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News Articles: Music

Pianist, composer, bandleader and educator Jason Moran is no longer the Kennedy Center's artistic director for jazz.

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Composer and pianist Jason Moran is latest departure from Kennedy Center

Another departure from the Kennedy Center: Composer, pianist, educator and bandleader Jason Moran announced on social media that he is no longer the artistic director for jazz. Moran joined the Kennedy Center in 2011.

July 09, 2025
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  • Elizabeth Blair
SOPHIE

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  • Music

10 songs that were hyperpop before the subgenre was born

To commemorate 10 years of SOPHIE's debut, World Cafe put together a mix of "proto-hyperpop" tracks.

July 09, 2025
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By:
  • Miguel Perez
Diddy performs onstage at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards held at Prudential Center on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey.

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  • Music

Sean Combs' sentencing date is set

Last week, a federal jury in Manhattan found Combs guilty of two counts of transportation for prostitution while acquitting him on more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.

July 09, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
GPB  NPR

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  • Author Interviews

How Louis Armstrong became the first Black pop star

Author Ricky Riccardi says Armstrong's innovations as a trumpeter and vocalist helped set the soundtrack of the 20th century. His book is Stomp Off, Let's Go. Originally broadcast Jan. 30, 2025.

July 04, 2025
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  • Terry Gross
Mo Chara, DJ Próvaí and Móglaí Bap of Kneecap during day four of Glastonbury festival.

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  • Music

How the Irish band Kneecap went from rising hip-hop group to global lightning rod

Kneecap, three young men from Northern Ireland who rap in Irish, has risen to prominence in recent years, with controversy surrounding its shows and political statements.

July 03, 2025
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By:
  • Fatima Al-Kassab
Sean "Diddy" Combs performs in 2023 at Howard University's Yardfest in Washington, D.C.

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  • Music News

What happens to Sean Combs now?

The hip-hop mogul's legal saga has reached an uneasy outcome. Despite a tainted legacy and severed business ties, does his acquittal on the most serious charges leave room for a return?

July 03, 2025
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By:
  • Sheldon Pearce
Sean Combs reacts as the jury foreperson and courtroom deputy read verdicts of the five counts against him during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City in this courtroom sketch. The music mogul was found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution but acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.

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  • Music

Sean Combs found guilty on two counts, but acquitted on most serious charges

The music mogul was found guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution, but the jury found him not guilty on three counts related to racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking.

July 02, 2025
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Benson Boone at the 2025 Governors Ball Music Festival held at Flushing Meadows Corona Park on June 06, 2025 in New York, New York. (Photo by Nina Westervelt/Billboard via Getty Images)

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  • Music

Benson Boone and Karol G can't displace Morgan Wallen on the charts

This week's highest debuts on the Billboard 200 albums chart — Benson Boone's American Heart, Karol G's Tropicoqueta and the soundtrack to Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters — all land in the top 10. But they don't come anywhere near displacing Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem.

July 02, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson
Sean Combs and his attorney Marc Agnifilo discuss with other defense lawyers on how to respond to a new note sent by jurors, during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on Tuesday in this courtroom sketch.

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  • Music

Combs jury says it has verdicts on four counts, will keep deliberating on final count

After 12 hours of deliberation, the jury told Judge Arun Subramanian that it had decided on counts related to sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution but not yet on racketeering.

July 01, 2025
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas and
  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Defense attorneys confer with Sean Combs in this courtroom sketch. The jury began deliberations at Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City on Monday.

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  • Music

Sean Combs trial update: The jury is deliberating over a complex set of charges

The hip-hop mogul faces an overlapping set of charges that include sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. The jury resumes deliberations on Tuesday.

July 01, 2025
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas and
  • Sheldon Pearce
Bobby Vylan of Bob Vylan crowdsurfs in front of the West Holts stage during day four of Glastonbury festival 2025 on June 28 in Glastonbury, England.

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  • World

After Glastonbury, Bob Vylan faces U.K. criminal investigation and U.S. visa revocation

British punk-rap duo Bob Vylan led chants against the Israeli military in a live BBC broadcast on Saturday. Irish-language rappers Kneecap also are being investigated.

June 30, 2025
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  • Fatima Al-Kassab
J. J. O Dochartaigh from the hip hop trio Kneecap performs during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025.

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  • Music

Northern Irish rap group Kneecap plays Glastonbury despite controversy

Irish-language rap group Kneecap gave an impassioned performance for tens of thousands of fans on Saturday at the Glastonbury Festival despite criticism by British politicians and a terror charge for one of the trio.

June 29, 2025
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  • The Associated Press

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  • Music Interviews

Willi Carlisle blends the absurd and the sentimental on 'Winged Victory'

On Winged Victory, songwriter Willi Carlisle weaves between the absurd and the sentimental. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Carlisle about the 11 tracks of originals and covers.

June 28, 2025
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  • Scott Simon,
  • Dave Mistich,
  • and 1 more
In a courtroom sketch, Sean Combs (left) listens alongside his lawyers Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos as Assistant U.S. Attorney Christy Slavik (center) makes her closing arguments as U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian presides during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City.

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  • Music

Prosecution says Combs used 'violence, power and fear' to control victims

On Thursday, the government delivered closing arguments in the sex trafficking trial of Combs. The rapper and executive is accused of coercing multiple women into sexual encounters with male escorts.

June 28, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - AUGUST 26: Sean Combs Onstage during Invest Fest 2023 at Georgia World Congress Center on August 26, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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  • Music

Defense says Combs led 'swinger's lifestyle,' was not coercive

Defense lawyer Marc Agnifilo called the tumultuous relationship between Combs and singer Cassie Ventura "a great modern love story," and sought to dismantle the credibility of key witnesses.

June 27, 2025
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
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