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K-Pop Industry Faces Lurid Scandal Involving Sexual Violence And Official Corruption

6:05pm April 16, 2019

by Anthony Kuhn

One of South Korea's most successful cultural exports, K-pop music, is facing its worst crisis to date: a lurid scandal involving misogynistic celebrities and corrupt police.

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Portrait of country singer and musician Rosanne Cash, c. 1980.

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Rosanne Cash On Art And Activism

3:44pm April 16, 2019

The singer-songwriter opens up about the #MeToo movement in the music industry and more.

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The Mekons Celebrate Restlessness And Exploration On 'Deserted'

1:59pm April 16, 2019

by Ken Tucker

The Mekons are first-generation British punk rockers who've moved through an array of genres over the decades. Their most recent album was recorded in a studio just outside Joshua Tree National Park.

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A woman smokes a cigarette in a scene from Cate Le Bon's video for the song "Home to You."

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Cate Le Bon Comes 'Home To You'

11:40am April 16, 2019

by Adelaide Sandstrom

The Welsh singer uses a luminous wash of avant-pop to explore one communities' search for belonging and a sense of place.

Gary Clark Jr. performs a Tiny Desk Concert on April 1, 2019 (Amr Alfiky/NPR).

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Gary Clark Jr.: Tiny Desk Concert

10:19am April 16, 2019

by Stephen Thompson

These three songs, from Clark's incendiary new album This Land, roar with the assurance and force of a showman at the top of his game.

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'7 Rings' By Ariana Grande Benefits Michigan's Pension Fund

7:12am April 16, 2019

Grande's song is a take on "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music. Concord Music owns the movie's copyright so it gets royalties. Which helps its majority owner: Michigan's pension fund.

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Top row, left to right: Cover art for Jesca Hoop's Stonechild, Sevdaliza, Chris Staples; Bottom row, left to right: Tank and the Bangas, Vera Sola

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New Mix: Tank And The Bangas, Jesca Hoop, Chris Staples, More

5:00am April 16, 2019

This week we've got wild and wonderful new music from Tank and the Bangas, a message of unity from singer Jesca Hoop (with Lucius), the mysterious voice of Sevdaliza and more.

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Ellen Reid's opera p r i s m has won this year's Pulitzer Prize for music.

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Readjusting Your Reality: Ellen Reid Wins Music Pulitzer For 'P r i s m'

10:42pm April 15, 2019

by Tom Huizenga

The young composer's opera, which debuted at the Los Angeles Opera, was inspired by her own experience as a survivor of sexual assault.

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Watch It Live: The 2019 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert

9:48pm April 15, 2019

Stanley Crouch, Bob Dorough, Abdullah Ibrahim, and Maria Schneider are recipients of the 2019 Jazz Masters award — the highest honor the U.S. gives to a jazz musician or advocate.

The 2019 Pulitzer Prizes are getting handed out Monday.

WATCH LIVE: Pulitzer Prizes Name A New Crop Of Winners For 2019

8:34pm April 15, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

Prize Administrator Dana Canedy is stepping behind the lectern Monday to deliver good news to distinguished journalists, authors, musicians, scholars and others ranging across 21 categories.