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News Articles: Music

Future (seen here in 2022) has released three mixtapes since April of this year that have all debuted at No. 1 on <em>Billboard</em>'s album chart. Only two other acts have put as many albums at the top of the chart in a six month span before.

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  • Music News

Future has dropped three chart-topping albums in just six months

This week, the rapper Future hit #1 on Billboard's albums chart for a third time in the last six months. Meanwhile, on the songs, chart, stasis is becoming the coin of the realm.

October 04, 2024
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  • Stephen Thompson
Garth Brooks performs during the 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 7, 2013 in Las Vegas.

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  • Law

Garth Brooks is accused of rape and sexual assault in a lawsuit

The unnamed woman claims Brooks sexually assaulted her several times while she worked for him as a makeup artist. Brooks says the woman is exploiting him for money.

October 04, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
Brianna Buckley (center) as voodoo priestess Minerva, who calls on spirits to help win Jim Williams an acquittal.

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  • Performing Arts

‘Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil’ musical heading to Broadway in 2025

The 1994 nonfiction bestseller was adapted into a musical earlier this year in Chicago.

October 03, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

A beloved music producer is dying. His clients came to his home for a farewell concert

Adam Abeshouse was diagnosed with bile duct cancer last spring. His star classical music clients, including Joshua Bell, Simone Dinnerstein, Jeremy Denk, and Lara Downes, wanted to say goodbye.

October 02, 2024
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  • Tom Vitale
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/09/29/1042510168/kris-kristofferson-musical-rebel-and-movie-star-has-died-at-age-88"target="_blank"   ><strong>Read Kris Kristofferson's obituary</strong></a>

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  • Obituaries

Kris Kristofferson, musical rebel and movie star, has died at age 88

Musician and film star Kris Kristofferson has died at age 88. His hit songs include "Me and Bobby McGee" and he starred in dozens of films, including A Star Is Born, opposite Barbra Streisand.

September 30, 2024
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  • Melissa Block
GPB News NPR

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  • News

Historic flooding strands hundreds in North Carolina. And, Hezbollah leader mourned

Tropical storm Helene has left western North Carolina with catastrophic damage from historic flooding to a loss of power for thousands. And, Lebanon mourning the loss of Hezbollah leader.

September 30, 2024
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  • Brittney Melton
Dionne Warwick performs at the New York Stock Exchanges 96th Annual Christmas Tree Lighting at New York Stock Exchange on December 5, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Jason Mendez/Getty Images)

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  • Arts & Life

'Wait Wait' for September 28, 2024: Live in Kansas City with Dionne Warwick!

This week, Wait Wait is live in Kansas City with special guest Dionne Warwick, and panelists Josh Gondelman, Shantira Jackson, and Paula Poundstone

September 28, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Following her death, SOPHIE's family says she left behind a collection of hundreds of unreleased songs, as well as a follow-up album to her debut. But the album wasn’t finished.

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  • Music News

How do you finish a visionary artist’s final album?

The electronic music producer’s family and collaborators spent three years completing the album SOPHIE with the pieces she left behind after her death.

September 28, 2024
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  • Hazel Cills
LL Cool J's 2024 album <em>The FORCE</em> finds the rapper looser and more agile than he's sounded in years, assisted by eclectic production from Q-Tip.

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  • Music Features

Golden-age rappers make a digital-age leap — and survive

On surprising new albums, '80s trailblazers LL Cool J and MC Lyte sound thrillingly revitalized, thanks to sharp production choices and a willingness to bend their signature styles toward the moment.

September 28, 2024
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  • Sheldon Pearce
Sean “Diddy” Combs appears before students at his Capital Preparatory School in the Bronx on Oct. 18, 2022.

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  • Music

Sean Combs accused of impregnating, threatening woman in new assault lawsuit

In the 12th lawsuit filed against the hip-hop mogul since last November, an unnamed victim alleges that Sean Combs coerced her into sex, impregnated her, then threatened her into silence.

September 27, 2024
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  • Sidney Madden
A statue of country music singer and Arkansas native Johnny Cash was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday.

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  • History

U.S. Capitol statue of Johnny Cash depicts Arkansas' history and progress

Arkansas unveiled a new statue of Johnny Cash in the U.S. Capitol. Cash, the first musician to be honored in the building, replaces a statue of a Confederate general.

September 27, 2024
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  • Barbara Sprunt
Travis Scott’s 2014 mixtape <em>Days Before Rodeo</em> leaps from No. 106 all the way to No. 1, thanks to a massive flood of vinyl sales.

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  • Music

Travis Scott finally soars to No. 1 on the strength of vinyl

Since its re-release earlier this month, Travis Scott's album Days Before Rodeo has been bouncing up and down the charts, finally landing at No. 1.

September 26, 2024
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  • Stephen Thompson
MIDI inputs in Logic for the song Monkeys Spinning Monkeys taken from Kevin MacLeod's Youtube channel. Unlike other artists who seek to protect the rights to their creative work, McLeod encourages anyone to use his music for free. “I just want my stuff to be heard," he says.

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  • National

How a catchy tune became the soundtrack to TikTok's silliest videos

The song "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys" was released ten years ago and has since become the soundtrack to millions of viral videos. Its story shows how music has shaped — and been shaped by— social media platforms.

September 25, 2024
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  • Deena Prichep
Sean "Diddy" Combs attends the 2018 Fox Network Upfront at the Wollman Rink in New York City's Central Park.

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  • Music

New lawsuit accuses Sean Combs of rape, recording assault later distributed as porn

Thalia Graves alleges Combs and his bodyguard, Joseph Sherman, raped her, recorded the attack without her knowledge and later distributed the video as pornography in the 11th suit against him.

September 25, 2024
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  • Sidney Madden
Jamie xx

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  • Music

Riding the ebb and flow of dance music, Jamie xx found his place again

After nearly a decade, the English producer returns with a new solo record influenced by isolation and the ever-growing popularity of electronic dance music.

September 23, 2024
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  • Miguel Perez
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