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Protesters in the #MuteRKelly movement gather outside the Sony offices in New York City.

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The #MuteRKelly Movement Takes Its Protest To The Steps Of His Record Label

5:48pm January 16, 2019

In the wake of the docuseries Surviving R. Kelly, protesters brought more than 200,000 petition signatures on Wednesday to RCA Records and Sony Music Entertainment, calling for the label to drop him.

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Hozier To Release First Album In Four Years: Hear His Newest Song

3:56pm January 16, 2019

by Bob Boilen

The new album is due out in March and the first single is "Almost (Sweet Music)."

Hundreds of singers joined MILCK and the Canadian choral group Choir! Choir! Choir! to perform "Quiet" at Toronto's Phoenix Concert Theatre in early 2017.

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A Song Called 'Quiet' Struck A Chord With Women. Two Years Later, It's Still Ringing

3:47pm January 15, 2019

by Elizabeth Blair

Born as a vessel for one person's trauma, the song by MILCK became an anthem overnight after the 2017 Women's March. But it wasn't done growing.

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Carol Channing, performing in Los Angeles in 2004. Channing died Tuesday at age 97.

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Carol Channing: In Memoriam Playlist

11:42am January 15, 2019

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Hear some iconic songs and comedic sketches performed by the iconic Broadway star, who died Tuesday at age 97.

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Jawbox Announces Reunion Tour After A Decade Away

5:38pm January 14, 2019

by Stephen Thompson

It appears to be required by law that every indie-rock band of the '90s must reunite at some point. So we might as well see the return of a great one, right?

Namibian-German artist Max Siedentopf installed "Toto Forever" late last December while back home with his family in Namibia.

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A Sound Installation That Plays Toto's 'Africa' Is Waiting There For You In The Desert

4:28pm January 14, 2019

by Joshua Bote

The life of Toto's "Africa" has perhaps reached its logical end with Max Siedentopf's absurdist art installation "Toto Forever," which will play "Africa" in the Namib Desert "for all eternity."

Deerhunter's Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? comes out Jan. 18.

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Deerhunter's Bradford Cox On Making Music In Trying Times: 'I'm Just Screaming Out Loud'

6:13pm January 13, 2019

The Georgia-based rock band releases its eighth studio album, Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?, on Jan. 18.

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Billy McFarland in a screenshot from FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened.

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Fyre Festival Documentary Shows 'Perception And Reality' Of Infamous Concert Flop

7:43am January 13, 2019

In 2017, the Fyre Music Festival was billed as an exclusive event in the Bahamas. The reality was very different. Director Chris Smith tells the behind-the-scenes story in a new Netflix documentary.

"These songs, they just kind of pop up in my head and I feel like I have to write them down," Mike Posner says.

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'Beginnings Always Hide Themselves In The End': Mike Posner On Grieving And Growth

9:46pm January 12, 2019

After major life changes, the singer-songwriter returns with his third studio album, A Real Good Kid. As part of his growth, Posner says he's done making music that he now views as misogynistic.

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The marriage certificate, seen here in an image obtained by Chicago member station WBEZ, was issued by Cook County, Ill., in 1994.

The Allegations Against R. Kelly: An Abridged History

1:49pm January 11, 2019

The case laid out in Lifetime's Surviving R. Kelly represents just one more milestone in a quarter-century of controversy surrounding the R&B superstar. Here's a timeline of the major moments.