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News Articles: Music

English singer Marianne Faithfull in her Kensington flat in 1965.

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Marianne Faithfull, '60s icon and evolving pop star, has died at 78

The 1964 hit "As Tears Go By," penned by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, made her a star, but Marianne Faithfull demonstrated a remarkable ability to change with the times.

January 31, 2025
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  • Annie Zaleski
Imogen Heap, seen here performing during the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Jan. 26, 2020, in Los Angeles, scored her first song on the <em>Billboard</em> Hot 100 pop chart this month, 30 years into her career.

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  • Music

Familiar faces top the pop charts, but there's a real surprise near the bottom

Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, all regular fixtures atop the Billboard charts, have the biggest songs and albums of the week. But don't sleep on Imogen Heap.

January 31, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson
Chappell Roan, performing during the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 11, 2024, is up for six Grammy Awards, which will be handed out Feb. 2 in Los Angeles. Roan, along with Sabrina Carpenter, is nominated for album, song and record of the year, as well as best new artist.

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  • Music

The 5 biggest storylines to watch for at the 2025 Grammy Awards

At Sunday night's Grammys, will Beyoncé finally win album of the year? Will Taylor Swift take that prize for the fifth time? Or will a new generation of pop stars claim the moment?

January 31, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson
Faye Webster performs a Tiny Desk concert at NPR Music in Washington, D.C.

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  • Music

Faye Webster: Tiny Desk Concert

Featuring her longtime band and a string quartet, Webster guides us through a swooning and sweeping set.

January 31, 2025
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  • Elle Mannion
Radhika Vekaria at the Kali Mandir, near Laguna Beach, California.

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  • Music

Radhika Veharia reflects on peace — and Grammy acclaim — in a quiet ashram

In a small ashram nestled on a quiet residential street near Laguna Beach, Radhika Vekaria is finding peace after receiving her first ever Grammy nomination.

January 31, 2025
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  • Kira Wakeam
D. M. Therrell High School students and their teacher, Sam Davis, far right, gather in their podcast recording room, with funding help from Save The Music, for a photograph Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in Atlanta.

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  • News

Save the Music Foundation looks to expand its school education support by going independent

The VH1 Save the Music Foundation never had any problem getting attention in the late '90s when it launched with a party featuring Aretha Franklin, Celine Dion and Mariah Carey. But the foundation needs to broaden its donor base to expand its work.

January 30, 2025
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  • Associated Press
Ela Minus album cover for DÍA

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  • Music

Ela Minus makes beats for 'dancing and crying'

Colombian musician Ela Minus unites the excitement of the dance club with the more human touch of analog synthesizers on her new album DÍA.

January 30, 2025
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  • Phil Harrell,
  • Milton Guevara,
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Christie Dashiell at The Mansion at Strathmore in Rockville, Md.

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Christie Dashiell became a musician at school. Then, she became an artist

Reflecting on a transformative residency program, the jazz vocalist now nominated for her first Grammy Award says her album Journey in Black reflects "the expansiveness of the Black experience."

January 30, 2025
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  • Patrick Jarenwattananon
Rapper and deejay DJ Unk (Anthony Leonard Platt) poses for photos after his performance during the 'School Jump-Off' concert at the DuSable Museum in Chicago, Illinois in June 2007.

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  • Music

Unk's 'Walk It Out' defined a fun, hyperlocal moment in Atlanta rap history

The rapper and DJ, who died over the weekend at 43, was the biggest hit for the indie label Big Oomp Records. Its brief but shining moment injected fun back into a scene in transition.

January 29, 2025
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  • Maurice Garland
Charley Crockett at the Yaamava' Resort & Casino in San Bernardino.

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  • Music

Country singer Charley Crockett is 'afraid of getting fenced in'

Charley Crockett has come a long way from his days busking on the streets of New Orleans. Now, he performs at theaters in front of thousands of people. To cap it all off, he's up for his first Grammy.

January 29, 2025
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  • Christopher Intagliata
"Pretty much any Saturday that The Roots aren't touring and they're taping, I'm in the audience watching," Questlove says of <em>SNL</em>.

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  • Television

Questlove charts 50 years of SNL musical hits (and misses)

Questlove's documentary, Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music, highlights the show's most iconic musical performances and comedy sketches — and addresses the show's "unhummable" theme song.

January 27, 2025
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  • Terry Gross
Questlove at the 2023 Academy Awards. His documentary, <em>Ladies and Gentlemen … 50 Years of SNL Music, </em>airs Monday on NBC.

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  • Movies

8 revelations from Questlove's new doc about SNL's music

Questlove's newest documentary features interviews and clips from 50 years of musical performances on Saturday Night Live.

January 27, 2025
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  • Eric Deggans
FKA twigs — the English singer, dancer and actor Tahliah Debrett Barnett — is out with a new album, <em>Eusexua</em>.

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  • Arts & Life

FKA twigs is out with a new album inspired by underground raves

FKA twigs — the English singer, dancer, and actor Tahliah Debrett Barnett — is out with her third studio album, Eusexua.

January 24, 2025
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  • Noah Caldwell,
  • Juana Summers,
  • and 1 more
A previously unreleased Tina Turner song, "Hot for You Baby" from the 1980s, has been rediscovered. Turner is pictured above performing in Paris in 1987.

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  • Music News

Lost Tina Turner song is just OK, say critics. But that's not why it matters.

Originally recorded for the rock star's major album Private Dancer, "Hot For You Baby" was thought lost.

January 24, 2025
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman and
  • Jennifer Vanasco
Garth Hudson performs in 2012 at the Love For Levon benefit concert in East Rutherford, N.J., a memorial tribute to his bandmate Levon Helm.

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  • Music

Garth Hudson, The Band's last founding member, dies at 87

The Canadian musician played keyboard, organ and saxophone on some of group's most memorable songs.

January 24, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
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