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News Articles: Music News

A musician, disoriented by his loss of work and the inefficiency of bureaucracy, made the best of waiting in line for unemployment by making music.

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  • Music News

Lovely Songs From The Big Hold, Inspired By Bureaucracy

Millions lost their jobs to the pandemic and needed to file for unemployment benefits, but met busy lines – including a composer from Austin, who made an album to counteract the vibe.

April 08, 2021
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By:
  • Matt Largey
DMX, pictured performing at the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta, is reportedly in the hospital following a drug overdose on Friday night.

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  • Music News

Rapper DMX On Life Support Following Heart Attack

A longtime lawyer for DMX told The Associated Press that the 50-year-old rapper is "quite ill."

April 05, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Suzanne Nuyen
Blues Alley Jazz in Washington, D.C., is livestreaming its performances, one of many clubs affected by the pandemic. Beloved jazz clubs in New York, Denver and New Orleans have closed.

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  • Performing Arts

U.S. Box Office Plummeted 86% in 2020, Says Leading Arts Group

The new data show the drop in ticket sales at theaters, arts centers and orchestras in the United States, U.K. and Canada has been "catastrophic" for the performing arts.

April 01, 2021
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
Billy Joel performing at Bonnaroo 2015.

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  • Music News

Bonnaroo Announces Lineup For 2021 Festival In September

Among the first of the major festivals to detail its post-pandemic return, Bonnaroo announced a 20th anniversary lineup that includes Foo Fighters, Megan Thee Stallion, Lizzo and the Grand Ole Opry.

March 31, 2021
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By:
  • Andrew Limbong
Rhye's Michael Milosh has denied allegations of sexual assault made by ex-wife Alexa Nikolas.

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  • Music News

Michael Milosh Of Rhye Accused Of Sexual Assault And Domestic Violence By Ex-Wife

The Canadian singer-songwriter behind R&B pop project Rhye was accused of sexual abuse and physical assault by his ex-wife, Alexa Nikolas.

March 29, 2021
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By:
  • LaTesha Harris
Syrian-American pianist and composer Malek Jandali, photographed on May 16, 2015 in Dubai.

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  • Music News

Composer Malek Jandali Considers Syria's Civil War, A Decade On

A simple piece that composer Malek Jandali wrote in 2011 became inextricable from the early protests in Syria. For a decade now, that connection has informed and invigorated his life and work.

March 27, 2021
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By:
  • Deborah Amos
A sign of the "Hamilton" marquee at New York City's Richard Rogers Theater on Mar. 12, 2021, commemorating Broadway's "lost year" and a hope to return to live performances by fall 2021.

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  • Theater

NYC Mayor Promises To Help Broadway Reopen By September

At a Thursday press conference, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a series of public health measures aimed at re-starting New York City's cultural life and theatrical industry.

March 25, 2021
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Johann Sebastian Bach playing the organ, not the lautenwerck, circa 1725. From a print in the British Museum.

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  • Music

Bach's Favorite Instrument You've Probably Never Heard Of: The Long-Lost Lautenwerck

The lautenwerck, an instrument like a lute and a harpsichord, almost went extinct in the 19th century, but forensic musicologists are bringing it back to life.

March 25, 2021
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
Georgia Theatre in Athens

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  • Music News

What's In A Name? For Musical Posers, Bill Could Bring Hammer Of Justice

Georgia is known for having lots of artists who are making waves within the music industry today, but a bill backed by a local organization hopes to bring protection to legacy artists living in the state.

March 25, 2021
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By:
  • Jewel Wicker
Kermit the Frog performs during the 2019 Newport Folk Festival. "The Rainbow Connection" is now part of the Library of Congress audio collection.

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  • Arts & Life

Works By Thomas Edison, Kermit The Frog Inducted Into Library Of Congress

The Library of Congress chose 25 titles considered "audio treasures worthy of preservation" to join the National Recording Registry collection.

March 25, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Pharoah Sanders and Floating Points in the studio.

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  • Music News

Join NPR Music's Listening Party For Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders' 'Promises'

NPR Music will host an online listening party for the dreamlike collaboration, featuring a live conversation hosted by WBGO's Nate Chinen with musicians James Brandon Lewis and Val Jeanty.

March 24, 2021
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By:
  • Lars Gotrich
GPB News NPR

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  • Music News

'Last Soul Company' Details The Story Of Malaco Records

A new book chronicles the history of Malaco Records, one of the oldest continuously run independent record labels in America and one of the biggest gospel labels in the world.

March 23, 2021
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By:
  • Ashley Kahn
Jason Burt, of Clarksburg, Calif., got help from Grammy award-winning sound engineers to digitize and prepare recordings of his grandfather, Richard Burt, playing trumpet in the 746th Far East Air Force Band.

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  • Music

A Grandson's Gift — A Spotlight — For His Grandfather's WWII Band

The first time Jason Burt listened to his grandfather's World War II Army Air Force Band recordings after finding them in his attic, "it was like my own private concert with my grandpa."

March 20, 2021
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By:
  • Taylor Haney
Sasha Velour stars in <em>The Island We Made</em>, an opera composed by Angélica Negrón and filmed in a mid-century Staten Island house.

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  • Music News

'The Island We Made': Lip-Sync Opera And High Drag Sing An Ode To Mothers

Composer Angélica Negrón collaborates with 'RuPaul's Drag Race' winner Sasha Velour on a 10-minute film featuring original music, in a project for Opera Philadelphia.

March 19, 2021
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By:
  • Peter Crimmins,
  • Phil Harrell,
  • and 1 more
Paul Jackson performs with the Headhunters at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague, The Netherlands, in 1998.

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  • Music News

Paul Jackson, Headhunters Bassist Who Played With Herbie Hancock, Dies At 73

Best known for his work on Hancock's blockbuster 1973 album Head Hunters, Paul Jackson was a bassist who found his musical identity between jazz and funk.

March 19, 2021
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By:
  • Brad Farberman
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