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Charles Mingus poses next to a poster for his six nights of performances at the Strata Concert Gallery in Detroit in 1973. A recording of one of those nights has just been released.

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'Mingus: Jazz In Detroit' Catches A Giant At A Moment Full Of Possibility

2:33pm November 09, 2018

by Mark Stryker

A newly released recording of a 1973 concert opens a window into the volatile bassist's career at a moment of transition, but also a compelling and largely unknown chapter in Detroit jazz history.

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How The Beatles And Jimi Hendrix Set Themselves Free — And Made Music History

11:39am November 09, 2018

by Lauren Onkey

Deluxe reissues of Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland and The Beatles' self-titled "White Album" celebrate their 50th anniversaries, and reveal the remarkable creative abandon behind them.

A member of The Residents waves to the crowd after a performance in Moscow on September 8, 2001.

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Behind The Eye Of Hardy Fox, Composer For America's Weirdest Band

3:07pm November 07, 2018

by Jason Roth

Emerging from the soup of groovy San Francisco, The Residents went on to outweird them all. Last week, one of the group's co-founders and its central composer died at 73 — but not anonymously.

A hologram of the legendary soprano Maria Callas is currently touring North America and Europe.

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Raising The Dead — And A Few Questions — With Maria Callas' Hologram

2:57pm November 06, 2018

by Tom Huizenga

The legendary opera diva is on tour, as a hologram, with a live orchestra. But behind the dramatic music, truth and fiction are blurred.

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Sia Is The 21st Century's Most Resilient Songwriter

10:01am November 06, 2018

by Katherine St. Asaph

Topline writers like Sia shape the sound of pop most directly — and everyone from Rihanna to Halsey to Beyoncé has been impacted by the shape created by Sia's voice and songwriting.

An image of Mac Miller, who died suddenly in September, projected on the rear of the stage at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif., before a benefit concert organized in Miller's honor.

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What Will Mac Miller's Legacy Be?

3:10pm November 05, 2018

by Frannie Kelley

The rapper, who died suddenly in September at 26, built a community of musicians around him that crossed boundaries. Many of those artists showed up to memorialize Miller in concert last week.

Following their performance at the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle, The Kingdom Choir, conducted by Karen Gibson, signed a record deal with Sony Music. Their first album, Stand By Me, is out now.

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After Royal Wedding Spotlight, The Kingdom Choir Releases Debut Album

11:19am November 04, 2018

by Michel Martin

Their performance at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle catapulted The Kingdom Choir into the international spotlight. Now, they're out with their debut album Stand By Me.

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Suspiria is the first film score by Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke.

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Thom Yorke On Scoring The New 'Suspiria'

11:07pm November 03, 2018

"Horror music can fall into a trap of trying to be dark for the sake of it," the Radiohead frontman says. "There's lots of different ways to make something terrifying."

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In her solo work and with the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Giddens has helped shepherd the revival of the black string band tradition in American consciousness.

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Rhiannon Giddens Is The 21st Century's Revelator

1:39pm November 02, 2018

by Kaia Kater

Giddens' influence is not contained by her many accolades but by her drive to unearth forgotten stories, developing the ethos of a new reconstruction based in truth-telling.

"Mother" Maybelle Carter (left) performs with her daughter Helen in 1977 at the A.P. Carter Memorial Festival in Virginia.

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'Will The Circle Be Unbroken' Connects Musicians, Generation After Generation

7:26pm October 30, 2018

by Jewly Hight

From family memorials to jam sessions to every show at the Grand Ole Opry, the familiar singalong helps people feel connected to those who have died — whether legendary musicians or loved ones.

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