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George Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ is a story of jazz, race and the fraught notion of America’s melting pot

by Ryan Raul Bañagale, Colorado College February 12, 1924, was a frigid day in New York City. But that didn’t stop an intrepid group of...

US music education has a history of anti-Blackness that is finally being confronted

These multicolored notes reflect the diversity of music across the world. MirageC/Getty Images by Philip Ewell, Hunter College When it comes to achieving racial diversity, music education...

There's no quit in Mavis Staples, or her voice

NEW YORK (AP) — Mavis Staples is a walking, talking and — blessedly — still singing history book. The 76-year-old voice of the Staple Singers...

Fans can have Hendrix experience at guitarist's London home

LONDON (AP) — When he was not being a string-shredding, amp-blasting guitar hero, Jimi Hendrix liked nothing better than to sit at home drinking...

Keeping classical cool: Oldest US arts group turns 200

BOSTON (AP) — Before Beyonce, there were the Beatles. Before the Beatles, there was Brahms. And before Brahms was even born, there was the...

Nile Rodgers: 'Blurred Lines' court verdict 'shocking'

LONDON (AP) — Musician Nile Rodgers has said it is "shocking" that Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke have been found guilty of plagiarism in...

Legendary jazz musician Clark Terry dead at 94

NEW YORK (AP) — Clark Terry, a Grammy Award-winning jazz trumpeter who played in the orchestras of both Count Basie and Duke Ellington and...

Spanish conductor Rafael Fruehbeck dead at 80

MADRID (AP) - Rafael Fruehbeck de Burgos, one of Spain's most prestigious conductors who performed with dozens of orchestras around the world, has died....

Broadway welcomes its first Black 'Phantom' lead

NEW YORK (AP) — A thunderous standing ovation congratulated Norm Lewis as he became the first Black actor to take on the title role...

Pharrell Williams, Zimmer create 'Spidey' opera

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Director Marc Webb and famed composer Hans Zimmer assembled a supergroup of influential recording artists, including the "Happy" chart topper...

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