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'7 Rings' By Ariana Grande Benefits Michigan's Pension Fund

7:12am April 16, 2019

Grande's song is a take on "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music. Concord Music owns the movie's copyright so it gets royalties. Which helps its majority owner: Michigan's pension fund.

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Top row, left to right: Cover art for Jesca Hoop's Stonechild, Sevdaliza, Chris Staples; Bottom row, left to right: Tank and the Bangas, Vera Sola

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New Mix: Tank And The Bangas, Jesca Hoop, Chris Staples, More

5:00am April 16, 2019

This week we've got wild and wonderful new music from Tank and the Bangas, a message of unity from singer Jesca Hoop (with Lucius), the mysterious voice of Sevdaliza and more.

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Ellen Reid's opera p r i s m has won this year's Pulitzer Prize for music.

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Readjusting Your Reality: Ellen Reid Wins Music Pulitzer For 'P r i s m'

10:42pm April 15, 2019

by Tom Huizenga

The young composer's opera, which debuted at the Los Angeles Opera, was inspired by her own experience as a survivor of sexual assault.

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Watch It Live: The 2019 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert

9:48pm April 15, 2019

Stanley Crouch, Bob Dorough, Abdullah Ibrahim, and Maria Schneider are recipients of the 2019 Jazz Masters award — the highest honor the U.S. gives to a jazz musician or advocate.

The 2019 Pulitzer Prizes are getting handed out Monday.

WATCH LIVE: Pulitzer Prizes Name A New Crop Of Winners For 2019

8:34pm April 15, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

Prize Administrator Dana Canedy is stepping behind the lectern Monday to deliver good news to distinguished journalists, authors, musicians, scholars and others ranging across 21 categories.

Beck's new album, Hyperspace, is due out sometime later this year.

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Listen: Beck and Pharrell Team Up For 'Saw Lightning'

3:41pm April 15, 2019

by Joshua Bote

The track is the first single from Beck's just-announced album, Hyperspace, due out sometime later this year.

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Jazz Trumpeter Tom Harrell Proves To Be A Thinking Person's Soloist On 'Infinity'

3:27pm April 15, 2019

by Kevin Whitehead

Group chemistry and deft composing make Harrell's new album a polished, inventive album that's worth checking out. Critic Kevin Whitehead says it's "really, really good."

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Phosphorescent performs at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia. Recorded live for this session.

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6 Years Of Life Fueled Phosphorescent's Latest Album

2:26pm April 15, 2019

Matthew Houck, who records as Phosphorescent, shares how meeting his partner in a New England bar, having a child and almost dying from meningitis informed his new music.

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Listen To Agoria's Guest Mix On Metropolis

12:37pm April 15, 2019

by Jason Bentley

Agoria's been recognized for years of producing consistently impressive music and for helping the French electronic scene flourish.

The Tallest Man on Earth's I Love You. It's A Fever Dream. comes out April 19.

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First Listen: The Tallest Man On Earth, 'I Love You. It's A Fever Dream.'

5:00am April 15, 2019

by Joshua Bote

Kristian Matsson has figured out that the crests and valleys of our interiorities are just as beguiling as the vast expanses around us.