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25-year-old hip-hop artist Shelem released his latest single "Suga Wata" on July 20.

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  • Music Features

A Hip-Hop Artist In West Virginia Takes The DIY Approach To Get His Breakthrough

25-year-old rapper Shelem sees his latest project as an artistic watershed for him: The production is slick, it has a solid hook and the lyrics show a writer who's continuing to advance in his art.

July 21, 2021
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  • Zack Harold
Gente de Zona's "Patria y Vida" (pictured, right: Randy Malcom in Miami) reclaims a slogan made popular at the birth of the Cuban revolution, "Patria o Muerte" (Homeland or Death), 62 years ago.

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  • Music News

Explaining 'Patria Y Vida,' The Song That's Defined The Uprising In Cuba

The song, released in February, packs in plenty of historical and current references. The Alt.Latino team translated and decode the lyrics.

July 20, 2021
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By:
  • Anamaria Sayre
Drummer and educator Billy Hart, one of the NEA's 2022 Jazz Masters.

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  • Music News

NEA Names Its 2022 Jazz Masters: Hart, Clarke, Wilson And Harrison

The NEA celebrates the 40th anniversary of its Jazz Masters Fellowship and inducts the class of 2022, including four jazz icons: Billy Hart, Stanley Clarke, Cassandra Wilson and Donald Harrison, Jr.

July 20, 2021
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  • Nate Chinen
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram.

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  • Music News

Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram Will Join NPR Music's Listening Party For '662'

Join us in an online listening party for Christone "Kingfish" Ingram's new album. With Gwen Thompkins in the host chair, we'll feature a live conversation with the blues guitarist.

July 19, 2021
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By:
  • Lars Gotrich
Japanese musician Keigo Oyamada, who performs as Cornelius, in Tokyo in 2014.

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  • Arts & Life

Olympics Opening Ceremony Composer Steps Down And Apologizes For Bullying

Keigo Oyamada, who performs under the stage name Cornelius, resigned from the Tokyo Olympics after critics uncovered interviews in which he boasted of bullying classmates with disabilities.

July 19, 2021
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Allison Russell

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  • Music

On 'Outside Child,' Allison Russell Confronts Trauma With Compassion

Despite creating art from trauma, Russell is strengthened by love, connection and creation.

July 19, 2021
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  • Jessie Scott,
  • Raina Douris,
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Audience members assembled on the lawn to enjoy the Boston Symphony Orchestra, newly returned to Tanglewood after last season's cancellation.

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  • Music

Back Together And Blown Away: The Boston Symphony Orchestra Returns To Tanglewood

The Boston Symphony Orchestra recently returned to its storied summer home, Tanglewood, after the pandemic canceled last season. With reopening comes normalcy, as well as an opportunity for growth.

July 19, 2021
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  • Jeff Lunden
Protesters attend a #FreeBritney Rally at Stanley Mosk Courthouse on Wednesday in Los Angeles. The group is calling for an end to the 13-year conservatorship led by the pop star's father, Jamie Spears, who has control over her finances and business dealings.

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  • Music

Britney Spears Says She Will Not Perform Under Her Father's Conservatorship

The artist took to Instagram to address criticism of her dancing videos and to say that those are the only performances she will be doing under her father's conservatorship.

July 19, 2021
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  • Wynne Davis
Biz Markie, in an undated photo from the early years.

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  • Music News

Biz Markie, Pioneering Beatboxer And 'Just A Friend' Rapper, Dies At 57

Biz Markie died Friday night after months of health issues.

July 17, 2021
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By:
  • David Ma
Lara Downes talks with Will Liverman.

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  • Music Interviews

We Should Tell Stories Of Black Joy: Will Liverman Talks With Lara Downes

The rising young baritone, searching for diversity in the opera house, tries on his composer hat by putting a Black spin on Rossini's The Barber of Seville.

July 17, 2021
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By:
  • Lara Downes
Britney Spears supporters gathering outside a Los Angeles courthouse before her June 23rd testimony.

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  • Law

Britney Spears Can Choose Her Own Lawyer In Conservatorship Case, A Judge Has Ruled

Former federal prosecutor Mathew Rosengart will now represent the pop star in the fight over her conservatorship.

July 15, 2021
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By:
  • Andrew Limbong and
  • Aaron Schrank
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  • Music Interviews

Re-Revising 'The History Of Jazz'

Ted Gioia first published his History of Jazz in 1997, updating it for the first time in 2011. This year he did so again, after a very important decade for the genre.

July 15, 2021
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By:
  • Natalie Weiner
Lawyer Mathew Rosengart (right), with actor Matt Damon and Kenneth Lonergan at a party in Los Angeles in 2016 in Los Angeles, California.

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  • Law

Who Is Mathew Rosengart, Britney Spears' New Lawyer?

The lawyer whom Britney Spears has chosen to represent her is a former federal prosecutor turned high-profile Hollywood lawyer. His celebrity clients have included Steven Spielberg and Sean Penn.

July 15, 2021
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
#FreeBritney activists protest outside a conservatorship hearing for pop singer Britney Spears on June 23 in Los Angeles.

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  • Arts & Life

Britney Spears' Conservatorship Is Back In Court: Who's Who, And What They Want

On Wednesday, the parties involved in the pop icon's conservatorship head back to court for the first time since Britney Spears spoke to the judge last month. Here's who the main players are.

July 14, 2021
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
People exercise at a gym in Seoul on July 13, 2021 as South Korea announced implementation of level 4 social distancing measures amid concerns of a fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • Asia

No Fast Music Or Fast Running: COVID Rules In Seoul Force Gym-Goers To Slow Down

Officials are hoping the new rules will cut COVID case numbers. Gyms in the Seoul area are not allowed to play music faster than 120 beats per minute.

July 13, 2021
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  • Sharon Pruitt-Young
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