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News Articles: Music

Tim McBride and Toby Keith at a VIP meet-and-greet before a concert in 2017.

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  • Music

Toby Keith never knew it, but he helped my brother make a big life change

Tim is a Special Olympian who until recently had lived with our parents. My mom and I were collaborating to get him excited about relocating to my home, when Toby announced a concert near there.

February 07, 2024
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  • Kelly McBride
Virginia music educator Annie Ray poses in the press room during the 66th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.

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  • Music News

The music teacher who just won a Grammy says it belongs to her students

Virginia music teacher Annie Ray started an orchestra for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She just won a Grammy for music education, and a $10,000 grant for her school.

February 07, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Jay-Z (left) accepts the honorary Dr. Dre Global Impact Award alongside his daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, during the 66th Grammy Awards on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, Calif.

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  • Music

When will Black artists be ready to break up with The Grammys?

On Sunday, Jay-Z accepted an honorary Grammy by taking gentle aim at the awards' failure to support Black musicians. "We want y'all to get it right — at least get it close to right" he said.

February 06, 2024
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  • Sidney Madden
Toby Keith is seen performing April 7, 2014 at ACM Presents an All-Star Salute to the Troops in Las Vegas.

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  • Obituaries

Toby Keith, one of country music's biggest stars, dies at 62

Keith announced on social media in 2022 that he had been having chemotherapy and radiation treatments for stomach cancer. He is behind such hits as "Red Solo Cup" and "Beer For My Horses."

February 06, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie and
  • Diba Mohtasham
View of an embroidered sheet of music from the piece <em>Organ2/ASLSP</em> by John Cage. Artist Sabine Groschup expands the embroidery with each change of sound. After two years, the sound of the slowest piece of music in the world, has changed for the 16th time. This means that the six-sound piece that has been played in the Burchardi Church since February 2022 has become a seven-sound piece.

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  • Europe

A 639-year-long John Cage organ performance strikes a new chord in Germany

The late American composer John Cage left it up to the performer to decide how long his work, Organ2/ASLSP, should take. A group in Germany is testing the limits.

February 06, 2024
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  • Rob Schmitz
GPB News NPR

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  • Opinion

New Grammy category for African music ignores almost all of Africa

Grammy is unveiling an award for "Best African Music Performance." Do the nominees fulfill the goal of "recognizing recordings that utilize unique local expressions from across the ... continent"?

February 06, 2024
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  • Ian Brennan
André 3000's "New Blue Sun Live" tour spent three nights at the Blue Note jazz club in New York.

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  • Music Features

Is André 3000 in his jazz era?

During his residency of the famed Blue Note jazz club in New York, the OutKast-rapper-turned-flutist showed us why New Blue Sun is both less and more than that question.

February 06, 2024
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  • Hank Shteamer
Taylor Swift won two awards at the 66th Grammys, including album of the year. She received that prize for a record fourth time. Earlier in the night, during her acceptance speech for the best pop vocal album Grammy for her album <em>Midnights</em>, Swift announced the release of her next album, <em>The Tortured Poets Department. </em>

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  • Music News

At the 2024 Grammys, a show full of surprises and safe bets

Women dominated the prizes and performances at the 66th Grammy Awards. Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus and Billie Eilish won major awards; Joni Mitchell and Tracy Chapman gave captivating performances.

February 05, 2024
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  • Hazel Cills and
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs perform "Fast Car" during the 66th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles.

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  • Music

Tracy Chapman's 'Fast Car' climbs the iTunes charts after her Grammy performance

Chapman has performed sparingly in recent years. She took the Grammy stage to raucous applause and capped her performance with Luke Combs by receiving a standing ovation.

February 05, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
Miley Cyrus accepts the Grammy Awards for record of the year for her song "Flowers" on February 4, 2024.

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  • Music

Here are the 2024 Grammy Award winners

Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Victoria Monét and Billie Eilish were among the winners of major awards at the 66th Grammy Awards, presented on Sunday, February 4, but no one artist dominated prizes.

February 05, 2024
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  • NPR Staff
Taylor Swift poses with Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus of boygenius after the 66th annual Grammy Awards.

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  • Music

Grammys 2024: 10 takeaways from music's biggest night (Taylor's version)

Miley Cyrus, SZA, Billie Eilish and others had a big night. But once again, the music industry found itself in the long shadow of Taylor Swift, who won album of the year and announced a new project.

February 05, 2024
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  • Stephen Thompson
At the 2024 Grammys, Tiny Desk alumnae boygenius took home best rock performance, best rock song and an best alternative music album.

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  • Music

36 Grammy Award winners have performed Tiny Desk concerts. Here's the list

There are many steps along the way to a Grammy: inspiration, creation, hard work ... and a Tiny Desk? We congratulate the 2024 winners who have participated in NPR Music's concert series.

February 05, 2024
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  • Lars Gotrich
Carrtoons performs a Tiny Desk concert.

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  • Concerts

Tiny Desk Premiere: Carrtoons

Ben Carr, who performs as Carrtoons, keeps the producer-led Tiny Desk tradition alive in this set.

February 05, 2024
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  • Bobby Carter
John Gaines, from left, Victoria Monét, and Hazel Monét Gaines arrive at the 66th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles.

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  • Arts & Life

Red carpet looks from the 2024 Grammy Awards

Check out some of the this year's most memorable red carpet looks from the 66th annual Grammy Awards.

February 04, 2024
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  • Mhari Shaw
"It's like a combination of feeling like you're in a dream and feeling like you're finally living your dream," Noah Kahan says of his arena-sized fame.

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  • Music Interviews

Noah Kahan on TikTok fame, his sold-out arena tour and taking his mom to the Grammys

Noah Kahan went from writing a pandemic album on his parents' farm in rural Vermont to selling out an arena tour and being nominated for best new artist at the Grammys.

February 04, 2024
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  • Elissa Nadworny
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