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Gretchen (Aya Cash) is a self-centered music publicist who falls in love with Jimmy (Chris Geere) in the FXX series You're the Worst. Prashant Gupta/FX hide caption

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The band Little Moon is the 2023 Tiny Desk Contest winner. Mario Alcauter hide caption

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Mario Alcauter

Fourth time is a charm for this year's Tiny Desk Contest winner

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Gordon Lightfoot, seen here performing at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction and awards in 2012 in New York City, has died at the age of 84. Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall Of Fame hide caption

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Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian folk legend, dies at 84

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Trapper Schoepp on World Cafe

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SYML on World Cafe

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Sam Bush, Emmylou Harris and Margo Price outside Nashville's Legislative Plaza (now colloquially known as People's Plaza or Ida B. Wells Plaza) for Justin Jones' reinstatement to the state Legislature. Courtney Sultan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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