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Plácido Domingo Engaged In 'Inappropriate Activity,' Union Says

1:01pm February 26, 2020

The American Guild of Musical Artists on Tuesday announced the conclusion of its investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against opera megastar Placido Domingo.

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Phoebe Bridger's follow-up to 2017's acclaimed Stranger in the Alps is due out this year.

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Hear Phoebe Bridgers' First Solo Release In Almost Three Years, 'Garden Song'

12:13pm February 26, 2020

by Cyrena Touros

Bridgers has been busy, releasing the collaborative projects boygenius and Better Oblivion Community Center. "Garden Song" is her first release since her 2017 debut, Stranger in the Alps.

Plácido Domingo, at a dress rehearsal in Orange, France in July 2019.

Fallout After Union Makes Plácido Domingo Announcement; Another Accuser Comes Forward

11:33am February 26, 2020

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The union representing opera performers said it had substantiated "inappropriate activity" by the famed singer. But its actions have angered accusers and caused rifts in its own governing body.

Indigo Sparke performs during a Tiny Desk concert, on Nov. 21, 2019. (Catie Dull/NPR)

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Indigo Sparke: Tiny Desk Concert

10:23am February 26, 2020

by Bob Boilen

The Australian singer transforms the NPR Music offices with a voice that, at moments, comes as a whisper.

In a statement, singer Plácido Domingo said, "I accept full responsibility for my actions, and I have grown from this experience."

Union Says Plácido Domingo Engaged In 'Inappropriate Activity'

6:01pm February 25, 2020

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The statement from the American Guild of Musical Artists contained no details, although an Associated Press story did, reportedly prompting the withdrawal of a $500,000 settlement.

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Elyse Weinberg rolled with Neil Young and Joni Mitchell in the late '60s, and released only one LP before leaving the music industry.

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Viking's Choice: Elyse Weinberg Remembered, Tasmanian Post-Punk, Lunar Ambient

2:37pm February 25, 2020

by Lars Gotrich

Elyse Weinberg, who died last week, was a late '60s singer-songwriter rediscovered by crate-diggers. We remember her tangled folk-rock, plus music from Sign Libra, The Native Cats and Cirith Ungol.

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'Royal Albert Hall' Album Captures Bryan Ferry In All His Contradictory Glory

2:12pm February 25, 2020

by Ken Tucker

Best known as the lead singer for Roxy Music, Ferry released two solo albums in the '70s filled with covers. A marvelous new concert album features Ferry performing many of these songs live.

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Perfume Genius Announces New Album, Shares First Single 'Describe'

12:50pm February 25, 2020

by Marissa Lorusso

Mike Hadreas new album as Perfume Genius, Set My Heart On Fire Immediately, is out in May. Its first single features a video that "envisions an end of the world where there are no boundaries."

Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique are performing all nine of Beethoven's symphonies in a series of concerts celebrating the composer's 250th birthday.

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Revisiting Beethoven's Beloved, Radical Symphonies For His 250th Birthday

9:45am February 25, 2020

Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts all nine symphonies this year. He spoke about the surprisingly political side of Beethoven's music with All Things Considered.

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Thomas A. Dorsey was one of the gospel pioneers profiled in George Nierenberg's Say Amen, Somebody. The documentary was originally released in 1982, and has been remastered and re-released.

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'Say Amen, Somebody' Restoration Unveils The Wonder Of The Gospel Pioneers

8:10am February 25, 2020

by Howie Movshovitz

Almost 40 years since its cinematic release, a restoration brings this documentary featuring Thomas A. Dorsey and Mother Willie Mae Ford Smith back to life.

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