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Silvio Rodríguez's latest album is called Para la espera.

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On 'Para La Espera,' Silvio Rodríguez Combines The Personal And Political

4:08pm October 06, 2020

by Betto Arcos

One of Cuba's best-known singers and songwriters, Rodríguez says this pandemic-era album — whose title translates to "For the Wait" — is all about dealing with uncertainty.

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Released Decades Later: 'The Lost Berlin Tapes' By Ella Fitzgerald

7:41am October 06, 2020

In 1962, jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald gave a concert in Berlin, which was recorded but the tapes were lost. The previously unheard concert recording has been released.

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Led Zeppelin performing on stage in 1977. The band has been battling this allegation of copyright infringement since 2014.

Supreme Court Declines To Hear Led Zeppelin

4:09pm October 05, 2020

by Andrew Limbong

The move lets stand a previous ruling that the gargantuan rock band did not steal the opening instrumental of "Stairway to Heaven" from another band, Spirit.

Megan Thee Stallion protests the Breonna Taylor ruling during a performance of her hit "Savage" on Saturday Night Live on Oct. 3, 2020.

Megan Thee Stallion Protests Breonna Taylor Ruling On 'SNL'

11:47am October 04, 2020

by LaTesha Harris

One of the biggest stars in hip-hop used her appearance on Saturday Night Live to call out Kentucky attorney general Daniel Cameron.

Chinese conductor Jiajing Lai performs in the first edition of La Maestra, an international competition for women conductors, held at the Philharmonie de Paris this September.

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Women Conductors Are The Rule, Not The Exception, At A New Classical Event

6:06pm October 02, 2020

by Eleanor Beardsley

La Maestra, held in Paris this September, is the first fully realized competition solely for women conductors — an effort to help balance a male-dominated field.

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Singer, Songwriter Mac Davis Dies At 78

5:58am October 01, 2020

Mac Davis had his own TV variety show, acted in movies and was a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He released 19 albums over 25 years. His song Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me was a hit in 1972.

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A portrait of Mac Davis taken on Oct. 12, 1981.

Mac Davis, 'Painter' Of Classic Songs, Dead At 78

1:09pm September 30, 2020

by Andrew Flanagan

Davis parlayed a middling career as a promotions man into a successful one writing songs for the stars and scoring hits of his own.

Helen Reddy, performing in London in 1974.

'I Am Woman' Singer Helen Reddy Is Dead, Aged 78

1:08pm September 30, 2020

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The Australian-born singer whose feminist anthem "I Am Woman" became a hit at the height of the women's liberation movement died Tuesday in Los Angeles. She had dementia.

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'Rolling Stone' Updates Its List Of The Greatest Albums Of All Time

7:20pm September 25, 2020

Rolling Stone magazine has updated its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, tabulating hundreds of lists from musicians, critics and music industry workers.

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A view of the Metropolitan Opera ticketing office in 2018.

Met Opera Says It Won't Return Until Fall 2021

6:27pm September 23, 2020

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Opera fans will have to wait another whole year for live performances at the famed New York house. In a press release Wednesday, the Metropolitan Opera says it plans to reopen on Sept. 27, 2021.