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News Articles: Music

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  • Music

For Romy, dance music is best when it 'pulls your heart out'

The British musician and member of The xx talks about her debut solo album, Mid Air, and performs brand new songs live for World Cafe.

September 07, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Kallao and
  • Miguel Perez
Lauren Mayberry performs at the 9:30 Club in D.C. on Monday.

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  • Music

Chvrches' Lauren Mayberry goes solo — and we got exclusive backstage access

At the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Lauren Mayberry announced herself as a solo star.

September 07, 2023
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Noah Caldwell,
  • and 1 more
GPB  NPR

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  • Music

The Rolling Stones announce 'Hackney Diamonds,' their first album in 18 years

The rock 'n' roll band last released an album of original music in 2005, with A Bigger Bang. Hackney Diamonds will be their 24th album and their first since the death of drummer Charlie Watts.

September 07, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
GPB  NPR

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  • Science

Understanding the joy that many find in sadness

Why are humans attracted to art that combines sadness and beauty? A brain scientist says sadness has benefits like helping elicit empathy and purging negative emotion.

September 06, 2023
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
Atlanta based band The Rack practice for their upcoming tour and performance at Afropunk on July 26, 2023. The lead singer is wearinga black shirt which says the rack, behind her is a drummer to her left is a bass player and to the right a guitarist. They're all bathed in purple light.

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  • Music Features

'I want to be their new favorite': Atlanta punk music label signs diverse group of inaugural artists

Punk Black is an Atlanta-based organization working to shine a light on people of color in the rock music scene. This summer, Punk Black launched a record label and signed its first three bands: Howling Star, Hijas de la Muerte, and The Rack. 

September 06, 2023
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
Chlöe performs a Tiny Desk concert.

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  • Concerts

Chlöe: Tiny Desk Concert

In her Tiny Desk performance, the singer filled the room with a stunning vocal performance, her positive spirit and light radiating throughout the entire room.

September 05, 2023
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By:
  • Suraya Mohamed
The new documentary <em>Little Richard: I Am Everything</em> premieres Monday Sept. 4. Above, Little Richard performs in 1975.

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  • TV Reviews

CNN's new Little Richard documentary is a worthy tribute to the rock 'n' roll legend

Little Richard: I Am Everything focuses on the star's roots in — and struggle with — his connection to queer culture. TV critic Eric Deggans says it's a masterpiece.

September 05, 2023
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
Steve Harwell of Smash Mouth seen at KAABOO 2017 at the Del Mar Racetrack and Fairgrounds on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, in San Diego, Calif.

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  • Obituaries

Steve Harwell, the former lead singer of Smash Mouth, has died at 56

The singer of such hits as "Walking on the Sun" and "All Star" died of acute liver failure in his home in Boise, Idaho.

September 05, 2023
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By:
  • Jackie Northam
Musician Jimmy Buffett performs onstage at Jimmy Buffett & Friends: Live from the Gulf Coast, a concert presented by CMT at on the beach on July 11, 2010 in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

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  • Music News

Jimmy Buffett died of a rare skin cancer

Merkel cell carcinoma has a high risk of recurring and metastasizing, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation. About 3,000 new cases are diagnosed in the U.S. each year.

September 05, 2023
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
In this image from video provided by Rebecca Barger, festival-goers are helped off a truck from the Burning Man festival site in Black Rock, Nev., on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023.

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  • Arts & Life

Burning Man festival organizers lift driving ban and allow people to leave

Organizers of the Burning Man festival lifted a driving ban on Monday as muddy roads that had stranded thousands of attendees in the Nevada desert had dried up enough to allow people to begin leaving.

September 05, 2023
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By:
  • Emma Bowman and
  • Chloe Veltman
Jimmy Buffett performs in Gulf Shores, Ala., on June 30, 2010. The "Margaritaville" singer-songwriter has died at age 76.

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  • Obituaries

Jimmy Buffett, who sang of wastin' away in 'Margaritaville', dies at 76

The singer-songwriter, who popularized beach bum soft rock with the escapist song and turned that celebration of loafing into an empire of restaurants, resorts and frozen concoctions, has died.

September 02, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
GPB  NPR

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  • Movies

From stage to screen: A concert film of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour heads to theaters

Swift's tour has bolstered economies and crashed the Ticketmaster website. AMC said it has increased its online ticket server by more than five times its normal capacity to accommodate for the demand.

August 31, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Speedy Ortiz performs a Tiny Desk concert.

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  • Concerts

Speedy Ortiz: Tiny Desk Concert

The clever rock band delivers a performance 10 years in the making.

August 31, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Thompson
In his work with Stars of the Lid, Brian McBride helped transform listeners' understanding of the potential of ambient music.

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  • Obituaries

Stars of the Lid co-founder Brian McBride has died at 53

In his work alongside bandmate Adam Wiltzie, McBride warped and wondered at new pathways for ambient music.

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Lars Gotrich
Juan Lastra unabashedly stood up, sang and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@juanp_lastra/video/7272089604314975531">filmed himself</a> during one of Adele's concerts in Las Vegas. When security tried to get him to sit down, Adele told them to leave him alone.

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  • Arts & Life

Should you stand or sit at a concert? Adele fan ignites debate

When security told Juan Lastra to sit down, Adele told them to leave him alone. The incident sparked a debate about concert etiquette. Stand when others are sitting? Tell a fan to sit down?

August 30, 2023
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
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