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After Complaints, Cleveland Radio Station Pulls Christmas Song

6:56am December 03, 2018

The duet "Baby, It's Cold Outside" has been around since 1944. Listeners say the song is inappropriate amid the MeToo movement. WDOK in Cleveland took it out of its holiday song rotation.

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Music Of All Kinds Was Celebrated At 41st Kennedy Center Honors

6:56am December 03, 2018

by Lynn Neary

A number of celebrities paid tribute Sunday night to the five Kennedy Center honorees: Reba McEntire, Wayne Shorter, Philip Glass, Cher, and the team behind the hit Broadway show Hamilton.

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East L.A.'s Whittier Boulevard in 2018, seen from inside a classic Chevy.

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The Story Of 'Whittier Blvd.,' A Song And Place Where Latino Youth Found Each Other

8:46pm November 29, 2018

by Mandalit del Barco

One of the first Chicano rock bands, Thee Midniters were often called East L.A.'s Beatles. Their instrumental track "Whittier Blvd." was a regional smash that pointed to a coming cultural movement.

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Students of the Westminster Choir College perform with the Vienna Philharmonic at New York's Carnegie Hall in 2015.

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Why Is The Chinese Government Trying To Buy A School In New Jersey?

7:32pm November 29, 2018

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

An elite music college in Princeton, N.J., is up for sale. Its prospective buyer is a for-profit Chinese company — which is partially owned by the Beijing municipal government.

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UNESCO Designates Reggae As 'Intangible Cultural Heritage'

4:34pm November 29, 2018

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has designated reggae music as an "intangible cultural heritage of humanity."

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Greensky Bluegrass Delivers A Windows-Down Rock And Roll Tune 'Do It Alone'

3:11pm November 29, 2018

by Bruce Warren

The Kalamazoo, Mich. band has been playing bluegrass on its own terms for 18 years. And its upcoming album, All For Money, is no exception.

28 trombonists perform Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody."

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28 Trombonists Play 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' Will Send Shivers Down Your Spine

1:52pm November 29, 2018

by Madeline Clement

Recorded during the 2018 International Trombone Festival, this brass choir elevates the cover game.

A man pedals past a mural of late musician Bob Marley in Kingston, Jamaica in 2009.

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Reggae, 'A Voice For All,' Added To Intangible Cultural Heritage List By UNESCO

10:18am November 29, 2018

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The U.N. agency named the uniquely Jamaican musical genre one of the world's cultural treasures on Thursday.

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In Praise Of 'Good As Hell,' The Song That Believes In You Even When You Don't

9:38am November 28, 2018

by Hanif Abdurraqib

Lizzo's self-love anthem works by turning a mirror to the listener. Every moment, from the hair-tossing hook to the rapturous call and response, is about you — the best, most impossible you.

Bob Dylan and Jimmy Fallon drink sponsored whiskey at the circus.

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Fallon Takes Bob Dylan To The Circus – Or Is It Vice-Versa?

1:39pm November 26, 2018

by Stephen Thompson

A late-night talk-show host and an icon sit alone in a vast theater, sipping drinks and watching approvingly as Big Apple Circus acrobats do their thing.