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Jenny Hval, 'Year of Love'

The Norwegian pop experimentalist trains her encompassing talent for shibboleth deconstruction towards a new "normcore institution" — her own marriage.

January 18, 2022
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  • Hazel Cills
Critic Terry Teachout in 2014 in New York.

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  • Obituaries

Cultural critic Terry Teachout is remembered as 'unafraid of being human in public'

Teachout has died at the age of 65. He wrote acclaimed biographies of such arts figures as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and George Balanchine.

January 14, 2022
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby

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  • Music News

Amaarae (feat. Kali Uchis, Moliy), 'SAD GIRLZ LUV MONEY (Vigro Deep Amapiano Remix)'

This latest remix of the 2020 track might be the Trojan Horse we need to introduce amapiano, a spacious form of deep house music, to America.

January 14, 2022
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By:
  • Otis Hart
Lionel Richie, shown performing at a benefit concert in 2019, is the recipient of this year's Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

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  • Music News

The Gershwin Prize for Popular Song is going to pop star Lionel Richie

Richie, responsible for a seemingly endless catalog of hits, will be awarded the songwriting prize this spring by the Library of Congress.

January 13, 2022
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
Opera singer Maria Ewing photographed on stage at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1994 while she was singing the title role in <em>Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk</em>, by Dmitri Shostakovich.

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  • Music News

Opera singer Maria Ewing, known for her dramatic intensity, has died at age 71

Acclaimed for her fearless performances in operas by Strauss and Bizet, Ewing also partly inspired Passing, a film written and directed by her daughter, Rebecca Hall.

January 11, 2022
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  • Tom Huizenga
James Mtume, left, and Miles Davis arrive at Heathrow Airport in London on July 10, 1973.

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  • Obituaries

Percussionist James Mtume, the beat behind Miles Davis and later 'Juicy,' dies at 76

Mtume brought, in Miles Davis' words, "a deep African-American groove" to the trumpet legend's band before later exploring neo-minimalist funk and R&B. And then there was "Juicy."

January 10, 2022
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  • Brad Farberman
Michael Lang, co-creator of the Woodstock Music & Art Festival

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  • Music News

Michael Lang, a co-creator of the Woodstock festival, has died at 77

Lang helped make Woodstock a defining moment of the 1960s. He once called it "a test of whether people of our generation really believed in one another and the world we were struggling to create."

January 09, 2022
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  • Hazel Cills
GPB News NPR

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  • Music News

A look ahead at some good music coming out in 2022

What new music is coming out this year that is worth checking out? A preview of two albums that just might make it on to 2022's best of list.

January 07, 2022
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  • Stephen Thompson
Adele's album <em>30</em> was among 2021's chart-toppers, according to a new, year-end report by MRC Data.

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  • Music News

Morgan Wallen and Adele topped music sales in 2021, according to a year-end report.

Albums by Wallen and Adele were the top sellers of 2021, according to MRC Data and Billboard's annual tally. Other findings: audio on-demand streaming soared, and sales of vinyl outpaced CDs.

January 06, 2022
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  • Elizabeth Blair
A view of a Grammy statue during a performance at the Chicago Chapter 60th Anniversary Concert at Millennium Park on Sept. 16, 2021 in Chicago.

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  • Arts & Life

The Grammys are postponed and Sundance is moved online because of omicron surge

A new date has not been announced for the Grammys. Sundance events begin Jan 20.

January 05, 2022
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By:
  • Mia Estrada
Musician David Bowie speaks onstage while accepting the Webby Lifetime Achievement award at the 11th Annual Webby Awards in 2007.

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  • Music News

David Bowie joins a list of stars whose back catalogs are sold for galactic sums

David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks and Shakira all recently sold off all or part of their back catalogs. Why forgo future royalties and creative control?

January 05, 2022
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  • Neda Ulaby
Nirvana artifacts and exhibits are seen at the opening of "In Bloom: The Nirvana Exhibition," marking the 20th anniversary of the release of Nirvana's <em>Nevermind</em> album, in 2011 at the Loading Bay Gallery in London.

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  • Music

A lawsuit over Nirvana's 'Nevermind' baby album cover has been dismissed

Judge Fernando M. Olguin dismissed the lawsuit on Monday after Spencer Elden, who appeared naked on the album's cover when he was a baby, failed to meet a court deadline.

January 04, 2022
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  • Deepa Shivaram
GPB News NPR

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  • Music News

Music to pay attention to in 2022

A new year means a lot of new music. But what's worth checking out? A sneak preview of what you should be listening to in 2022.

January 04, 2022
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  • Ann Powers
GPB News NPR

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  • Music News

A preview of 2 albums debuting in 2022

What new music is coming out in 2022 that's worth looking into? It turns out there is plenty of great new music coming out this year. Here's a preview of two albums.

January 04, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Music News

Composer creates a musical piece with the sounds of drawing and writing

What does the letter "e" sound like as it's being written down? Capital "A?" The word "steak?" Experimental musician Leah Reid creates new music with the sounds of writing different letters and words.

January 04, 2022
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  • Chris Hoff
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