesters they meet: “choose love.”