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Two dope boys on a Cadillac: Andre 3000 and Big Boi in the early days.

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Outkast And Atlanta: Until They Close The Curtain

9:12am May 27, 2015

by Frannie Kelley

The hometown shows the duo played had a bittersweet quality because people thought it might be their last chance to see one of the most-respected and best-loved groups of all time together.

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'Desired Effect' Reveals How Important Family Is To Rocker Brandon Flowers

3:47pm May 26, 2015

Brandon Flowers is the frontman for the band the Killers, and he makes his own music in between albums his group puts out. David Greene talks to Flowers about his new solo album: "The Desired Effect."

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One of the record presses on the floor at the Quality Record Pressings plant in Salina, Kan.

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Solving The Vinyl Comeback's Big Problem, One Antique Machine At A Time

11:15am May 24, 2015

by C.J. Janovy

What's getting in the way of the much touted resurgence of vinyl albums? There are very few functioning record presses, and nobody's making new ones.

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The members of ABBA (from left): Bjorn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Faltskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Benny Andersson at Waterloo station in London in 1974, the year the group won the Eurovision contest with the song "Waterloo."

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ABBA's Essential, Influential Melancholy

8:03am May 23, 2015

by Barry Walters

A defense of the monumental, enduring, deceptively complex Swedish pop quartet, and the underlying emotion that has helped its hooks connect with fans for generations.

Bruce Lundvall attends a ceremony hosted by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, which produces the Grammy Awards. In addition to his role as record executive, he also once served as director of the Recording Academy.

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Bruce Lundvall, Jazz Record Executive, Has Died

6:06pm May 20, 2015

by Patrick Jarenwattananon

The longtime president of Blue Note Records, a lifelong jazz fan, signed artists such as Norah Jones, Joe Henderson and Robert Glasper. He died of complications due to Parkinson's Disease. He was 79.

The Minnesota Orchestra under the direction of conductor Osmo Vanska (center) performs during a concert at the Cuban National Theater in Havana on Friday.

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After Thaw, Minnesota Orchestra Returns To Cuba

10:44am May 17, 2015

by Euan Kerr

This week, the ensemble became the first professional U.S. orchestra since 1999 to play in Cuba — 86 years after its first visit to Havana.

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B.B. King performs at the Newport Jazz Festival at Yankee Stadium in 1972 (the festival temporarily relocated to New York in the 1970s).

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B.B. King And The Majesty Of The Blues

10:42am May 16, 2015

by Mark Anthony Neal

The legendary blues guitarist and singer, who died on Thursday, was the most recognizable and accessible icon of a sound that was in flux.

B.B. King performs at Bluesfest Music Festival in Byron Bay, Australia, in 2011.

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B.B. King, Legendary Blues Guitarist, Dies At 89

2:11pm May 15, 2015

by Tom Cole

The great bluesman was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 and toured relentlessly his whole life, wringing peerless emotion out of every note he played.

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Shakey Graves performs at the Americana Music Association Showcase at Gatsby's during SXSW 2014 in Austin, TX.

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Shakey Graves, Lucinda Williams And Sturgill Simpson Lead Americana Awards Nominees

2:36pm May 14, 2015

by Ann Powers

All three musicians picked up three nominations, including album and song of the year. The awards will be presented on Sept. 16 in Nashville.

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Vinyl's Comeback Keeps Record Pressers Busy

7:58am May 13, 2015

by Lydia Emmanouilidou

There are about 16 vinyl press plants still operating in the U.S. While there were about 9 million vinyl records sold in the U.S. overall last year — that's just a sliver of total album sales.

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