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Practices Of Triple A Radio Stations Raise Questions

10:18am January 04, 2018

by Allyson McCabe

Created as alternatives to the hit-making monoliths of commercial radio, AAA stations have pushed artists like Lorde into the mainstream. Now, the stations are facing pressure to pick tomorrow's hits.

Photographer William Eggleston released his first album, Musik, this past October.

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William Eggleston's Music, Much Like His Photography, Thrives Off Ambiguity

8:26am January 04, 2018

by Rick Karr

William Eggleston is renowned for making the art world take color photography seriously. He started taking pictures when he was a kid, around the same time he started playing piano.

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The introduction of the Music Modernization Act had the effect of prompting Wixen, a music publishing company, to file legal action against Spotify before the beginning of the new year.

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Sweeping New Music Law Expedites A $1.6 Billion Lawsuit Against Spotify

6:58pm January 03, 2018

by Andrew Flanagan

Just before New Year's Eve a music publishing company filed a suit seeking $1.6 billion in damages from the company. A new bill was the reason the plaintiffs went ahead.

Violinist Robert Mann, accepting a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement award on behalf of the Juilliard String Quartet in Los Angeles in 2011 .

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Robert Mann, A Founder Of The Juilliard String Quartet, Has Died

5:37pm January 03, 2018

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The violinist, composer, conductor and mentor of generations of string players was 97 years old.

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Muscle Shoals Songwriter And Producer, Rick Hall Dies At 85

4:55pm January 03, 2018

by Andrew Limbong

Rick Hall dedicated his life to putting Muscle Shoals, Ala., on the musical map, and he succeeded. Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Wilson Pickett and others recorded hit songs there, thanks to Hall's work. He died Tuesday at the age of 85.

The Weeknd will headline Coachella 2018 along with Beyonce and Eminem.

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Coachella Lineup May Point To A Shifting Middle

11:46am January 03, 2018

by Sidney Madden

Toronto R&B star The Weeknd, Eminem and Beyonce will headline the April music festival, one of the world's largest. But its bookings also point to a shifting mainstream.

Rick Hall in his office at FAME Studios in 1968 in Muscle Shoals, Ala.

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Rick Hall, Producer And Songwriter Who Put Muscle Shoals On The Map, Dead At 85

4:57pm January 02, 2018

by Andrew Flanagan

The producer recorded with some of the century's greatest — including Aretha Franklin, Etta James and Otis Redding — as well as helped the nascent career of a young Allman brother.

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On The First Day Of The New Year, Celebrating Composers' Opus One

6:03am January 01, 2018

In celebration of the New Year, Rachel Martin talks to classical music commentator Miles Hoffman about famous first pieces by some of music's greatest composers.

Leon Ware attends the 2016 ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on June 23, 2016 in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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In Memoriam 2017: The Musicians We Lost

2:59pm December 29, 2017

From virtuoso players and visionary composers to charismatic bandleaders and golden-eared producers, explore the musical voices who left us this year.

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Overdoz's debut album 2008 is available now.

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5 Hip-Hop Albums You Slept On In 2017

2:12pm December 28, 2017

by Bobby Carter

In a year when big albums from hip-hop stars dominated the charts and streaming services, a few fire projects undoubtedly flew under the radar.