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"Joni Mitchell is still the Queen Mother of singer-songwriters," Robbie Robertson says. Mitchell appeared in The Last Waltz, the first of his collaborations with Martin Scorsese.

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Robbie Robertson On His Creative And Symbiotic Relationship With Martin Scorsese

11:30am November 27, 2019

The Band's songwriter and Scorsese have been friends and collaborators since they first worked together on The Last Waltz in 1976. This year, Robertson scored The Irishman.

Klassik performs at Studio Milwaukee during 414 Live.

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City Scenes: 5 Live Performances From Studio Milwaukee

7:03am November 27, 2019

by Nate Imig

Every week, 88Nine Radio Milwaukee celebrates the scene with a program called 414 Live. Here are five of the best recent performances from Studio Milwaukee.

Mereba performs during a Tiny Desk concert, on Sept. 17, 2019.

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Mereba: Tiny Desk Concert

5:00am November 27, 2019

by Rodney Carmichael

A nomadic storyteller with a cross-genre style ranging from folk to rap, Mereba slays the devil in her solo set behind the Desk.

The Metropolitan Opera's general manager, Peter Gelb, in New York City in 2012.

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Met Opera Chief Peter Gelb Renews His Contract Through 2027

12:58pm November 26, 2019

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Despite some very public bumps in his tenure, the head of the largest performing arts organization in the U.S. received a five-year extension to his contract.

Jade Jackson performs live from the 2019 AmericanaFest Day Stage.

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Jade Jackson Brings A Rock And Roll Sensibility To Her Americana Music

9:01am November 26, 2019

by Carina Giamerese

The influence of her punk rock producer colors the classic Americana roots of Jackson's music in this live performance.

Aretha Franklin, photographed at Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 17, 2015 in New York.

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Watch: Aretha Franklin's Casually Colossal Rendition Of 'O Tannenbaum'

7:00am November 26, 2019

by Nate Chinen

It is, indeed, "the season" — but, along with the stress and the dark and the cold, come bright, healing moments like this one, from 2015.

Joycelyn Savage (left) and Azriel Clary, two women who lived with R. Kelly, are seen here leaving a Chicago court room in July 2019.

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One Of R. Kelly's Most Vocal Defenders Now Claims She's Also A Victim

5:15pm November 25, 2019

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

One of the R&B singer's live-in girlfriends, Joycelyn Savage, alleged in a series of online posts that the singer sexually and physically abused her, and forced her to have two abortions.