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News Articles: Music

On his long-awaited new chapter, <em>SABLE, fABLE</em>, Bon Iver revels in fresh comforts in subtle, surprising ways, without sacrificing the ache that animated his early work.

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  • Music

On 'SABLE, fABLE,' Bon Iver embraces fresh possibilities

Bon Iver's new album, SABLE, fABLE, explores a world of new possibilities for the artist, and in the accumulation of hardships and opportunities that got him to this fresh start.

April 11, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson
Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory

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  • Music

Becoming The Attachment Theory was a 'sonic trust fall' for Sharon Van Etten

On her seventh studio album, Van Etten opens up her songwriting process to dazzling effect.

April 11, 2025
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By:
  • Stephen Kallao and
  • Kimberly Junod
Tracy Chapman performs during the 66th Grammy Awards on Feb. 4, 2024 in Los Angeles.

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  • Arts & Life

National Recording Registry adds Tracy Chapman, Hamilton and the Minecraft game soundtrack

There are 25 new additions to the Library of Congress collection. They include albums by Elton John, Miles Davis, Amy Winehouse, and the original cast recording of Hamilton.

April 11, 2025
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
Participants learn arrangements at a CommUnity ATL Choir session on Jan. 27, 2025.

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  • Music Features

Atlanta's CommUNITY choir offers singers career advice — and their favorite songs from decades past

Strangers gathering to sing hit songs from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s is a worldwide trend people are willing to pay to experience. Deanna Dixon's choir is betting on it.

April 11, 2025
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Bon Iver lightens up on his new album, <em>SABLE, fABLE</em>.

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  • Music

The best new albums out April 11

Check out our long list of albums that hit streaming Thursday night, including new records by Bon Iver, Valerie June, Ken Carson and much more.

April 11, 2025
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By:
  • Stephen Thompson and
  • Erin Wolf
Katy Perry performs during the 2015 Super Bowl XLIX halftime show at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.

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  • Music

20 musicians who should get to go to space before Katy Perry

On April 14, Blue Origin plans to launch a space flight with a crew that includes the singer behind the 2010 hit "Firework." But we can think of many other artists who deserve to be among the stars.

April 10, 2025
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
President Trump dismissed previous leadership and took over as chair of the Kennedy Center in February.

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  • Arts & Life

Worried artists reached out to Kennedy Center president Richard Grenell. His responses didn't help

Since President Trump took over leadership of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts earlier this year, some artists are trying to figure out how to proceed. One musician emailed the interim director, Richard Grenell. He responded.

April 10, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
When police came to the cul de sac road in Los Angeles where Jillian Lauren lives with her husband, Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, they were pursuing a suspect in a hit-and-run. But Lauren was shot after police say she pointed a gun at them. The couple are seen here in 2018.

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  • National

Jillian Lauren: What we know about police shooting of Weezer bassist's wife

Jillian Lauren suffered a non-life-threatening injury this week when police shot her in her yard after they say she pointed a gun at them. Details about the incident in Los Angeles are still emerging.

April 10, 2025
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  • Bill Chappell
The Atlanta Dogwood Festival returns to Atlanta at Piedmont Park from Friday, April 11, to Sunday, April 13. Credit: The Atlanta Dogwood Festival

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  • News

The 89th Atlanta Dogwood Festival returns this weekend! Here's what to know

One of Georgia's biggest festivals, the Atlanta Dogwood Festival returns this weekend at Piedmont Park from April 11-13

April 09, 2025
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  • GPB News Staff
Members of the Parliament-Funkadelic collective in 1970.

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  • Movies

'You know it when you feel it': A new documentary explores the roots of funk

"Once you get the funk out there, it's not going back. You can't put it back in the box," says filmmaker Stanley Nelson. His new Independent Lens documentary is out now.

April 09, 2025
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
Thanks to a deluxe reissue containing five new songs, Ariana Grande's 2024 album <em>Eternal Sunshine</em> races from No. 87 all the way back to No. 1 on the <em>Billboard</em> chart.

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  • Music

Ariana Grande's 'Eternal Sunshine' takes a wicked leap to No. 1, a year after its release

Ariana Grande's deluxe edition of her 2024 album Eternal Sunshine catapults it from No. 87 all the way back to No. 1. Elsewhere, Kendrick Lamar's "Luther (feat. SZA)" sits in the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for a seventh consecutive week, and Pat Boone makes his long-awaited move toward chart domination.

April 08, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson
PlaqueBoyMax attends ComplexCon in Las Vegas in November 2024. Already an online celebrity for his livestreams, he released his debut EP, <em>LONDON</em>, on March 20.

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  • Music Features

The rise of the influencer as rap artist

The YouTube star PlaqueBoyMax built his following the usual way, livestreaming opinions on music and news. What's unusual is his latest move, which tests the modern meaning of the word "creator."

April 08, 2025
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By:
  • Sheldon Pearce
"I've played this music to myself and often close friends for years now," Springsteen says. "I'm glad you'll get a chance to finally hear them. I hope you enjoy them."

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  • Music News

Bruce Springsteen to release seven new albums of unreleased material

In June, Bruce Springsteen will put out a collection of previously unreleased music that dates back as far as four decades.

April 07, 2025
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By:
  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento and
  • Hazel Cills
Thought he spent time around the folk revival scene of the 1960s, Michael Hurley quickly cut a unique path for his career, with an extremely independent approach to recording and releasing music.

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  • Obituaries

Remembering Michael Hurley, a godfather of folk music's underground

Sometimes called the father of freak-folk, the 83-year-old singer-songwriter lived, worked and died on his own terms.

April 04, 2025
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By:
  • Grayson Haver Currin
Chicago has toured since the 1960s and swings through Macon on April 9., 2025.

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  • Music Interviews

Rock Hall of Famers Chicago are heading to Macon. Check out the band's fun Georgia connection

Chicago's tour stops at the Macon City Auditorium April 9. Band co-founder and trumpeter Lee Loughnane gives GPB a preview.

April 04, 2025
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  • Kristi York Wooten
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