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July 02, 202050 Years Ago, Casey Kasem Began Counting Down The Hits On American Top 40
Enlarge this image Casey Kasem was the original host American Top 40, which premiered 50 years ago this week. Gary Friedman/Getty -
June 29, 2020Several Older Musicians Release New Albums, Prove Their Music Is Still Relevant
Bob Dylan's new album, Rough and Rowdy Ways, was published on June 19 and rose to number two on the Billboard albums chart this week. The same day Neil Young has -
June 29, 2020With New Albums, Bob Dylan, Neil Young And Willie Nelson Are As Relevant As Ever
Enlarge this image Neil Young's newly released album, Homegrown, arrives at the same moment as two other veteran songwriters, Bob Dylan and -
June 29, 2020Freddy Cole, Distinguished Jazz Art And Unassuming Vocalist, Dead At 88
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June 29, 2020Sufjan Stevens Announces New Solo Album 'The Ascension'
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June 29, 2020
Bob Dylan Reaches Milestone. 1 Album In Each Decade From 1960s To 2020s
With his latest recording, Bob Dylan has become the first artist to have an album in the Billboard Top 40 in every decade since the sixties. The album Rough and Rowdy -
Jun 29, 2020Singer Bob Dylan Reaches Billboard 200 Milestone
With his latest recording, Bob Dylan has become the first artist to have an album in the Billboard Top 40 in every decade since the sixties. The… -
Jun 28, 2020
CDC Says Singers Could Be Virus Super-Spreaders — But 100 Sang Unmasked With VP Pence
A choir of about 100 performers sang at a megachurch campaign event featuring Vice President Pence on Sunday. They did not wear masks while they… -
Jun 27, 2020Beyoncé To Drop Visual Album, 'Black Is King,' On Disney+ In July
Enlarge this image Beyoncé, who voiced the character of Nala in last year's animated remake of The Lion King, is releasing a -
Jun 27, 2020Freddy Cole, Distinguished Jazz Artist And Unassuming Vocalist, Dead At 88
Enlarge this image Freddy Cole performs onstage during the Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Vocals Competition in 2015. Rachel… -
Jun 25, 2020
Huey, The Rapper Behind 'Pop, Lock & Drop It,' Killed In St. Louis Shooting
YouTube Huey, the St. Louis rapper behind the hit song "Pop, Lock & Drop It," was shot and killed on Thursday night in Kinloch, Mo. The St. Louis -
Jun 24, 2020Dixie Chicks Change Band Name To The Chicks
Enlarge this image The band Dixie Chicks — now known simply as The Chicks — performing at the Grammy Awards in New -
Jun 24, 2020
Chance Encounter Leads To Viral Video Of 'Star Spangled Banner' Duet
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Jun 23, 2020K-Pop's Digital 'Army' Musters To Meet The Moment, Baggage In Tow
Enlarge this image A fan of BTS poses for photos against a backdrop featuring an image of the group's members in Seoul -
Jun 23, 2020
Join NPR Music's Listening Party For SAULT's 'UNTITLED'
YouTube This Friday at 3 p.m. ET, join an online listening party for SAULT's timely new album, UNTITLED (Black Is), hosted by Radio Milwaukee's Tarik… -
Jun 22, 2020The NEA Announces Its 2020 National Heritage Fellowship Winners
Enlarge this image Soul singer and songwriter William Bell — one of Stax Records' earliest stars — is one of this year's -
Jun 22, 2020
After Lockdown, Barcelona's Liceu Opera House Opens To A Full House
The curtains rose revealing that more than 2,000 seats were filled with a bunch of lively... plants. The idea was to get people to reflect on the… -
Jun 22, 2020
Barcelona's Liceu Opera House Opens To A Full House Of Plants
After months of lockdown, the curtains rose revealing more than 2,000 seats were filled with plants. The idea was to get people to reflect on the… -
Jun 21, 2020
Grateful Dead Launches Deodorant Brand
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Jun 20, 2020Tom Petty's Family Doesn't Want Trump Using His Music For A 'Campaign Of Hate'
Enlarge this image Tom Petty posed in New York in 1976. On Saturday, Petty's estate issued a cease and desist order to -
Jun 19, 2020Beyoncé Releases New Song 'Black Parade' In The Final Hours Of Juneteenth
YouTube As she is wont to do, Beyoncé surprised the world overnight with a new song, "Black Parade." Released in the final hours of Juneteenth — the… -
Jun 18, 2020Teyana Taylor On 'The Album' And Asserting Her Creative Vision
Enlarge this image Teyana Taylor's third musical project, simply titled The Album, is a sprawling work of 23 tracks that sends a -
Jun 18, 2020A Previously Unreleased Thelonious Monk Concert Is Coming Next Month
Enlarge this image A previously unreleased concert recording of Thelonious Monk from 1968 will be released next month as the album Palo -
Jun 17, 2020Carnegie Hall And Lincoln Center Cancel Performances For Rest Of 2020
Enlarge this image An empty Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center, lit up in June for Pride 2020 — but with no -
Jun 17, 2020Vera Lynn, Singer Of Timeless Classics In WWII-Era Britain, Dies At 103
Enlarge this image Vera Lynn, serving cups of tea to servicemen stationed in Trafalgar Square on June 4, 1942. Keystone/Getty Images -
Jun 17, 2020Bandcamp, Much-Loved Indie Music Marketplace, Launches A Juneteenth Tradition
Enlarge this image Bandcamp has pledged to donate its cut of sales made on this and every subsequent Juneteenth holiday to the -
Jun 17, 2020
British Singer Dame Vera Lynn Dies At 103
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Jun 15, 2020Yo-Yo Ma: Goats, Rodeos And The Power Of Music
Enlarge this image The members of Goat Rodeo, from left to right: Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile, Stuart Duncan and Edgar Meyer. -
Jun 14, 2020Is This The End For 'Urban' Music?
Enlarge this image The term "urban" has been used for decades as a catch-all term for Black music — but it is -
Jun 11, 2020Brad Mehldau And His Piano Outline The Resolve (And Yes, The Anxiety) Of Our Moment
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Jun 11, 2020A New Library Of Congress Project Commissions Music Of The Coronavirus Pandemic
Enlarge this image Allison Loggins-Hull and Nathalie Joachim are two of the artists featured in the Library of Congress' Boccaccio Project, a -
Jun 10, 2020Play It Forward: Lakecia Benjamin Sings Through Her Saxophone
Enlarge this image Aided by an ensemble cast of jazz musicians new and old, Lakecia Benjamin recorded the entirety of her new -
Jun 10, 2020Lady Antebellum Changes Its Name To Lady A
Enlarge this image The trio now known as Lady A, arriving at the Country Music Awards in April 2019. Robyn Beck/AFP -
Jun 10, 2020Saxophonist Jimmy Heath Takes An Elegant Victory Lap On His Posthumous 'Love Letter'
Enlarge this image Jimmy Heath, whose album Love Letter will be released July 17, 2020. Carol Friedman/Verve Records hide captiontoggle caption -
Jun 09, 2020Coachella Festival Canceled In 2020, Says Public Health Commissioner
Enlarge this image A man stands in front a poster advertising an "at home" streamed Coachella event in April in Hollywood, Calif. -
Jun 09, 2020Houston's Hip-Hop Scene Remembers George Floyd
Enlarge this image A mural memorializes George Floyd is his hometown of Houston, where he was known as Big Floyd, and part
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