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News Articles: Music Features

Naomi Judd (right) and Wynonna Judd perform during the 2008 Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, Calif.

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Naomi Judd embodied the role of country music's 'mother' — and helped to expand it

Alongside her daughter Wynonna, Naomi Judd, who died on April 30, willed one of the most riveting acts in country music into being through persistence and sacrifice.

May 04, 2022
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  • Jewly Hight
Naomi Judd (right) and Wynonna Judd perform during the 2008 Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, Calif.

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  • Music Features

Naomi Judd embodied the role of country music's 'mother' — and helped to expand it

Alongside her daughter Wynonna, Naomi Judd, who died on April 30, willed one of the most riveting acts in country music into being through persistence and sacrifice.

May 04, 2022
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By:
  • Jewly Hight
Talib Kweli of the rap duo Black Star, photographed performing in New York City on July 22, 2017.

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  • Music Interviews

Talib Kweli on Black Star's return: 'We stand tall on the shoulders of our ancestors'

Talib Kweli discusses the return of Black Star after 24 years, including a return to some of the duo's foundational themes — black excellence, unity, Pan-Africanism and the raising of consciousness.

May 03, 2022
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By:
  • Leila Fadel and
  • Taylor Haney
Mazel Tov Cocktail Party's influences are global, but the sound they create is uniquely their own.

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  • Arts & Life

Mazel Tov Cocktail Party: Take an ounce of hip hop, dash of polka, then square dance

Finding a thriving dance culture in the Adirondacks Mountains inspired the band to take its sound in an unexpected direction.

May 02, 2022
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By:
  • Jon Kalish
Jean Baylor pointing to the next song on the list, for the Baylor Project album "Generations", 2020, at Bunker Studio, Brooklyn, NY, 2018.

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  • Music

In the studio for International Jazz Day

April 30th is International Jazz Day. Jazz Night in America tapped photographer Deneka Peniston to share scenes from recording sessions featuring jazz artists who are shaping the music today.

April 30, 2022
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  • Deneka Peniston
A freshly painted street mural outside Liuzza's by the Track in New Orleans on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, celebrates the impending return of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

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  • Music

Echoes of 2006: Jazz Fest returns to New Orleans for 2022

Opening for the first time in three years, the festival brings memories of 2006 when the annual celebration of music and culture went on after Hurricane Katrina.

April 29, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Donald Harrison

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The nouveau swing of Donald Harrison Jr., Big Chief and NEA Jazz Master

Hear stories from New Orleans saxophonist Donald Harrison Jr.'s upbringing, words from his mentee, drummer Joe Dyson, and a performance on his home turf recorded at Snug Harbor.

April 28, 2022
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By:
  • Nate Chinen,
  • Camilo Garzón,
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Dua Lipa

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  • Music Interviews

In Dua Lipa's ever-expanding world, 'there's no time limit and there's no what-ifs'

The pop star is returning to stages two years after releasing an acclaimed second album, Future Nostalgia, and being forced like everyone else to hunker down for the long chill.

April 28, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Martin and
  • Marc Rivers
Jessie Montgomery's new work <em>Hymn for Everyone</em> receives its world premiere with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on April 28.

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  • Music Interviews

Can classical music really be inclusive? Composer Jessie Montgomery thinks so

With orchestras clamoring for her work, the rising artist feels a responsibility and opportunity to help reframe classical music and the institutions that present it.

April 28, 2022
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By:
  • Tom Huizenga
Jessie Montgomery's new work <em>Hymn for Everyone</em> receives its world premiere with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on April 28.

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  • Music Interviews

Can classical music really be inclusive? Composer Jessie Montgomery thinks so

With orchestras clamoring for her work, the rising artist feels a responsibility and opportunity to help reframe classical music and the institutions that present it.

April 28, 2022
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By:
  • Tom Huizenga
Flora Purim's <em>If You Will</em> is the first album by the influential jazz fusion artist in 15 years and, she says, her last.

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  • Music Features

Her Voice Is In The Air

The Brazilian singer Flora Purim helped create the sound of jazz fusion. Now, as she releases what she says will be her final album, it's time to give her artistic legacy its due.

April 25, 2022
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  • Ann Powers
Flora Purim's <em>If You Will</em> is the first album by the influential jazz fusion artist in 15 years and, she says, her last.

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  • Music Features

Her Voice Is In The Air

The Brazilian singer Flora Purim helped create the sound of jazz fusion. Now, as she releases what she says will be her final album, it's time to give her artistic legacy its due.

April 25, 2022
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By:
  • Ann Powers
Rosalía's music, persona and visuals are gripping in a way that's distinct from your typical pop star.

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  • Music Interviews

Rosalía is unafraid to pull from every corner of the world

The genre-bending star talks her new album Motomami, expressing sexuality in music and her global approach to pop.

April 24, 2022
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By:
  • Anamaria Sayre
Rosalía's music, persona and visuals are gripping in a way that's distinct from your typical pop star.

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  • Music Interviews

Rosalía is unafraid to pull from every corner of the world

The genre-bending star talks her new album Motomami, expressing sexuality in music and her global approach to pop.

April 24, 2022
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By:
  • Anamaria Sayre
John Foster, Charles Mingus, Roy Brooks, Charles McPherson performs live. Aout 1972. Photo : Christian Rose/Fastimage

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  • Music Features

Charles Mingus contained multitudes, but his native language was protest

The jazz icon's 100th birthday is a chance to appreciate an enduring throughline of his career, which often teetered between exquisite composure and raging chaos.

April 22, 2022
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  • Nate Chinen
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