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News Articles: Music

Choreographer JaQuel Knight is on a mission to copyright his dance routines. "It's to protect the creator from these huge corporations that come in and take advantage," he says.

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  • Music Interviews

He Choreographed 'Single Ladies' And 'WAP.' Now He's Got A Bigger Mission

JaQuel Knight, choreographer of iconic routines for Beyoncé, Megan Thee Stallion and others, is working to copyright his dances in hopes it will keep corporations from profiting off them unfairly.

November 16, 2020
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Jason Fuller,
  • and 1 more
Lara Downes interviews Helga Davis.

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  • Music Interviews

Time Warps, Dolphins And Baptism: Helga Davis Talks With Lara Downes

The restless creator of music and theatre says the pandemic has opened up new ways to be a storyteller.

November 14, 2020
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By:
  • Lara Downes
The artists featured in Jermaine Dupri's new song "Change."

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  • Music

Jermaine Dupri's 'Change' Reflects On World's Current Climate

Change is in the air, and Atlanta-raised rapper and producer Jermaine Dupri created a new song titled "Change" to reflect on the current state of the world.

November 13, 2020
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By:
  • Leah Fleming
The Avett Brothers

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  • Music

The Avett Brothers' 'Third Gleam' Reminds Us Why We Fell In Love With Them

The Third Gleam has no big band, no synths, no electric guitar. Just the brothers and their longtime bassist, Bob Crawford, for a series of songs.

November 13, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Kallao and
  • Kimberly Junod
<em>Starting Over</em> is the fourth studio album from Grammy-winning Nashville songwriter Chris Stapleton.

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  • Music Interviews

Chris Stapleton On 'Starting Over' And Writing For The Moment

The Grammy winner's new album comes after a false start in the studio, a few personal heartaches and some big adjustments to life as a public figure.

November 13, 2020
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By:
  • Noel King,
  • Taylor Haney,
  • and 1 more
"I've made a bunch of romantic albums," Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Mia Doi Todd says. "I think my world view is full of pink glasses."

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  • Music Interviews

Play It Forward: The Multiplicity Of Mia Doi Todd

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with singer-songwriter Mia Doi Todd about displacement, her forthcoming album and the artist she is grateful for: Thundercat.

November 12, 2020
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro and
  • Mano Sundaresan
John Lewis talks on the telephone from his Atlanta hotel room Tuesday night, Sept. 2, 1986 prior to claiming victory by defeating Julian Bond in a runoff election for the fifth Congressional District seat in Georgia.

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  • Music

Atlanta Will Get A New Area Code In 2023. Can It Live Up To 404's Musical History?

Welcome to the 943. That’s a new area code that will soon join the famous 404 used in Metro Atlanta that has been shouted out in pop and hip-hop music as a way of showing hometown pride. But will 943 live up to 404's legacy in Atlanta music? 

November 12, 2020
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By:
  • Leah Fleming
The band Songhoy Blues from Bamako, Mali.

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  • Music Interviews

Musicians From Mali Offer Advice On Getting Through Hard Times

Facing a pandemic lockdown, huge political upheavals and ongoing uncertainty about the future, musicians including Oumou Sangare and Songhoy Blues offer lessons in creativity and optimism.

November 12, 2020
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Sade performs live at New Jersey's PNC Arts Center in 2001. The artist released her fifth album, <em>Lovers Rock</em>, in November 2000.

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  • Music Features

Sade Saves

Rest assured, says writer Danyel Smith: There's always a Sade song for how you feel. Whether you live as a "King of Sorrow" or a "Soldier of Love" is up to you.

November 11, 2020
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By:
  • Danyel Smith
Thao Nguyen's new track for <em>Morning Edition</em>'s Song Project is about the day wildfire haze blotted out the sun over San Francisco, illuminating everything wrong with 2020.

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  • Music Interviews

On 'All This And More,' Thao Nguyen Tackles Post-Apocalyptic Omens

Nguyen processes feelings of dread in her new song for Morning Edition's Song Project, written after the skies over San Francisco turned orange from wildfire haze.

November 11, 2020
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By:
  • David Greene,
  • Taylor Haney,
  • and 1 more
Adrianne Lenker, lead vocalist and guitarist of Big Thief, released two solo albums<em> </em>in October, simply titled <em>songs</em> and <em>instrumentals</em>.

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  • Music Interviews

Adrianne Lenker On Carving Out Space To Recover

The Big Thief singer and guitarist holed up in the mountains of Western Massachusetts to record not one, but two albums, simply titled songs and instrumentals.

November 10, 2020
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By:
  • Mary Louise Kelly and
  • Mano Sundaresan
A former ballerina named Marta C. González, dancing to the music of <em>Swan Lake</em><em></em> in a video still from YouTube.

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  • Arts & Life

Struck With Memory Loss, A Dancer Remembers 'Swan Lake.' But Who Is She?

Viewers worldwide are responding to a moving video of Marta C. González, a former dancer afflicted with dementia. But critics are questioning whether González is who the clip makers claim she is.

November 10, 2020
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Mariah Carey performs onstage during her "All I Want For Christmas Is You" tour at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 15, 2019 in New York City.

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  • Book Reviews

Mariah Carey's Memoir Is Further Proof: She Has A Gift For Storytelling

The hitmaker, now celebrating 30 years into her career, has released a memoir — The Meaning of Mariah Carey — as detailed and entertaining as her songs.

November 09, 2020
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By:
  • Aisha Harris
Billy Joe Shaver, photographed onstage during Willie Nelson's 4th of July Concert at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on July 4, 2008 in San Antonio, Texas.

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  • Music Features

The Ballad Of Billy Joe Shaver And Jerry Jeff Walker, Country Outlaws

The deaths of Walker and Shaver this month prompted critic Charles Aaron to consider the impact of their work on the wider sound of American music.

November 08, 2020
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By:
  • Charles Aaron
Dayvon Bennett, better known as the rapper King Von .

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  • Music News

King Von, Emerging Chicago Rapper, Dead At 26

King Von, an emerging rapper who was quickly gaining attention for his incisive storytelling, was shot and killed in Atlanta on Friday morning.

November 07, 2020
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By:
  • Will Schube
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