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How Taylor Swift and her master recordings play into the Virginia race for governor

8:11pm October 05, 2021

Terry McAuliffe, who is running for governor in Virginia, is slamming his GOP rival, Glenn Youngkin, for his former company's role in a controversy involving Taylor Swift's back catalog.

Reggaeton rules Latinx music, but not at the Latin Grammys

6:18pm October 05, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Julyssa Lopez, writer for Rolling Stone magazine, and NPR's Felix Contreras, about the controversy around this year's Latin Grammys nominations.

Members of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music on the plane to Doha.

Afghan orchestra musicians, music students and teachers have escaped the Taliban

12:08pm October 04, 2021

by Elizabeth Blair

After weeks of trying to flee Afghanistan, 101 musicians, students and teachers with the Afghanistan National Institute of Music and Zohra Orchestra finally landed in Doha, Qatar on Sunday.

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Team uses AI to complete Beethoven's unfinished masterpiece

6:14pm October 02, 2021

A group of musicians and scientists have used artificial intelligence to complete one of the great what-ifs in classical music: Ludwig van Beethoven's unfinished 10th symphony.

Eminem serves customers on the opening night of his restaurant Mom's Spaghetti in Detroit on Wednesday.

Eminem Surprises Fans At The Opening Of His 'Mom's Spaghetti' Restaurant In Detroit

7:25pm September 30, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

The shop, named after a line in his seminal song "Lose Yourself," is in the rapper's hometown. It's a brick-and-mortar version of a pop-up shop Eminem's team started in 2017.

American composer Carlisle Floyd, photographed at his first home, in which he composed his best known opera, Susannah, in Tallahassee, Fla. in 2009.

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Carlisle Floyd, a founding father of American opera, has died at age 95

4:12pm September 30, 2021

by Tom Huizenga

Known primarily for his southern-flavored operas, Floyd helped create an American opera vernacular. His 1955 hit Susannah won the New York Music Critics Circle Award and helped launch his career.

Britney Spears supporter Peter Stickles was among those demonstrating outside Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday.

A Judge Suspends Britney Spears' Dad From Her Conservatorship

1:50pm September 30, 2021

At a hearing Wednesday at Los Angeles Superior Court, Judge Brenda J. Penny suspended the pop star's father from controlling her financial affairs. Britney Spears has accused him of exploiting her.

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Judge Suspends Britney Spears' Dad From Her Conservatorship

6:28am September 30, 2021

by Mandalit del Barco

In a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday, Britney Spears achieved a goal years in the making: life without her father Jamie Spears as conservator of her estate — controlling her fortune and finances.

#FreeBritney activists protest outside the courthouse in Los Angeles during a conservatorship hearing on April 27.

Britney Spears Has Moved Toward Freedom From Her Father

6:35pm September 29, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

Spears and her father petitioned to end his conservatorship role. A Los Angeles judge has granted that request.

A cassette with the recording of teenage journalists' 1970 interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, along with polaroid photos from the conversation, seen at Bruun Rasmussen Auction House in Copenhagen on September 24, 2021. An unidentified bidder won the

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What's An Unreleased John Lennon Tape Worth? Nearly $60K, According To This Bidder

12:57pm September 29, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

The 33-minute recording captures Lennon and Yoko Ono talking to student journalists during their 1970 stay in Denmark. He also sings "Radio Peace," a song that is not believed to exist anywhere else.