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News Articles: Music

A crowd surfer celebrates Taking Back Sunday’s performance during the second and final day of the Warped Tour music festival in Atlantic City, N.J., on June 30, 2019.

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  • Economy

So many music festivals have been canceled this year. What's going on?

Music festivals are canceling their events like maybe never before. Call it the music festival recession.

September 17, 2024
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  • Greg Rosalsky
Edgar Barrera, the songwriter and producer who leads all nominees at the 25th annual Latin Grammy Awards, shown here attending an event celebrating producers, engineers, songwriters and composers at the Grammy museum on January 31, 2024.

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  • Music

Edgar Barrera leads the Latin Grammy nominations for the second year in a row

Superstars like Bad Bunny, Karol G and Juan Luis Guerra racked up Latin Grammy nominations. But producers and songwriters got plenty of love, too.

September 17, 2024
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Tito Jackson, pictured here attending the diamond birthday celebration for his late brother Michael Jackson on August 29, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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  • Obituaries

Tito Jackson, member of the Jackson 5, dies at 70

The singer and guitarist was part of sibling quintet that took over the pop world in 1969 — it released four consecutive No. 1 hits — and launched a family entertainment dynasty that lasted decades.

September 16, 2024
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  • Chandelis Duster and
  • Rachel Treisman
Pianist Daniela Santos, second from left, with the ensemble she was performing with when one of Puerto Rico's frequent power outages interrupted the Aug. 24 concert she'd worked six years to debut. Afterward, the musicians posed for a photo illuminated by cellphones from the audience.

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  • National

Her piano concert was six years in the making. Then Puerto Rico's power went out

Puerto Rico’s unstable electric grid affects every sector of society, including the island’s rich cultural scene. An outage abruptly ended an emerging pianist’s recent concert, touching a nerve.

September 16, 2024
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  • Adrian Florido
Taylor Swift arrives at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday night in Elmont, N.Y., a day after the singer-songwriter endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

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  • Politics

Trump says 'I hate Taylor Swift' after pop star endorses Harris

The Republican presidential nominee directed his vitriol at the pop star after Swift threw her support behind the Democratic presidential nominee.

September 16, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
Jimmy Carter 100

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  • News

Jimmy Carter 100: Artists pay tribute ahead of star-studded birthday concert

Singers Angelique Kidjo and Carlene Carter reflect on their favorite Jimmy Carter moments and why music is the best way to celebrate the former president's life and legacy.

September 14, 2024
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Justin Timberlake (center) walks into court for a hearing Friday in Sag Harbor, N.Y.

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  • National

Justin Timberlake pleads guilty to impaired driving, gets $500 fine and will make PSA

Justin Timberlake pleaded guilty to impaired driving, resolving the criminal case stemming from his arrest in the Hamptons. “I did not live up to the standards that I try to hold for myself," he said.

September 13, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Dawn Richard arrives at the Latin American Music Awards at the Dolby Theatre on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, in Los Angeles.

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  • Music

Danity Kane's Dawn Richard sues Sean 'Diddy' Combs for sexual assault and battery

In the lawsuit filed Tuesday in a New York federal court, Richard alleges that the hip-hop mogul sexually assaulted her, deprived her of food and sleep and refused to pay her adequately.

September 12, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
Jon Bon Jovi, pictured at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Sunday, is credited with helping save a woman's life on a Nashville bridge just days later.

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  • Music News

Jon Bon Jovi helps talk a woman off the ledge of a bridge while filming a music video

Bon Jovi spotted a woman on the ledge of the pedestrian bridge where his crew was filming in Nashville late Tuesday. The singer and a team member helped her over the railing and back to safety.

September 12, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Post Malone, Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter laugh backstage at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday in Elmont, N.Y.

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  • Music News

Swift sweeps, Chiles gets her bronze and other highlights from a star-studded VMAs

The 40th MTV Video Music Awards celebrated today’s biggest stars and songs, as well as iconic moments from its own history. Here are some of the night's best moments and biggest winners.

September 12, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Sabrina Carpenter, seen here performing at the 2024 Governors Ball held at Flushing Meadows Corona Park on June 8, 2024, in Queens, N.Y., had multiple hits in contention for the song of the summer — but neither "Espresso" nor "Please Please Please" was the season's champion.

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  • Music News

Summers may come and go, but the songs of the summer last forever

All summer, a wide range of hits were in the running for the biggest songs of the season — country singalongs, rap diss tracks, pop kiss-offs and rock epics. But two took the race down to the wire.

September 11, 2024
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  • Stephen Thompson
Frankie Beverly performs with Maze at the 2009 Summer Soul Concert series at Newark Symphony Hall in Newark, N.J.

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  • Obituaries

Frankie Beverly, R&B and funk legend, dies at 77

As the leader of Maze, Beverly crafted songs like the slinky, euphoric "Happy Feelin’s" and the breakup anthem "Before I Let Go," wedding his dulcet singing to buoyant grooves.

September 11, 2024
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  • Sidney Madden
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Taylor Swift has endorsed Kamala Harris for president — will it matter?

Swift wrote on Instagram, "I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter." How much sway do stars really have when it comes to putting the next president in the White House?

September 11, 2024
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  • Chloe Veltman
MJ Lenderman's fifth solo album, <em>Manning Fireworks</em>, finds inspiration in The Band and the Drive-By Truckers.

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  • Music

MJ Lenderman joins rock and roll’s lineage of heartbreak kids

Ann Powers considers the breakthrough of indie rock up-and-comer MJ Lenderman, and finds that he’s got some classic rock in his tales of romantic woe.

September 11, 2024
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  • Ann Powers
From left to right, Michael O. Leavitt, Tabernacle Choir President; Mack Wilberg, Tabernacle Choir Music Director; Dr. David Morrow, Morehouse College Glee Club director; Dr. Kevin Johnson, Spelman College Glee Club director; and Elder Ahmad S. Corbitt of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gathered for a press conference at State Farm Arena on Tuesday, September 10, 2024 ahead of the free Wednesday night concert. Ambria Burton/GPB News

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  • News

Morehouse and Spelman students reflect on the power of music between Tabernacle Choir performances

The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will perform a free concert at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 11, alongside the glee clubs of Morehouse and Spelman Colleges.

September 11, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
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