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Manuel Göttsching, an influential German musician best known for his work on modular synths, died Dec. 4.

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  • Music Features

Remembering musical astronaut Manuel Göttsching

After founding the quietly influential band Ash Ra Tempel at 17 years old, Göttsching would go on to have an enormous influence on the trajectory of electronic and dance music.

December 16, 2022
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  • Ruth Saxelby
Charles Mingus, photographed at a party in New York on Aug. 4, 1976. For poet and critic Harmony Holiday, the complexities that underpin legacies like Mingus' were a constant puzzle this year.

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  • Music Features

The importance of remembering everything but the music

Poet and critic Harmony Holiday spent her year interviewing descendants and torchbearers, finding that the soul of jazz needs preserving offstage and outside of the booth.

December 16, 2022
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  • Harmony Holiday
Alicia Keys.

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  • Music Interviews

You'll find Alicia Keys' new record, 'Santa Baby,' winking under the mistletoe

The famed singer, songwriter and pianist covers some holiday classics as well as two originals that she hopes will extend the shelf-life of the holiday spirit.

December 16, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Martin and
  • Phil Harrell
Julius Rodriguez, whose album <em>Let Sound Tell All</em> was a through line this year for journalist and author Marcus J. Moore.

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  • Music Features

Julius Rodriguez, a young pianist fusing (all) the music from inside-out

Marcus J. Moore reflects on the studio debut of pianist Julius Rodriguez, an artist seamlessly commingling jazz with more pop forms.

December 15, 2022
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  • Marcus J. Moore

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  • Music Lists

The 100 Best Songs Of 2022 (100-81)

We ranked a list of 100 songs that reflects the sprawling, energetic messiness of 2022. Start listening.

December 15, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom

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  • Music Lists

The 100 Best Songs Of 2022 (100-81)

We ranked a list of 100 songs that reflects the sprawling, energetic messiness of 2022. Start listening.

December 15, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
Bad Bunny has a preternatural gift for realness, one that he wields with fluidity, because that is what Caribbeanness demands. It makes his fame feel delightful and deviant.

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  • Music Features

In 2022, Bad Bunny made pop stardom a subversive act

An irrepressible global pop star and political provocateur, Bad Bunny collects streaming accolades with ease, but refuses to temper his idiosyncrasies or move to U.S. pop's center.

December 15, 2022
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  • Isabelia Herrera
Mariah Carey, pictured performing at 2019 Billboard Music Awards, has topped the charts again with her signature Christmas hit.

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  • Music News

Why 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' tops the charts every year (2022 included)

"All I Want For Christmas Is You" is the first song to ever have four separate runs at No. 1 on the chart, beginning in 2019. It's become a holiday hallmark in the years since its 1994 release.

December 14, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
Usher performs a Tiny Desk concert during our 2022 Black Music Month takeover.

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  • Music

Vote: What was your favorite Tiny Desk concert of 2022?

After publishing a total of 125 Tiny Desks in 2022 — 77 filmed remotely and 48 shot in the office — we want to hear from you.

December 14, 2022
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  • Ashley Pointer
GPB News NPR

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  • Obituaries

Stephen 'tWitch' Boss, 'Ellen' show's dancing DJ, has died at 40

tWitch started his tenure at "The Ellen Show" in 2014 and later was promoted to co-executive producer in 2020. His wife, Allison Holker Boss, confirmed his passing in a statement on Wednesday.

December 14, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Father John Misty

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  • Music

Big band and Old Hollywood inspired Father John Misty's latest album

Hear Father John Misty perform a mini-concert showcasing music from his latest album, Chloë and the Next 20th Century.

December 14, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Kallao
Megan Thee Stallion, whose legal name is Megan Pete, makes her way from the Hall of Justice to the courthouse to testify in the trial of Rapper Tory Lanez for allegedly shooting her on Tuesday, Dec. 13 in Los Angeles, CA.

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  • Music News

Megan Thee Stallion takes the stand in Tory Lanez trial, shares suicidal thoughts

As the key witness for the prosecution, the Houston rapper spoke for the first time in explicit detail about the night Lanez allegedly shot her in 2020.

December 14, 2022
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  • Gabby Bulgarelli,
  • Sidney Madden,
  • and 1 more
A 2005 exterior shot of The Juilliard School, which is located on the campus of Lincoln Center in New York City.

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  • Arts & Life

Former music students accuse two Juilliard teachers of sexual misconduct

Three people have accused two teachers at the world-renowned music school — composers Robert Beaser and the late Christopher Rouse — of sexual misconduct dating back to the 1990s and 2000s.

December 13, 2022
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Adam Sandler is the winner of this year's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Sandler will receive the award at a gala performance at the Kennedy Center on March 19th, 2023.

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  • Arts & Life

Adam Sandler wins the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

The Kennedy Center has announced Adam Sandler as the winner of this year's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Sandler's credits include SNL, Happy Gilmore, Grown Ups, The Wedding Singer and Hustle.

December 13, 2022
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  • Elizabeth Blair
A fan waits for K-pop band BTS's member Jin to arrive before he enters the army to serve near an army training center in Yeoncheon, South Korea, on Tuesday.

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  • Asia

BTS member Jin begins military duty at a frontline South Korean boot camp

Six other younger BTS members are to join the military in coming years one after another, meaning that the world's biggest boy band must take a hiatus, likely for a few years.

December 13, 2022
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