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Jason Flom is the CEO of Lava Records, a board member of The Innocence Project and host of the podcast Wrongful Conviction.

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Jason Flom, The Music Executive With An Ear For Injustice

6:45pm October 20, 2020

by Andrew Limbong

Though he's guided the careers of pop artists including Lorde, Katy Perry and Skid Row, the Lava Records founder is better known lately for his side gig — bringing aid to the wrongfully convicted.

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Esteemed jazz musician Toshinori Kondo playing the trumpet.

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Toshinori Kondo, Trailblazing Modern Trumpeter, Dies At 71

1:13pm October 20, 2020

by Nate Chinen

From the '80s on, Kondo stood with a new generation of free-form players, collaborating with a long list of fellow iconoclasts.

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Have A Musical Instrument Gathering Dust? Nonprofit Will Take Your Donation

5:58am October 19, 2020

Hungry for Music is a nonprofit organization that takes donations of musical instruments, refurbishes them and distributes them to needy music students across the country.

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Orrin Evans Trio: Orrin Evans: keys; Luques Curtis: bass; Nasheet Waits: drums.

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Social Music In An Age Of Social Distancing

4:47pm October 16, 2020

How is the Philadelphia jazz community responding to the global pandemic? Pianist Orrin Evans and other musicians are taking on the challenge.

Before recording Cuttin' Grass Vol. 1, Sturgill Simpson (seated at center with guitar) assembled an all-star crew of bluegrass players to help him reimagine songs selected from across his own acclaimed — and genre-defying — albums.

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Sturgill Simpson Raids His Own Catalog For Surprise Bluegrass Album

6:20am October 16, 2020

by Ann Powers

Returning to a form he fell in love with after first moving to Nashville, the genre-defying singer recorded Cuttin' Grass Vol. 1 in just a few days earlier this year, after recovering from COVID-19.

Clint Mansell is the Grammy-nominated composer whose work on Requiem for a Dream jumpstarted a prolific and distinctive score career.

Requiem For A Theme: Film Composer Clint Mansell On The Sound Of Sadness

5:58am October 16, 2020

by Tim Greiving

Darren Aronofsky's 2000 film Requiem for a Dream spawned a musical motif that's rippled through media — and jumpstarted a new career for Clint Mansell, the composer of its haunted score.

Demi Lovato performs "Commander in Chief" during the Billboard Music Awards, broadcast on Oct. 14 from Los Angeles.

Demi Lovato Addresses Trump With New Song, 'Commander In Chief'

7:47pm October 15, 2020

by LaTesha Harris

Demi Lovato performed "Commander in Chief," her politically charged single criticizing President Trump, for the first time at Wednesday's Billboard Music Awards.

The New York Philharmonic and its music director, Jaap van Zweden.

New York Philharmonic Cancels Its Entire 2020-21 Season, Due To Coronavirus

1:27pm October 13, 2020

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

This is the first time that the New York Philharmonic has been forced to cancel its entire concert season. No previously scheduled concerts will happen before June 2021.

Jack White, performing "Lazaretto" on Saturday Night Live.

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Jack White Gives A Thrilling Performance On 'SNL' — On 2 Days' Notice

5:26pm October 11, 2020

by Stephen Thompson

In the span of less than 10 minutes, the rock star's set worked in an Eddie Van Halen tribute, Beyoncé, The White Stripes, a Jack White solo song and Blind Willie Johnson.

The performing arts remain in economic peril as Broadway extends closures until May due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Broadway's Reopening Is Pushed Back Again

1:39pm October 09, 2020

by Andrew Limbong

The Broadway League has announced an extension of closures related to COVID-19 to May.