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News Articles: Music

American rapper and actor LL Cool J poses for a portrait in New York, NY, on Wednesday, August 14, 2024.

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  • Music Interviews

LL Cool J goes back to his roots in his new album

LL Cool J is out with his first album in over a decade. He says on Morning Edition, "I've been here for years, baby. How are you going to call it a comeback?"

September 06, 2024
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By:
  • Reena Advani and
  • Milton Guevara
The British band Keane pictured in 2023: From left: Jesse Quinn, Richard Huughes, Tim Rice-Oxley and Tom Chaplin. The band makes a rare appearance in Atlanta at The Eastern on Sept. 14, 2024

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  • Music Interviews

Keane's Tom Chaplin on success, 'Somewhere Only We Know' and the band's return to Atlanta

The British rock band Keane is famous for that 2004 worldwide hit which also became a TikTok sensation and has joined the "billions club." Now the group is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its debut album, Hopes and Fears, and performs at The Eastern in Atlanta on Sept. 14, 2024. 

September 06, 2024
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By:
  • Kristi York Wooten
 Doechii channels a panoramic relationship to her own thoughts and voice on the new mixtape <em>Alligator Bites Never Heal</em>.

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  • Music Features

Doechii is too big for your small screen

Viral stardom is often a prison — but on the dazzling and frequently hilarious Alligator Bites Never Heal, the "Yucky Blucky Fruitcake" rapper proves those walls can't contain her talent.

September 05, 2024
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By:
  • Sheldon Pearce
People wait out an air raid alarm at the Teatralna metro station during the massive Russian drone and missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Aug. 26.

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  • Europe

In Ukraine, turning air raid sirens into a piece of music

When an air raid siren went off recently in Kyiv, a young singer spontaneously began harmonizing with the alarm. The result went viral on social media.

September 05, 2024
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By:
  • Greg Myre
You’d be forgiven for assuming that Sabrina Carpenter’s <em>Short n’ Sweet</em> would top the <em>Billboard</em> albums chart in its first week of eligibility.

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  • Music

Sabrina Carpenter has the No. 1 album — and 3 of the week’s top 5 songs

Sabrina Carpenter was expected to have a massive week. Still, her journey to the top of the album charts was fraught right up to its final moments, as she fended off a furious challenge from rapper Travis Scott.

September 03, 2024
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By:
  • Stephen Thompson
A fan uses a smartphone to access an online ticket sales website to purchase tickets for Oasis' "Live '25" tour. Oasis fans queued online early Saturday to buy tickets for the eagerly awaited reunion tour, but many tickets had already been scooped up by resellers charging many times over original ticket prices.

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  • Music News

Oasis says reunion tour tickets can only be resold at face value on official sites

Ticket prices for the U.K. tour have skyrocketed on resale sites since presale started Friday. The British rock band said tickets offered on the secondary market will be voided.

September 03, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks with Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice during an event at the group's annual convention in Washington, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024.

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  • News

Trump campaign must stop using 'Hold On, I'm Coming' after lawsuit from family of song's co-writer

A federal judge in Atlanta has ruled that Donald Trump and his campaign must stop using the song "Hold On, I'm Coming." The estate of Isaac Hayes Jr. filed a lawsuit last month alleging that Trump, his campaign and several of his allies had infringed its copyright and should pay damages.

September 03, 2024
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By:
  • Associated Press
The Afghan Youth Orchestra with its founder, Ahmad Sarmast.

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  • Music

Whatever happened to ... the young Afghan musicians who fled after the Taliban took over?

Nearly 300 young musicians, their teachers and staff from their music school fled Afghanistan in fear for their lives as the Taliban took power. NPR caught up with them during their U.S. tour,

September 03, 2024
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
GPB  NPR

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  • Music

Son Little's songs radiate outdoors at the Aspen Ideas Festival

Watch the guitarist and songwriter perform outside on the idyllic Aspen Ideas Festival campus.

September 02, 2024
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  • Suraya Mohamed

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  • Author Interviews

'The Dictionary Story' is a kids' book that defies definition

Dictionary wants to bring her pages to life but then a hungry alligator chasing a donut crashes into a queen who slips on some soap and chaos ensues. Can Dictionary put herself back together again?

September 01, 2024
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By:
  • Samantha Balaban
DJ Fatman Scoop is pictured at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles. He died after collapsing at a concert in Connecticut on Friday.

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  • Obituaries

Hip-hop artist Fatman Scoop dies at 53 after collapsing on stage

The hip-hop artist was known for his breakout track “Be Faithful” in the early 2000s and for lending his gravelly voice to hits by Missy Elliott and Ciara. The cause of his death was unclear.

August 31, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Post Malone, who has spent the year shifting his focus from hip-hop and pop toward country music (scoring a No. 1 single in the process) performs on July 16, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. His first all-country album, <em>F-1 Trillion</em>, topped this week's <em>Billboard</em> album chart.

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  • Music

It’s Post Malone’s week at the top of the chart, and he had some help

It's still summer, but signs indicate that the season of Taylor Swift's album chart dominance may be coming to an end. This week's harbinger: a certain face-tattooed rapper-turned-country star.

August 31, 2024
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By:
  • Stephen Thompson
Usher performs at the 51st annual Songwriters Hall of Fame induction and awards gala at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel on Thursday, June 16, 2022, in New York.

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  • News

Cue 'Let It Burn': Usher opens Georgia's first Dave's Hot Chicken restaurant

If you looked up in the sky around Exit 82 on !-20 Thursday, (you're welcome, distracted Conyers motorists!) — that drone show was courtesy of Georgia superstar Usher, owner of the state's first Dave's Hot Chicken franchise. “Once I tried Dave’s Hot Chicken and spoke with the founders of the brand, I knew I wanted to be involved with the company," the entertainer explained in a press release. "I'm excited to open Atlanta’s first Dave’s Hot Chicken and look forward to everyone from my hometown trying it."

August 30, 2024
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By:
  • Sonia Murray
Midge Ure during Rock Meets Classic at MHP Arena, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany on  April 10, 2024.

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  • Music Interviews

Legendary Live Aid co-creator Midge Ure on a generation of music activism: 'Wow, this is us!'

The Scottish singer, guitarist and keyboardist who co-wrote and co-produced the 1984 Band Aid charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" with Bob Geldof and makes a rare appearance at The Earl in Atlanta on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024 where he performs songs from his Band in a Box tour. 

 

August 30, 2024
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By:
  • Kristi York Wooten
GPB  NPR

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  • Music Reviews

'Fresh Air' marks the centennial of the 'Queen of Blues' Dinah Washington

August 29, 2024
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By:
  • Kevin Whitehead
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