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Sweet Lizzy Project started five years ago as a producer-singer duo. It grew from there.

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Sweet Lizzy Project Brings The Sounds Of Havana To Nashville

9:21am May 14, 2018

by Craig Havighurst

The Havana seven-piece is a passion project of Raul Malo, lead singer of The Mavericks and son of Cuban exiles. Malo brought the band to Nashville in hopes they'll launch a career and build a bridge.

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First Listen: Now, Now, 'Saved'

8:43am May 14, 2018

by Lars Gotrich

On its first album in six years, Now, Now perfectly captures pop music's ability to transmute desire and despair into easily hummable enlightenment.

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Protesters Gather Outside R. Kelly Concert In Greensboro Friday

11:14pm May 13, 2018

by Bethany Chafin

Activists campaigned to have Friday's R. Kelly show at the Greensboro Coliseum canceled as part of the #MuteRKelly movement.

After years of solo silence, André 3000 returns with two new soul-baring songs.

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André 3000 Returns With New Music In Memory Of His Parents

12:00pm May 13, 2018

by Rodney Carmichael

The reclusive half of OutKast dropped two new soul-baring solo songs — and jumped into social media — to celebrate and mourn his mom and dad.

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Israel's Netta Wins Eurovision

7:54am May 13, 2018

by Andrew Jones

The finals of the annual Eurovision Song Contest was held Saturday night in Lisbon.

Netta, representing Israel, celebrates her win in Lisbon, Portugal, Saturday, during the Eurovision Song Contest grand final.

Eurovision Returns To Glitz, Politics And Censorship

1:10am May 13, 2018

by Andrew Jones

Israel's Netta, crowned for the song, "Toy," marked a return to the competition's hallmarks. Although she played into the over-the-top style, the singer thanked the audience "for choosing different."

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'Something Develops Onstage Called Love': Baltimore Symphony's Bernstein Centennial

4:08pm May 12, 2018

Recorded live on stage at the Meyerhoff, Scott Simon joins BSO music director Marin Alsop and Leonard Bernstein's daughter Jamie for a conversation and musical celebration.

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Alison Dilworth and Jaron Olevsky with their children Zoey and Malcolm.

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Labor Of Love: Songs For The Delivery Room

5:42pm May 11, 2018

by Talia Schlanger

Parents Ali Dilworth and Jaron Olevsky tuned out the beeping sounds of the hospital with music by Stevie Wonder, Emily King, Ethan Gruska and more.

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Rapper Cardi B Expands Her Musical Range On 'Invasion Of Privacy'

4:34pm May 11, 2018

by Ken Tucker

Though Cardi B's instinctive pose is that of a tough realist, her debut album allows for more vulnerable moments. Critic Ken Tucker calls Invasion of Privacy a "statement of principles."

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Across the Blue Ridge #125 - Prince Edward Island Fiddling, Old-Time & Bluegrass Music

4:00pm May 11, 2018

by Paul Brown

Ken Perlman has documented, and as a result helped shepherd the survival – and revival – of a fiddling tradition on Prince Edward Island in the Canadian Maritimes. That's quite an accomplishm

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