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Mount Eerie's Phil Elverum collaborates with Julie Doiron for Lost Wisdom pt. 2, out Nov. 8.

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Mount Eerie Revisits 'Lost Wisdom' In Part 2 Of His Album With Julie Doiron

10:47am September 25, 2019

by Lars Gotrich

After two albums and a live record that grieved the death of his wife Geneviève Castrée, Phil Elverum not so much returns, but revisits an older Mount Eerie to reshape the elastic meaning of love.

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6 LGBTQ+ Artists You Need To Know From North Carolina

10:02am September 25, 2019

by Kym Register

WUNC Music handpicks thrilling new songs from Mykki Blanco, HC McEntire, The Muslims, Al Riggs, Shirlette Ammons and ZenSoFly.

Recipients of the 2019 MacArthur fellowships, otherwise known as the "genius" grants. (Two of this year's fellows declined photographs.)

MacArthur 'Genius' Grant Winners Attest To 'Power Of Individual Creativity'

7:01am September 25, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

As usual, the more than two dozen winners in 2019 span a range of fields, from fiction and cartoons to neuroscience and theoretical geophysics. Now they've got one important accolade in common.

Plácido Domingo on stage in July. Domingo was scheduled to perform at New York's Metropolitan Opera on Wednesday but withdrew following accusations of harassment.

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Plácido Domingo Out At Metropolitan Opera Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations

10:28pm September 24, 2019

by Tom Cole

The opera star, who has been accused by 20 women, was scheduled to perform Verdi's Macbeth starting on Wednesday night. In an email, he told Met staffers that he will never perform there again.

Gloria Gaynor originally recorded "I Will Survive" as a B-side, but swiftly after its release in October 1978 it became a worldwide hit.

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'I Will Survive' Saves Marginalized People A Spot On The Dance Floor

7:39pm September 24, 2019

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Recorded after a traumatic period in the singer's life, Gloria Gaynor's disco hit quickly found its true audience: LGBT communities, survivors of domestic violence and others pushed aside by society.

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Patti Smith Weaves Between Worlds Real And Imagined In 'Year Of The Monkey'

3:24pm September 24, 2019

by Gabino Iglesias

Smith's musical career sometimes threatens to overshadow her accomplishments in other creative fields, but every page in this book reminds us that she is an accomplished novelist, essayist and poet.

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2019 Latin Grammy Nominations: A Big Day for Spaniards

2:59pm September 24, 2019

by Felix Contreras

Spanish artists lead the list of nominees, with Alejandro Sanz and Rosalia topping the list — though urbano artists didn't make a big impression.

Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo, performing on the Italian TV show "Domenica In" in May 2019.

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Vittorio Grigolo, A Prominent Tenor, Has Been Suspended For Alleged Misconduct

1:24pm September 24, 2019

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The 42-year-old singer was removed from a Royal Opera tour of Japan after alleged sexual misconduct. Grigolo's suspension comes amidst a wider discussion about the subject in the opera world.

Koenjihyakkei's 2005 album Angherr Shisspa, just recently reissued, makes progressive music simultaneously challenging and fun.

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Viking's Choice: Japanese Prog-Rock, Heavy Shoegaze, Demented Dancehall

10:58am September 24, 2019

by Lars Gotrich

On this week's playlist, Koenjihyakkei's operatic punk-prog opus gets a vital reissue, Lacing bursts a sweet melody through cloudy shoegaze and a Swiss-Togo duo injects noise into the riddim.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe on tour in the U.K. in 1964.

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She Can Make That Guitar Talk

10:09am September 24, 2019

by Caryn Rose

Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a superstar of the pre-rock era, traveling the country in a customized bus and performing for tens of thousands, but never got press to match her stardom. What if she had?