Music
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Brandy Clark is gaining attention for her “dark comedy” country songs
“I’m a little older than most people when they first start doing it, as far as like coming out as an artist,” country singer-songwriter Brandy...
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Finnish group Rajaton joins the NSO to toast ABBA
Finnish group Rajaton joins the NSO to toast ABBA
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Two members of heavy-metal trio Cynic come out of the closet, and unleash brilliant new album
Two members of heavy metal trio Cynic come out
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Welcome to the Summer Pop Off!
Welcome to the Summer Pop Off! This is your chance to vote tournament style on what will become the summer song of 2014. This year...
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Robyn and Royksopp now collaborate as if they were one band
Robyn and Royksopp team up
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Michael Jackson’s “Xscape” a worthy tribute to the King of Pop
This summer will mark the 5-year anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death. His downfall and ultimate demise are a sad tale that has been rehashed endlessly,...
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Tori Amos delivers her best album in over a decade with “Unrepentant Geraldines”
It struck me while listening to Unrepentant Geraldines, Tori Amos’ first non-orchestral studio album in five years, that children born when her solo debut Little...
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Prince: Ranking His Albums, Bottom to Top
Thirty years ago this month, in May 1984, Prince was readying the release of the first single from his upcoming album and film, Purple Rain....
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Classic album revisited: The Cure’s “Disintegration” turns 25
By the end of the ‘80s, The Cure was poised for success in America. Their 1987 double-album Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me sold well,...
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Guitar Queen
“What can I do with just 10 fingers that will wow people?” Years after Rolling Stone heralded her one of its “New Guitar Gods” and...
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Johnny Indovina explains inspiration behind new album “Trials of the Writer”
“He sees certain sadness in the wake of yesterdays, and he writes it all down.” So begins Trials of the Writer, the first solo album...
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Flashback: Top 10 singles this week 30 Years Ago
The Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week 30 years ago featured a classic mix of R&B, pop and new wave hits. From...
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The LGBTQ Academy of Recording Arts Announces Upcoming Documentary
The LGBTQ Academy of Recording Arts (LARA), which presents the yearly OUTMUSIC Awards, has announced the production of a new full-length documentary. For Which WE...
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Dan Haseltine, front-man of Christian band Jars of Clay, takes to Twitter to support gay marriage
Contemporary Christian music isn’t a format where one might think to look for vocal supporters of same-sex marriage, but as with anything else times are...
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Prince ends long feud with Warner Bros. and drops new single
Prince’s acrimonious two-decade long battle with Warner Bros. Records, the label for which he recorded all of his ‘80s classics and a couple ‘90s releases...
