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News Articles: Music

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Son Little's songs radiate outdoors at the Aspen Ideas Festival

Watch the guitarist and songwriter perform outside on the idyllic Aspen Ideas Festival campus.

September 02, 2024
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  • Suraya Mohamed

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  • Author Interviews

'The Dictionary Story' is a kids' book that defies definition

Dictionary wants to bring her pages to life but then a hungry alligator chasing a donut crashes into a queen who slips on some soap and chaos ensues. Can Dictionary put herself back together again?

September 01, 2024
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By:
  • Samantha Balaban
DJ Fatman Scoop is pictured at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles. He died after collapsing at a concert in Connecticut on Friday.

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  • Obituaries

Hip-hop artist Fatman Scoop dies at 53 after collapsing on stage

The hip-hop artist was known for his breakout track “Be Faithful” in the early 2000s and for lending his gravelly voice to hits by Missy Elliott and Ciara. The cause of his death was unclear.

August 31, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Post Malone, who has spent the year shifting his focus from hip-hop and pop toward country music (scoring a No. 1 single in the process) performs on July 16, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. His first all-country album, <em>F-1 Trillion</em>, topped this week's <em>Billboard</em> album chart.

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  • Music

It’s Post Malone’s week at the top of the chart, and he had some help

It's still summer, but signs indicate that the season of Taylor Swift's album chart dominance may be coming to an end. This week's harbinger: a certain face-tattooed rapper-turned-country star.

August 31, 2024
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  • Stephen Thompson
Usher performs at the 51st annual Songwriters Hall of Fame induction and awards gala at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel on Thursday, June 16, 2022, in New York.

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  • News

Cue 'Let It Burn': Usher opens Georgia's first Dave's Hot Chicken restaurant

If you looked up in the sky around Exit 82 on !-20 Thursday, (you're welcome, distracted Conyers motorists!) — that drone show was courtesy of Georgia superstar Usher, owner of the state's first Dave's Hot Chicken franchise. “Once I tried Dave’s Hot Chicken and spoke with the founders of the brand, I knew I wanted to be involved with the company," the entertainer explained in a press release. "I'm excited to open Atlanta’s first Dave’s Hot Chicken and look forward to everyone from my hometown trying it."

August 30, 2024
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  • Sonia Murray
Midge Ure during Rock Meets Classic at MHP Arena, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany on  April 10, 2024.

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  • Music Interviews

Legendary Live Aid co-creator Midge Ure on a generation of music activism: 'Wow, this is us!'

The Scottish singer, guitarist and keyboardist who co-wrote and co-produced the 1984 Band Aid charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" with Bob Geldof and makes a rare appearance at The Earl in Atlanta on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024 where he performs songs from his Band in a Box tour. 

 

August 30, 2024
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  • Kristi York Wooten
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  • Music Reviews

'Fresh Air' marks the centennial of the 'Queen of Blues' Dinah Washington

August 29, 2024
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  • Kevin Whitehead
 Lawrence Brown, left, and Paul Robeson, right, performing at Mother A.M.E. Zion Church, Harlem, New York, 1941.

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  • Music

Paul Robeson's many faces get new spotlight in recording premiere

A box set featuring previously unreleased recordings sheds new light on the life and legacy of Paul Robeson, a bass-baritone concert artist, actor, professional football player and activist.

August 29, 2024
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  • Michel Martin and
  • Olivia Hampton
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  • Music Interviews

Conductor Jonathon Heyward is breaking barriers

As music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Heyward is the youngest to lead a major American orchestra and the first Black music director in the organization’s 107-year history.

August 29, 2024
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  • Lara Downes
An attendee wears a backpack with a Taylor Swift sign during the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Swifties for Kamala, a grassroots group not affiliated either with Swift or the Harris campaign, raised more than $140,000 for the Democratic presidential nominee after a call Tuesday night.

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  • Politics

'Swifties for Kamala' think Harris is the 1 to beat Trump. And they want to help

By the end of their call Tuesday, 14,000 attendees reported registering to vote.

August 28, 2024
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  • Elena Moore
Mariah Carey says her "heart is broken that I’ve lost my mother" — and, in a tragic turn of events, the singer's older sister also died on the same day. Carey is seen her performing last year in Los Angeles.

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  • Music News

Mariah Carey says her mother and sister died on the same day

The singer has previously described having intensely complicated relationships with her family, describing her early life as a source of recurring instability.

August 28, 2024
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Noel Gallagher, formerly of the band Oasis, performs in concert with Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at the BB&T Pavilion on Aug. 8, 2019, in Camden, N.J.

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  • Music News

The Gallagher brothers are reuniting for an Oasis tour 15 years after breaking up

The Gallagher brothers had a longstanding feud for decades, and the band broke up for good in 2009.

August 27, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
Crowded House:

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  • Music Interviews

Watch: Crowded House on why the joy of music is 'doubly important' in today's world

The beloved Australian rock band makes a rare appearance at Atlanta's Chastain Park Amphitheater on Aug.30, featuring singer Neil Finn, his musician sons Liam and Elroy, bassist Nick Seymour and keyboardist Mitchell Froom. The group released a new album, Gravity Stairs, earlier this year. GPB's Kristi York Wooten spoke with the band ahead of its long-awaited return to Georgia. 

August 27, 2024
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Liam (right) and Noel Gallagher, pictured in London in February 1999, were members of the beloved band Oasis from 1991 until it broke up in 2009.

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  • Music News

The Gallagher brothers are reviving Oasis. Here's a look at their decades-long feud

Famously feuding brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher have announced an Oasis reunion, 15 years after its dramatic breakup. Here's a brief timeline of their tumultuous history — and how they got here.

August 27, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Legendary jazz guitarist Russell Malone passed away at the age of 60 on Friday, August 23, 2024. Credit: Photo contributed by Gary Motley

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  • Obituaries

Legendary jazz guitarist Russell Malone, dead at 60

Well-regarded jazz guitarist Russell Malone died Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. Malone, 60, was born in Albany, Georgia, but lived in Atlanta for over a decade.

August 27, 2024
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  • Donnell Suggs
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