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The Westminster Choir, performing with the New York Philharmonic and conductor Colin Davis in New York City in 2003.

Critics Worry American Music College Will Be Shuttered After Proposed Sale

2:55pm March 26, 2019

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The newly disclosed sale agreement of Westminster Choir College to a conglomerate partly owned by the Chinese government appears to state that the prospective owners can close the school at any time.

Clockwise from upper left: Jesse Mac Cormack, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Cate Le Bon, The Comet Is Coming

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New Mix: The Comet Is Coming, Radiator Hospital, Lee Perry, More

1:52pm March 26, 2019

At 83, reggae king Lee "Scratch" Perry has just made a brilliant record. Hear that, plus the daydreamy music of Radiator Hospital, the astonishing sounds of The Comet Is Coming and more.

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Lucie Silvas inside the World Cafe Performance Studio.

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Lucie Silvas: Powerful Pipes And The Right People

1:36pm March 26, 2019

Silvas couldn't believe the tight-knit community of supportive songwriters she found in Nashville. Those collaborators helped Silvas make her latest album, E.G.O.

A scene from Jesse Mac Cormack's video for the song "Give A Chance."

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Jesse Mac Cormack's 'Give A Chance' And The Ordeal Of Living

1:03pm March 26, 2019

by Bob Boilen

Jesse Mac Cormack's song "Give a Chance," follows humans making their way across the ordeals of life — with rope as a metaphor — towards that proverbial light that everyone tries to have in them.

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Buddy & Julie Miller Return With New Album, Share Two New Songs

8:02am March 26, 2019

by Jewly Hight

The beloved Americana duo is back with its first new album in a decade. Hear two early cuts from it, "War Child" and "Spittin' On Fire."

Scott Walker, seen here in November 1970, has died at the age of 76.

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Scott Walker, Pop Idol Turned Avant Auteur, Dies At 76

8:45pm March 25, 2019

by Otis Hart

The former member of The Walker Brothers and singer of "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" was also one of experimental music's most beloved composers.

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Royal Mountain Records Makes Mental Health A Music Industry Priority

3:59pm March 25, 2019

Label Founder Menno Versteeg explains why he feels that caring for artists' mental health is, at least in part, a record label's responsibility.

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Robert Forster Gets Playful — And Intense — On 'Inferno'

2:32pm March 25, 2019

by Ken Tucker

The former co-leader of the Aussie band The Go-Betweens reflects on success and failure on his latest solo album. Critic Ken Tucker says Inferno is proof of Forster's credentials as a pop musician.

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What Makes Edie Brickell Happy

11:58am March 25, 2019

The folk and rock mainstay shares her story and the values that guided her choices along the way.

"His skill set is immense, and he has mastered many different genres of music," Jordan Peele says of composer Michael Abels (center).

Michael Abels, Composer Of Jordan Peele's 'Us', Balances Terror With Empathy

10:38am March 25, 2019

by Tim Greiving

Abels was a music teacher who had never scored a film when he was hired for Jordan Peele's Get Out and now Us. Peele hired him after a fruitless search for an African-American film composer.

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