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Venezulean conductor Gustavo Dudamel, conducting in Vienna, Austria, in January 2017.

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Gustavo Dudamel Addresses Venezuela's Leaders: 'Enough Is Enough'

3:51pm May 04, 2017

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Long reticent to address the turmoil in his native country, conductor Gustavo Dudamel posted a lengthy open letter to the Venezuelan president and government today.

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World Cafe Nashville: Ruby Amanfu

3:35pm May 04, 2017

by Ann Powers

Amanfu's sung with everyone from the Nashville Symphony Chorus to Kelly Clarkson to Jack White. Hear her perform unreleased songs with the instrumental duo Steelism.

Allison Pierce's new album, Year Of The Rabbit, comes out Friday.

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Songs We Love: Allison Pierce, 'Fool Him'

2:53pm May 04, 2017

by Stephen Thompson

Known for her work in The Pierces, the singer goes solo with a song about broken trust.

PWR BTTM's latest album, Pageant will be released May 12.

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First Listen: PWR BTTM, 'Pageant'

2:06pm May 04, 2017

by Marissa Lorusso

Pageant is a soundtrack for outsiders on the way to loving themselves — queer and complicated as that process may be.

Cedric Bixler-Zavala onstage in Hollywood during At The Drive In's fall 2000 tour.

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Cut Away, Cut Away: At The Drive In's Lifetime Of Stops And Starts

12:47pm May 04, 2017

by Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib

The band released an era-defining album, nearly died and split up in the space of six months. Its return nearly 20 years later as thrilling and as unsteady as its music has always been.

Amateur K-pop dancers perform at a presidential campaign rally for Moon Jae-in, the candidate for Korea's Democratic Party, in Seoul on Saturday.

Parade Floats And Altered K-Pop Songs Mark South Korea's Coming Election

12:22pm May 04, 2017

by Lauren Frayer

With tensions rising over North Korea's nuclear program, you might expect a kind of panic in South Korea. But there's an altogether different scene happening in Seoul ahead of the election.

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Former President Obama and Bruce Springsteen, campaigning together in Madison, Wisc. in November 2012, a day before the presidential election.

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On Deck For The Obama Presidential Library: A Recording Studio

12:08pm May 04, 2017

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The former president is planning a space in which artists like Bruce Springsteen and Chance the Rapper can create music that has "social commentary and meaning."

PWR BTTM inside the World Cafe performance studio.

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PWR BTTM On World Cafe

11:34am May 04, 2017

by Talia Schlanger

Leaving a trail of microphones covered in makeup and glitter behind them, the queer power-punk band makes music for everyone. Hear an interview and live performance.

The travails of the Fyre Festival inspired a comedy script mocking it and its attendees.

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Fyre Festival Hit With Third Lawsuit (And A Madcap Comedy Spoof)

11:22am May 04, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

Fyre Festival's ongoing problems prompted one comedy writer to pen a buddy comedy spoof featuring Donald Trump, United Airlines and Tobey Maguire.

LCD Soundsystem's new songs will be released at midnight on digital services.

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Prepare Your Bodies, LCD Soundsystem Will Release Two New Songs At Midnight

10:53am May 04, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

"And I mean, literally, midnight," James Murphy writes on Facebook, with promise of a new album down the line.