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News Articles: Music News

GPB  NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Bobby Caldwell, singer of 'What You Won't Do for Love,' dies at 71

Bobby Caldwell's smooth soul jam "What You Won't Do for Love" went to No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. It became a long-term standard and career-defining hit for Caldwell, who also wrote the song.

March 17, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Customers shop at the Shuga Records store during the Record Store Day in Chicago on April 13, 2019. Vinyl record sales have been on the rise for 16 straight years, with an extra bump in demand during the pandemic.

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  • Music

Vinyl records outsell CDs for the first time since 1987

Vinyl sales grew for the 16th consecutive year in 2022, with 41 million albums sold — compared to 33 million CDs. Streaming is still the biggest driver of the music industry's growth.

March 10, 2023
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By:
  • Kaitlyn Radde
Boxes containing Yeezy shoes made by Adidas are seen at Laced Up, a sneaker resale store, in Paramus, N.J., on Oct. 25, 2022. Adidas' breakup with the rapper formerly known as Kanye West and the inability to sell his popular Yeezy line of shoes helped batter the company's earnings at the end of last year.

Tagged as: 

  • Business

Adidas reports a $540M loss as it struggles with unsold Yeezy products

In October, Adidas cut ties with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, over the rapper's antisemitic remarks. The company's inability to sell his popular Yeezy line of shoes helped batter earnings.

March 09, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
BLACKPINK, seen performing at the 2022 MTV VMAs, are now the most streamed female band on Spotify.

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  • Music News

K-pop superstars BLACKPINK become the most streamed female band on Spotify

With nearly 9 billion streams, the popular K-pop girl group beat the previous titleholders, Little Mix, on Wednesday, according to Guinness World Records.

March 09, 2023
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward
GPB  NPR

Tagged as: 

  • Obituaries

Lynyrd Skynyrd founding member Gary Rossington dies at 71

Rossington was the last surviving original founding member of the Southern rock band, known for its anthemic "Free Bird," among many other hit songs.

March 06, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Wayne Shorter, photographed in 1985.

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  • Music News

Wayne Shorter, sage of the saxophone, dies at 89

The composer and saxophonist, who won a dozen Grammy Awards and recorded with everyone from Miles Davis to Joni Mitchell, died on Thursday, March 2 in Los Angeles.

March 02, 2023
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By:
  • Felix Contreras
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, left, speaks with Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., during the Ticketmaster hearing on Jan. 24.

Tagged as: 

  • Politics

Senators are calling on the Justice Department to look into Ticketmaster's practices

The leaders of the Senate subcommittee that held a hearing into Ticketmaster last month shared evidence with the Justice Department and asked it to "continue examining" the company's conduct.

February 23, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
R. Kelly appearing in court in Chicago in Sept. 2019, alongside his attorney Steven Greenberg (L).

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  • Law

R. Kelly sentenced to one more year in prison for child pornography

The disgraced former R&B star is already serving 30 years for sex trafficking and racketeering. On Thursday, he was given one more year in prison for having made pornography with three children.

February 23, 2023
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Eric R. Holder Jr. sits in the courtroom at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on Sept. 15, 2022, in Los Angeles. Holder, who was convicted last year of fatally shooting rapper Nipsey Hussle in 2019, was sentenced Wednesday to 60 years to life in prison.

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  • Music News

Rapper Nipsey Hussle's killer is sentenced to 60 years to life in prison

Eric R. Holder Jr. will likely remain in jail for the rest of his life for the murder of Nipsey Hussle, a beloved figure in south LA who was killed in 2019 outside his clothing store.

February 23, 2023
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby and
  • Jonathan Franklin
Trombone Shorty leads a binational jam session with music students from New Orleans and Havana.

Tagged as: 

  • Music Features

Musicians in New Orleans and Cuba explore their shared heritage and similar sounds

Artists in New Orleans and Cuba are exploring their shared heritage and similar sounds, and bringing high school musicians from both places together in a funky cultural exchange.

February 21, 2023
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  • Debbie Elliott
Morgan State's dance team practices before heading to Alabama for the Battle of the Bands.

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  • Music News

How Morgan State's new leader prepares for the Battle of the Bands

Morgan State University in Maryland competes Saturday in its first Honda Battle of the Bands performance in Montgomery, Alabama. It's the largest showcase for HBCU marching bands in the country.

February 20, 2023
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  • Ben Abrams
R. Kelly, center, leaves the Daley Center after a hearing in his child support case in May 2019 in Chicago.

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  • Music News

U.S. prosecutors ask for 25 more years in prison for R. Kelly

The additional sentence from last year's child pornography and enticement convictions in Chicago would add to 30 years the R&B singer and songwriter recently began serving in a New York case.

February 17, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
New York University researchers led by Pascal Wallisch, a professor at the University's Center for Data Science, investigated why people love and hate different music and found that they typically know if they like a song within seconds of listening.

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  • Music News

You've heard of love at first sight. How about love at first sound?

Researchers at NYU have conducted a study on how long it takes for people to decide whether they love or hate a song.

February 16, 2023
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By:
  • Barry Gordemer
Pharrell Williams poses at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles earlier this month.

Tagged as: 

  • Arts & Life

Pharrell Williams succeeds Virgil Abloh as the head of men's designs at Louis Vuitton

The singer, producer and designer has a long history of working with fashion brands — as well as big shoes to fill. Williams' first Louis Vuitton collection will debut at Men's Fashion Week in June.

February 15, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
O'Connor won the National Junior Fiddle Championship four years in a row, 1974-77, in Weiser, Ida.

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  • Music News

Prodigious fiddler Mark O'Connor celebrates 50 years of music with memoir

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Mark O'Connor about his memoir, Crossing Bridges, on his journey from multi-instrumentalist child prodigy to solo artist composing and performing on world stages.

February 15, 2023
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  • Olivia Hampton
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