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News Articles: Music

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.

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  • Arts & Life

New board elects President Trump chair of Kennedy Center

"It is a great honor to be chairman of the Kennedy Center, especially with this amazing Board of Trustees. We will make the Kennedy Center a very special and exciting place!" Trump said.

February 12, 2025
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  • Neda Ulaby
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs <em>Sacred Songs</em>, choreographed by interim artistic director Matthew Rushing based on material featured in the original 1960 version of the company's <em>Revelations</em>.

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  • Performing Arts

Lost songs from Alvin Ailey's 'Revelations' find voice in new piece

Alvin Ailey's seminal Revelations is considered the most widely viewed modern dance work in the world. Lost songs from the 1960 premiere are featured in a new work and an album this season.

February 12, 2025
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  • Olivia Hampton
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - FEBRUARY 09: Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on February 09, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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  • Music

Almost a year after the battle, Kendrick Lamar has won the war

The Compton rapper fashioned the Super Bowl halftime show as his victory lap, taking the culture to new heights and his pettiness to new lows.

February 12, 2025
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  • Sidney Madden
A London city worker clears up a fatberg in 2014. A fatberg in Australia caused the cancellation of a concert over the potential for wastewater overflow.

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  • World

Bryan Adams concert in Australia is canceled after a 'fatberg' causes sewage overflow

The blockage was detected near a Perth arena mere hours before Canadian musician Bryan Adams' sold-out show was set to take place. Water authorities warned of wastewater overflow at the venue.

February 11, 2025
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
The musician and documentary filmmaker Questlove says that music Sly Stone created in the 1960s and 1970s laid the foundation for the pop, R&B and funk sounds we hear today.

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  • Movie Interviews

Questlove confronts the 'burden of Black genius' in a new Sly Stone documentary

In SLY LIVES!, Questlove documents the genius of a funk trailblazer — and the pressure Sly felt as a Black artist. "Sly will be ... the first domino in a long list of people that will self-sabotage."

February 10, 2025
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  • Terry Gross
Kendrick Lamar performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome.

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  • Music

Kendrick Lamar brought West Coast hip hop, Uncle Sam and Serena Williams to the Super Bowl

With the biggest captive audience of his career, Lamar's performance conjures a medley of hits that spans his 15-year discography, and featured R&B star SZA as a special guest.

February 10, 2025
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  • Sidney Madden
(L-R) Ledisi, Trombone Shorty, Lauren Daigle and Jon Batiste pose onstage during the Super Bowl LVIX Pregame & Apple Music Super Bowl LVIX Halftime Show Press Conference at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on February 06, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

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  • Pop Culture

Here's who will perform at the Super Bowl on Sunday

Kendrick Lamar is set to headline the Super Bowl 59 halftime show with special guests, including fellow Grammy-winner SZA.

February 09, 2025
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  • Dhanika Pineda
Buffy Saint-Marie performs at the Americana Music Honors and Awards show in 2015, in Nashville, Tenn.

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  • Arts & Life

Buffy Sainte-Marie stripped of prestigious Canadian honor

The Canadian government did not share its reasons for the decision, but it follows an investigation that shed doubt on the Oscar-winning singer's claims of Indigenous roots.

February 09, 2025
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  • Chloe Veltman
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office in February.

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  • Politics

Trump plans to become chair of the Kennedy Center. Here are 3 things to know

President Trump plans to fire several Board Members at Washington D.C.'s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and indicated that he's naming himself chairman. Here's why it matters.

February 09, 2025
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  • Bob Mondello
The <em>Joachim-Ma</em> Stradivarius violin is on display during a preview of the violin's auction at Sotheby's in New York City on Feb. 3. It sold for $11.3 million.

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  • Arts & Life

A Stradivarius violin sells for $11.3 million at auction, falling short of record

The violin, made over 300 years ago by a legendary luthier, had been expected to sell for a higher price. The proceeds will go toward a scholarship program at the New England Conservatory.

February 09, 2025
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  • James Doubek
<em>Hurry Up Tomorrow</em> is Abel Tesfaye's sixth studio album as The Weekend — and, he's declared, his last under that identity.

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  • Music

What was The Weeknd?

Abel Tesfaye's hedonistic alter-ego meets his end on Hurry Up Tomorrow, forcing listeners to ask just who we've been partying with all this time.

February 08, 2025
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  • Sheldon Pearce
President Trump announced Friday that he planned to take over as chair of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

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  • Performing Arts

Trump plans to name himself chair of Kennedy Center, fire board members

The president announced Friday that he would remove multiple board members, including the Chairman, who do not share his vision for a "Golden Age in Arts and Culture."

February 07, 2025
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  • Mandalit del Barco
Travis Scott, seen here performing in the Netherlands in 2024, scored his fifth No. 1 pop hit this week with "4X4." Of those five hits, four topped <em>Billboard</em>'s Hot 100 in their first week after being released.

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  • Music

Travis Scott's latest song joins the hottest new club in popular music

The Houston rapper's newest hit is the 83rd song in chart history to debut at the very top of Billboard's Hot 100. More than half of the songs to achieve the feat have done so in the last five years.

February 07, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass and Other Delights will perform at Augusta's Miller Theatre on Feb. 15, 2025.

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  • Music

Herb Alpert on his 50th album, signing the Carpenters and playing with the Tijuana Brass in Augusta

At a Valentine's weekend appearance in Augusta Feb. 15, the legendary trumpeter, singer, songwriter and starmaker will revisit six decades of hits.

February 07, 2025
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Jalyx Hunt of the Philadelphia Eagles celebrates after their 55-23 win against the Washington Commanders during the NFC Championship Game at Lincoln Financial Field on Jan. 26, 2025, in Philadelphia.

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  • Music

Revenge of the Super Bowl Playlists: Philly Over Everybody

This Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs go head-to-head on the championship stage once more. Gear up for the game with this Philly-centric music mix.

February 06, 2025
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  • Miguel Perez
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