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Singer Jimmy Buffett performs during NBC's 'Today' show Summer Concert Series in New York

Arts Sep 02

Jimmy Buffett, American singer of ‘Margaritaville’ fame, dies at 76

By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press

Arts Jun 16

Space Jam: A New Legacy film premiere in L.A.
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John Legend embarks on a personal path for his new creative endeavor

At 44, John Legend is the very portrait of success. He’s achieved the so-called EGOT, winning two Emmys, 12 Grammys, an Oscar and a Tony. He's the first Black man and second youngest person ever to do so. Now he’s…

By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport

Arts May 08

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Singer-songwriter Aoife O’Donovan takes on Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’ on latest tour

It’s not unusual for a singer-songwriter to perform songs written by others. But it is unusual for an artist to take on performing an entire album’s worth of someone else’s material, particularly if that someone else is a giant of…

By Tom Casciato

Arts Mar 31

Earthshot Prize Awards in Boston
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Annie Lennox on her success in music and dedication to activism

Her nearly five-decade career has taken Annie Lennox far from her working-class roots in Aberdeen, Scotland. Yet through intense years of recording and touring success, and more recently, dedicating herself to humanitarian causes, she insists she has always remained the…

By Amna Nawaz, Anne Azzi Davenport

Arts Jun 16

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Mary Chapin Carpenter on ‘Songs from Home’ and a new album as a tonic for the times

Five-time Grammy-winner Mary Chapin Carpenter has sold 15 million records and was scheduled to spend the summer touring and releasing a new album. But when the pandemic hit, she shifted to "Songs from Home" online, attracting a huge following. In…

By Amna Nawaz, Anne Azzi Davenport

Mar 30

John Prine critically ill with COVID-19 symptoms

By Associated Press

The family of John Prine says the singer-songwriter is critically ill and has been placed on a ventilator while being treated for COVID-19-type symptoms.

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Jun 27

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Jason Isbell’s ‘Nashville Sound’ conjures rural Americans and their concerns

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In both ballads and hard-charging rock songs, Jason Isbell's storytelling prowess has made him one of today's most acclaimed singer-songwriters. On his new album "The Nashville Sound," Isbell's songs are filled with rural country characters, and offer a reflection of…

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Dec 19

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How Bruce Springsteen tackles truth, in song and memoir

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Aug 22

For Hayes Carll, it’s ‘all for the sake of the song’

By Mike Fritz

Hayes Carll has come a long way since his days of playing for brawling shrimpers in Texas. His latest album, "Lovers and Leavers," uses the loss of love (a recent divorce) and love for his son as motivation for lyrics that are…

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Aug 08

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3 solo artists describe the ‘excellent exercise’ of musical collaboration

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hey were used to being in charge of their own voices, their own lyrics, their own paths. But recently, singers Neko Case, K.D. Lang and Laura Veirs put autonomy aside to form a single group. The goal was to create…

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