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"I feel like there's no Venezuelan that doesn't know depression, doesn't know oppression," singer-songwriter Lolita De Sola says.

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Lolita De Sola On Making Music Amid Venezuela's Political Crisis

8:09am May 06, 2019

A recent performer at the 2019 SXSW Music Festival, emerging artist Lolita De Sola opens up about the circumstances there and how the situation has influenced her music.

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The Beths inside the World Cafe Performance Studio

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With A Big Pop Sound And Sticky Turn Of Phrases, The Beths Are Taking Over

7:00am May 06, 2019

Last year, The Beths released its full-length debut, Future Me Hates Me. Future you will not regret hearing this session.

The only known photograph of Buddy Bolden, standing back row and second from left, horn in hand. Also pictured: guitarist Brock Mumford, bassist Jimmie Johnson, clarinetists Willie Warner and Frank Lewis, and trombonist Willie Cornish.

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Preserving The House Of A Pioneering Musician — Who We Will Never Hear

6:00am May 06, 2019

by Alison Fensterstock

New Orleans has a fairly spotty track record when it comes to preserving cultural landmarks, but Buddy Bolden's blighted former residence may avoid being lost to time, as he nearly was.

Thou performs a Tiny Desk Concert on April 9, 2019 (Amr Alfiky/NPR).

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Thou: Tiny Desk Concert

5:00am May 06, 2019

by Lars Gotrich

This is probably the quietest you'll ever hear the first metal band to play the Tiny Desk.

Singer Shawn Mendes performing on Saturday Night Live.

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Watch Shawn Mendes Perform on 'SNL'

10:57am May 05, 2019

by Joshua Bote

The singer performed his new single "If I Can't Have You" along with his anthem for anxiety, "In My Blood."

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L7's Donita Sparks Talks Women In Rock And The Band's New Album, 'Scatter The Rats'

9:22am May 05, 2019

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Frontwoman Donita Sparks talks about L7's newest release after 20 years, Scatter the Rats, and about women in rock.

Pitbull performs onstage at iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina in Miami, Fla. in 2018. Among his recent projects is voicing an animated one-eyed dog in UglyDolls.

'Short Steps, Long Vision': An Interview With Pitbull

9:11am May 05, 2019

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

His latest project sees him playing a blue one-eyed dog in the animated film UglyDolls. But for the Cuban-American rapper from Miami, it's only the latest in a series of big picture projects.

Kyle Kessler holds a pressing of Fiddlin' John Carson's "The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane," which was recorded at 152 Nassau Street in Atlanta.

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The Birthplace Of Country Music's First Hit Is Being Threatened By Modern Construction

7:57am May 04, 2019

by Debbie Elliott

A grassroots drive to preserve a historic building in downtown Atlanta is highlighting the city's somewhat forgotten role in early country music.

Quint Davis, photographed during the funeral of Theodore Emile "Bo" Dollis, Big Chief of the Wild Magnolias, at Xavier Convocation Center on January 31, 2015 in New Orleans.

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For 50 Years, Quint Davis Has Never Let New Orleans' Jazz Fest 'Go Down'

7:00am May 04, 2019

by Gwen Thompkins

The city of New Orleans is on a first-name basis with Quint Davis, who has happily occupied a central role in the city's beloved Jazz and Heritage Festival since the very beginning.

Vampire Weekend's Father of the Bride, the band's first album in six years, is out May 3.

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Vampire Weekend Is Looking For The Cool Within The Uncool

5:04pm May 03, 2019

Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig talks about Father of the Bride, the band's first album in six years, along with all the changes that time has brought.

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