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21 Savage launches free online financial program for youth

Rapper 21 Savage will be launching a free online financial literacy education program for youth sheltered at home during the ...

Coronavirus concerns freeze Vanilla Ice show

Vanilla Ice cooled off plans for a concert in Texas after taking considerable heat for an event that sought to gather ...

Review: Paul Weller’s shiny ‘On Sunset’ a carnival of sounds

Paul Weller, “On Sunset” (Verve Forecast) Paul Weller’s “On Sunset” is a rapturous collection, filled to the brim with a ...

Review: Joe Ely serves up songs of honesty, hope and healing

Joe Ely, "Love In the Midst of Mayhem” (Rack 'Em Records) Joe Ely's leftovers are keepers, as “Love In the Midst of Mayhem” ...

Jay-Z's Made in America festival canceled due to pandemic

Jay-Z’s annual festival in Philadelphia, Made in America, won’t take place Labor Day weekend due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Critics slam country artists for playing for unmasked crowds

Fellow musicians and fans alike are criticizing country artists who performed at outdoor concerts this weekend where social ...

A how-to: BET pulls off artistic, virtual, political success

You’d think trying to produce the 2020 BET Awards during the coronavirus pandemic would be filled with restrictions, but ...

Despite pandemic, MTV VMAs to take place Aug. 30 in Brooklyn

The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards will still go ahead despite the coronavirus pandemic. An MTV spokesperson confirmed to The ...

Beyoncé’s message, epic performances stand out at BET Awards

Beyoncé used her platform Sunday while accepting the BET humanitarian award to relay a direct appeal to viewers: Go vote.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 5-11

Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 5-11 July 5: Musician Robbie Robertson is 77. Singer Huey Lewis is 70.

T.I. to teach 'Business of Trap Music' at Clark Atlanta

Atlanta rapper T.I. will soon be adding educator to his resume. T.I will join hip-hop scholar Dr. Melva K. Williams at Clark ...

BET Awards highlight Black voices as artists turn political

The BET Awards served as an extension of the voices of Black people protesting in the streets about the inequalities Black ...

Q&A: Lil Yachty on music, inclusion, Drake and trust issues

If it weren’t for Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug, Lil Yachty’s latest album might be filled with slow, melodic love songs, ...

Country music reckons with racial stereotypes and its future

When country singer Rissi Palmer was working on her debut album, she wanted a song like Gretchen Wilson’s “Redneck Woman,” ...

The Dixie Chicks officially change their name to The Chicks

Grammy-winning country group The Dixie Chicks have dropped the word Dixie from their name, now going by The Chicks.

Review: Canadian Lund's unique style: Country & Northwestern

Corb Lund, “Agricultural Tragic” (New West) The first verse of the first song makes it clear Corb Lund is exploring a remote ...

Review: HAIM hits its stride in confident, creative album

HAIM, “Women In Music Pt. III” (Columbia Records) The group HAIM — composed of sister trio Este, Danielle and Alana Haim — ...

Review: One-musician show by Ray LaMontagne on ‘MONOVISION’

Ray LaMontagne, “MONOVISION” (RCA) Ray LaMontagne takes a comprehensive less-is-more approach on “MONOVISION,” his eighth ...

Review: Roots rocker Will Hoge gets mad and waxes romantic

Will Hoge, "Tiny Little Movies” (Thirty Tigers/Edlo) An entire album of angry political anthems could be exhausting, like the ...

Luminaries Lost: A look at some of the artists lost to virus

A trumpeter who came up in the shadow of Miles Davis then stepped out of it. An architect whose soaring stadiums and concert ...

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