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Tori Amos has been cooking vegan meals during the pandemic.

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Tori Amos Offers Quarantine Comfort With A Recipe For Vegan Mushroom Stew

10:09am May 04, 2020

by Tori Amos

In Our Daily Breather, we ask artists to recommend ways to find calm in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. Tori Amos shares a recipe for her "Mushroom Magic" stew.

Babyface's gift was "to be able to see what was special in me," says Karyn White, who had hits with the songwriter and producer in the late 1980s. Since then, he has shaped the sound of R&B via a string of collaborations. Here, he performs in 2015 with Ar

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I'll Give My Love If You Return It To Me: Babyface And The Bonds Of Collaboration

8:42am May 02, 2020

by Danyel Smith

The songwriter who defined '90s R&B has been getting his due lately, but more than his melodies, it's his ability to understand collaborators — so often women — that marks him as an icon of the genre.

Unlike most super producers, Salaam Remi doesn't have an identifiable sound he loans out to various acts. He's better known for mining a sound from each act he works with that, in turn, becomes their signature sound.

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Salaam Remi On Sampling For Nas and Amy Winehouse

8:41am May 02, 2020

Unlike most super producers, Salaam Remi doesn't have an identifiable sound of his own. He's better known for mining a sound from each act he works with that, in turn, becomes their signature sound.

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A Music-Selling Platform Waives Some Fees To Support Artists During The Pandemic

6:07pm May 01, 2020

by Andrew Limbong

The music-selling platform Bandcamp is waiving its fees for one day a month for the next three months to support artists during the pandemic.

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Michael Trotter of The War and Treaty has been watching old TV shows to stay calm.

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The War and Treaty's Michael Trotter Is Embracing Childhood Nostalgia

10:16am May 01, 2020

by Michael Trotter

In Our Daily Breather, we ask artists to recommend ways to find calm in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. Michael Trotter has been revisiting the television shows of his childhood.

Ben Watt has been listening to solo guitar music while in isolation.

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Ben Watt Reflects On Listening To 'Lone Guitar Meditations' In Isolation

10:00am April 30, 2020

by Ben Watt

In Our Daily Breather, we ask writers and artists to recommend ways to find calm in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. While in isolation, Ben Watt has turned to the power of solo guitar music.

Henry Grimes performs in New York in 2003. Grimes died on April 15 at the age of 84, of complications from coronavirus.

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A Month To Celebrate Jazz, Turned Tragic

7:02am April 30, 2020

by Nate Chinen

April is Jazz Appreciation Month, but in 2020, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic that cost the jazz community many elders and working musicians, the phrase "appreciation" took a darker cast.

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Our Daily Breather: Steve Aoki's Quarantine Workout Routine

10:00am April 29, 2020

by Steve Aoki

In Our Daily Breather, we ask writers and artists to recommend ways to find calm in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. Producer and DJ Steve Aoki shares the workout routine that's helping him.

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How Ashley McBryde's New Puppy Is Helping Her Stay Sane During The Pandemic

7:06pm April 28, 2020

by Ashley McBryde

In Our Daily Breather, we ask artists to recommend ways to find calm in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. Ashley McBryde has been coping with the help of her new puppy.

Rock group Protomartyr. From right to left: Alex Leonard, Joe Casey, Scott Davidson, Greg Ahee.

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Movie Recommendations For Quarantine Viewing From Protomartyr's Joe Casey

10:01am April 27, 2020

by Joe Casey

In Our Daily Breather, we ask artists how to find calm in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. Joe Casey of Protomartyr recommends some unconventional films.