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Felicita, a Guatemalan American artist based in Atlanta, released her latest single "Mi Suerte" in December 2019.

Music Minute: Felicita

Today's music minute features an up-and-coming Latinx artist who is making her way in Atlanta. Felicita, a Guatemalan American artist, released a music...

February 25, 2020
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Taylor Gantt
Feb. 1 marks the 60th anniversary of a watershed moment in the civil rights movement, when four black college students refused to move from a Woolworth's lunch counter in 1960.

Morning Edition Remembers The Woolworth Lunch Counter Sit-In Of 1960

Saturday, Feb. 1, marks the 60th anniversary of a watershed moment in the civil rights movement. The scene took place at a Woolworth's lunch counter in...

January 30, 2020
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Taylor Gantt
Jimmy Heath performs for an audience at Rockerfeller Center in New York City in 1977.

Music Minute: Jazz Legend Jimmy Heath

Today, we remember the life of jazz legend Jimmy Heath, who died at his home in Loganville, Georgia, on Sunday at the age of 93.

January 22, 2020
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Taylor Gantt
Grammy Award winning musician Anderson .Paak performing at Variety Playhouse in Atlanta on November 15th, 2019.

Music Minute: Anderson .Paak Performs in Atlanta

On this edition of GPB's Music Minute, we feature an artist who uses his gift of music to not only entertain his fans, but to benefit noble causes. With...

December 03, 2019
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Kenny Murry
Composer and sound designer Jesse Nighswonger works as an audio engineer for GPB's Political Rewind and On Second Thought.

Music Minute: Jesse Nighswonger

In this edition of GPB's Morning Edition Music Minute, we're featuring one of the many faces behind the scenes at Georgia Public Broadcasting: audio...

October 30, 2019
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Taylor Gantt
Ludacris performs at Supafest 2012 in Sydney, Australia. The Atlanta rapper turned 42 on Wednesday.

Music Minute: Atlanta's Own Ludacris Turns 42

Today’s music minute features one of the original dirty south rappers, Atlanta's own Ludacris. Born Christopher Bridges on this day in 1977, Ludacris...

September 11, 2019
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Taylor Gantt
 Cartel, born Ricardo Lewis, died at the age of 44 last Friday in Atlanta after suffering cardiac arrest.

Music Minute: Remembering Atlanta Artist Cutty Cartel

This week, the rap community is mourning the loss of Cutty Cartel, who made up one-third of the Atlanta hip-hop group Jim Crow. Cartel, born Ricardo...

September 06, 2019
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Taylor Gantt
Charlie Daniels plays "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" at the opening of the 131st National Guard Association of the United States General Conference in Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 11, 2009.

Music Minute: 'The Devil Came Down To Georgia'

In today’s music minute, we’re looking back to 1979, when Charlie Daniel's hit song “The Devil Came Down To Georgia” was playing on car radios and at...

August 02, 2019
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Taylor Gantt
Musician Zac Brown warms up the crowd at the 2008 USO Holiday Tour stop at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Dec. 19, 2008.

Music Minute: Atlanta's Zac Brown Turns 41

Atlanta native Zac Brown of the critically acclaimed Zac Brown Band is celebrating his 41st birthday on Wednesday while his group continues its current...

July 31, 2019
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Taylor Gantt

Music Minute: Coy Bowles Of Zac Brown Band

Today’s music minute features a member of one of Georgia’s most popular bands. Coy Bowles of the Atlanta-based Zac Brown Band was born on this day in...

July 31, 2019
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Taylor Gantt

Music Minute: Outkast v Rosa Parks

This week, GPB's Morning Edition is looking back at the legacy of Rosa Parks and the other women that made her famous act of social defiance possible....

February 27, 2019
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Taylor Gantt
Louise Shropshire, the woman behind the civil rights anthem "We Shall Overcome"

Music Minute: Louise Shropshire, "We Shall Overcome"

On Monday, the nation will honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But today, we remember the woman who inspired one of the most...

February 08, 2019
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Taylor Gantt
Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, was born in Plains, Georgia in 1924.

Music Minute: Jimmy Carter Goes For Third Grammy Win

This weekend will be full of music celebrations ahead of the Grammys on Sunday, with Atlanta and Georgia being well represented. But one of Georgia’s...

February 07, 2019
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Taylor Gantt
Halle Bailey, left, and Chloe Bailey, of Chloe x Halle, arrive at the American Music Awards on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Music Minute: Chloe x Halle To Perform At The Super Bowl

Atlanta musicians will shine at next weekend’s Super Bowl. Gladys Knight is set to sing the National Anthem, Big Boi is performing during the halftime...

January 25, 2019
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Taylor Gantt

Music Minute: Andre 3000 Remembers His Late Parents

Today’s music minute features Atlanta artist Andre 3000, who doesn’t produce much music anymore. But when he does, it’s still special. The song, titled ...

January 24, 2019
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Taylor Gantt
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