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Nile Rodgers, photographed in November 2018 in London.

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'Songwriters Are Not Treated Fairly': Nile Rodgers On Streaming's Present And Future

4:50pm April 12, 2019

by Andrew Flanagan

The famed musician and current chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame talks to NPR about a recent letter he and many other songwriters sent to the head of Spotify.

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Persian Musicians And A Parisian Monastery: Making Glen Hansard's 'This Wild Willing'

3:32pm April 12, 2019

Hansard's latest record was initially supposed to be a simple, acoustic album. But that changed after a chance jam session with Persian musicians.

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Thousands Gather In LA For Nipsey Hussle's Memorial Service And Procession

2:35pm April 12, 2019

by Mandalit del Barco

Nearly 20,000 people gathered at LA's Staples Center to honor deceased rapper Nipsey Hussle in a public memorial service following his shooting death on March 31.

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Students perform in Granite Bay High School's original production of Ranked.

A Dystopian High School Musical Foresaw The College Admissions Scandal

1:55pm April 12, 2019

by Elissa Nadworny

A California high school is staging an original musical called Ranked, set in a world where class rank means everything, and some parents are willing to pay for their student to get a better spot.

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Musical guest Tame Impala performs Patience on Saturday Night Live on March 30, 2019.

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Tame Impala Releases A Decadent New Song, 'Borderline'

10:55am April 12, 2019

by Joshua Bote

Released just before the band's Coachella appearance this weekend, "Borderline" sounds engineered for the festivalgoer masses hell-bent on vibing in the sand and heat.

Anderson .Paak's Ventura arrives just five months after his previous full-length, Oxnard and is a return to form.

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New Music Friday: Our Top 7 Albums Out On April 12

5:00am April 12, 2019

Anderson .Paak drops his followup to Oxnard, Norah Jones collaborates with Jeff Tweedy, and Sia joins Labrinth and Diplo for "LSD." Those and more make our shortlist of the week's best new albums.

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Watch Jenny Lewis Perform 'Wasted Youth' Live In The Studio

5:33pm April 11, 2019

by Tyler Hale

Jenny Lewis' signature wit and confidence shines through in "Wasted Youth," performed live at KCRW.

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Listen To Apparat's Guest Mix On Metropolis

5:21pm April 11, 2019

by Jason Bentley

Celebrate Apparat's fresh release of LP5 with an exclusive guest mix on KCRW's Metropolis.

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Listen To Nightmares On Wax's Guest Mix On Metropolis

5:17pm April 11, 2019

by Jason Bentley

Hear the kind of deep-in-the-pocket grooves and sticky melodies Nightmares on Wax is known for.

Performers rehearse in January 2018 for the controversial Hungarian State Opera production of George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess.

White Singers In Hungary Claim To Be African-American, For An Opera

4:29pm April 11, 2019

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The Gershwin estate stipulates that Porgy and Bess should be performed by an all-black cast. The Hungarian State Opera in Budapest reportedly asked its mostly white cast to say that they are black.