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Lovett’s Slater Nalley (left) has made it to Hollywood Week on “American Idol.” (Photo by Disney/Eric McCandless)

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Atlanta high school student finds his confidence on ‘American Idol’

Slater Nalley first caught American Idol fans’ attention when he auditioned with a song he wrote about his teacher’s late son. Now, he’s hoping to let America get to know him a little bit better.

April 01, 2025
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  • Sammie Purcell
When the musician Kate Nash found herself with a pile of unpaid invoices, she came up with a way to make some quick cash: she joined OnlyFans.

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Why would a musician join OnlyFans? Because making a living is only getting harder

In a volatile music industry, some musicians are gravitating towards OnlyFans, a social media platform that has garnered a reputation for hosting sexual content.

March 31, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Clockwise, from top left: Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, SZA and Beyoncé.

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100 years, 100 moments: How women shaped a century of music

The final installment in our month-long series for Women's History Month exploring 100 years of music history.

March 29, 2025
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  • Miguel Perez
This week rapper Playboi Carti's <em>MUSIC</em> tops this week's <em>Billboard </em>200.

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  • Music

Playboi Carti has the biggest streaming week since Taylor Swift — plus, Chappell Roan goes country

The rapper Playboi Carti's much-hyped MUSIC leads this week in albums. Plus, the rapper Doechii continues to make gains with her recently released "Anxiety" and Chappell Roan finds minor country chart success with "The Giver."

March 28, 2025
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  • Hazel Cills
This combination of photos shows Yolanda Saldívar (from left), who is serving a life sentence at the Patrick L. O'Daniel Unit prison in Gatesville, Texas, and Tejano music star Selena posing in Corpus Christi, Texas, on March 7, 1995.

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The woman who killed Tejano music icon Selena in 1995 has been denied parole

Yolanda Saldívar, the woman convicted of killing Selena Quintanilla-Perez, has been denied parole after spending decades behind bars for fatally shooting the young singer at a Texas motel in 1995.

March 27, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Wadada Leo Smith (left) and Vijay Iyer have known and collaborated with each other for decades. They have just released their second album as a duo, <em>Defiant Life</em>, with Smith on trumpet and Iyer on piano.

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Wadada Leo Smith and Vijay Iyer on what it takes to lead a defiant life

On their new album, two of the most celebrated composers and players in the jazz world pay homage to the pursuit of purpose and joy found in the struggle for liberation.

March 27, 2025
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  • Nate Chinen
Justin Tyson.

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A journey through the influences and trippy sounds of drummer Justin Tyson

A go-to drummer who has lit the scene ablaze, Tyson shares his top five drum heroes. Plus, the seasoned sideman shares tracks from his trippy debut as a band leader, the paper doors.

March 27, 2025
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  • Trevor Smith
LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 20: Cleo Sol attends the Moncler Presents: The Art of Genius at Olympia London on February 20, 2023 in London, England.

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Cleo Sol will see you now

The New York City debut from the British soul singer counters the prevailing narrative around her. As she guided fans in spiritual healing, she did it as she has her whole career: on her own terms.

March 26, 2025
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  • Sidney Madden
Lucy Dacus frames her new album, <em>Forever Is a Feeling</em>, around a vision of love as a well-tended slow burn.

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  • Music Features

For Lucy Dacus, the dreamgirl of boygenius, fantasies carry a lesson

Even as the songs on Forever Is a Feeling chronicle a love that's come to fruition in public, Dacus still creates a particular kind of safe space for the fans who delight in swooning with her.

March 24, 2025
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  • Ann Powers
Over just a few months, the four members of the K-pop group BLACKPINK (left to right: Jisoo, Jennie, Lisa and Rosé) have all debuted new releases as solo artists.

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As BLACKPINK's members try on solo stardom, only one finds a perfect fit

What does a K-pop idol look like when set free from the system? On their own for the first time, Jisoo, Jennie, Lisa and Rosé each arrive at a different answer.

March 24, 2025
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  • Sheldon Pearce
Lady Gaga's <em>Mayhem</em>, which enters the chart at the top spot after a long windup that's included three top 40 singles.

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Lady Gaga's 'Mayhem' shakes up the charts at No. 1

As expected, Lady Gaga's Mayhem storms to a No. 1 debut, becoming her seventh album to top the chart.

March 21, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson
"When people grieve or go through a great loss, there are just ugly parts that come out of people when they're in survival mode," Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner told NPR, reflecting on the complicated relationships behind her new album.

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  • Music

Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner embraces melancholy in new album

With a new album, Michelle Zauner tells NPR she is finally finding balance between all the things she yearns for: her career goals, a connection to family and a connection to her ancestral home of Korea.

March 21, 2025
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  • Lindsay Totty
Clockwise, from top left: Donna Summer and Whitney Houston (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons), Lil' Kim and Kate Bush

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100 years, 100 moments: How women shaped a century of music

For Women's History Month, World Cafe is exploring 100 years of music history with a timeline of 100 moments.

March 20, 2025
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  • Miguel Perez
Honduran musician and politician Aurelio Martínez, photographed in London in 2011.

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Aurelio Martínez, ambassador of Garifuna music, has died

The Honduran musician, one of the most recognized proponents of a Caribbean culture dating to the 17th century, died Monday in an airplane crash.

March 19, 2025
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  • Felix Contreras
The crowd gathered in the Zelma Redding Amptheater for the official opening of Otis Redding Center for the Arts in Macon.

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The new arts center named for soul great Otis Redding is open for education and expression

The Otis Redding Center for the Arts in Macon is the new home for yearslong efforts by the soul great's family to educate the next generation of musicians.

The new arts center named for soul great Otis Redding is open for education and expression

March 19, 2025
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  • Grant Blankenship
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