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Marc Rebillet performs at Saturn Birmingham on May 7, 2019 in Birmingham, Ala.

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Musician Marc Rebillet Is Using Drive-In Theaters To Go On A Socially Distant Tour

9:24am June 04, 2020

by Christianna Silva

Electronic musician Marc Rebillet was scheduled to be on tour this summer. His revised the plan to tour during the pandemic: hold concerts at drive-in cinemas. His tour kicks off next week.

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The artist Lizzo, whose album Cuz I Love You was released by Warner Music Group subsidiary Atlantic Records, and Access Industries owner Len Blavatnik, photographed at a pre-Grammys party on Feb. 7, 2019 in Los Angeles.

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Warner Music Group Trading On Wall Street, Promises Social Justice Support

4:23pm June 03, 2020

by Andrew Flanagan

One of the world's three major record labels is now a publicly traded company.

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Run The Jewels Releases New Album 'RTJ4' Early

2:13pm June 03, 2020

by Jon Lewis

Killer Mike and El-P drop their fourth full-length album two days ahead of its scheduled release date and days after Killer Mike addressed protests in his hometown of Atlanta in a televised speech.

Demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd hold up placards near the White House on June 1 in Washington, D.C.

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Music Companies Promise A Tuesday 'Blackout' For Black Lives

3:24pm June 02, 2020

by Andrew Flanagan

Record labels and other organizations will participate in a daylong moratorium on "business as usual," though some argue the actions don't do enough to address the industry's history of exploitation.

Igor Levit, who performed a 20-hour-long Erik Satie piece live on YouTube, is just one musician who has pushed the limits of livestreaming during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Finding Connection And Comfort In Livestream Concerts During Quarantine

11:30am June 02, 2020

NPR Music correspondents Ann Powers and Sidney Madden recommend a few favorite livestreaming performance series to check out while in-person concerts are on hold.

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Tracee Ellis Ross stars in The High Note as a legendary singer who is running out of ideas. Meanwhile, her personal assistant, played by Dakota Johnson, has too many.

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Tracee Ellis Ross Can Hit The High Notes, Too

2:23pm May 30, 2020

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Tracee Ellis Ross about starring in The High Note, a movie about an over-40 superstar singer navigating the music industry with her assistant, who has her own music dreams.

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Elmo, left, and Lil Nas X perform on The Not-Too-Late Show.

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Watch Lil Nas X And Kacey Musgraves Help Elmo Debut A New Talk Show

3:38pm May 28, 2020

by Jon Lewis

Two of the biggest pop stars in the world performed some beloved children's songs in the inaugural episode of the Sesame Street character's new HBO Max talk show.

Bright Eyes are calling in from the end of the world on latest track "One and Done."

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Bright Eyes Shares Lush New Single 'One And Done'

11:01am May 27, 2020

by Emma Bowers

The third single to arrive in anticipation of Bright Eyes' first record in nearly a decade, "One and Done" is a picture-postcard from the crumbling Anthropocene.

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West Virginia Mining Disaster Told Through Steve Earle's Songs

11:35am May 26, 2020

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Steve Earle about his new album Ghosts of West Virginia. Much of the music was written for a play about a 2010 mine explosion that killed 29 coal miners.

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Jimmy Cobb was the last surviving member of what's often called Miles Davis' First Great Sextet.

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Jimmy Cobb, The Pulse Of 'Kind Of Blue,' Dies At 91

2:35pm May 25, 2020

by Natalie Weiner

The drummer was the last surviving musician to play on Miles Davis's iconic 1959 album.