Music News
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Q&A: Chuck D talks rap's rise through 'Fight the Power' doc
Hip-hop became a cultural phenomenon against the backdrop of American history, and now Public Enemy’s Chuck D has committed himself to explore its origins
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Pioneer of gospel music rediscovered in Pittsburgh archives
For over 20 years, the work of gospel music composer Charles Henry Pace sat in 14 unorganized crates, dirty and decomposing
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Musicians fight threat of Tennessee anti-LGBTQ, drag bills
Tennessee has long championed its musical and creative communities, but some musicians and artists feel threatened by its new laws targeting trans youth and drag performances
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Sly Stone book to be released through new Questlove imprint
Questlove has own book imprint and is launching it with a memoir by one of the world’s most influential and enigmatic musicians, Sly Stone, leader of Sly and the Family Stone
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Willie Nelson honored with Texas educational endowment
Weeks after winning more Grammys, Willie Nelson's next honor is a university endowment in Texas
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Taylor Swift kicks off US Eras Tour at Super Bowl stadium
Taylor Swift opened her U.S. concert series with a three-hour tour of her career
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Tejano musician Fito Olivares dies in Houston at 75
Tejano musician Fito Olivares, known for songs that were wedding and quinceanera mainstays including the hit “Juana La Cubana,” has died
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Mother: Irvo Otieno was 'brilliant and creative and bright'
The mother of a Black man who died in police custody at a Virginia mental hospital says her son was “brilliant, creative and bright.”
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Jim Gordon, rock drummer who killed mother, dies at 77
Famed rock ‘n’ roll session drummer Jim Gordon has died at age 77
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Posthumous album set from 'Gangsta’s Paradise' rapper Coolio
The estate of rapper Coolio plans to release a studio album later this year that the Grammy-winning hitmaker had been working on in the days before he died
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