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This reissue proves Roger Miller was more than just a novelty act

1:52pm August 24, 2022

by Ken Tucker

Best known for novelty songs like "King of the Road," Miller was also a serious songwriter who wrote ballads for artists such as Ray Price. Miller's '70 album A Trip in the Country is newly available.

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A half-glass of rosé tipped precariously on a picnic table leg. Flowers are strewn about the grass as if thrown in passion.

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Amor Perdido: 25 Latin ballads for summer heartbreak

1:24pm August 24, 2022

by Anamaria Sayre

There's no better tool for leaning into lost love than boleros, Bad Bunny and Chente.

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Botch, 'One Twenty Two'

8:00am August 24, 2022

by Lars Gotrich

The band that turned metallic hardcore into a game of daggers — all sharp angles, twisted riffs and ferocious barks — broke up 20 years ago. Now, Botch returns with an absolute bruiser of a track.

This image provided by A2H Engineers, Architects, Planners on Aug. 18, 2022, shows digital rendering of the National Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame in Marks, Miss.

Why the Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame is headed to this small Mississippi Delta town

6:15am August 24, 2022

by The Associated Press

Marks, Mississippi, is where Martin Luther King Jr. chose in 1968 as the starting point for his Poor People's Campaign, which demanded economic justice for poor Americans of all backgrounds.

jaimie branch, who died on Monday, August 22 at 39, performs with her group FLY or DIE in New York in 2020.

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Lauded trumpeter and composer jaimie branch dies at 39

6:08am August 24, 2022

by Nate Chinen

A rising star in the world of improvised music with her group FLY or DIE, branch died on Monday at her home in Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Janet Jackson's 1989 classic 'Rhythm Nation' can make some laptops crash

5:57am August 24, 2022

Microsoft's chief software engineer blogged about it. Raymond Chen says a specific frequency, like the one in "Rhythm Nation," makes Windows XP hard drives go black.

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New quartet album by jazz drummer Billy Drummond is a treat

1:34pm August 23, 2022

by Kevin Whitehead

On Valse Sinistre, Drummond's ride-cymbal beat is lively, varied and full of passing cross-rhythms — the sound of a musician fully engaged and in the habit of attentive listening.

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Strokes in adults under 45 are on the rise. Now artist Kid Cudi — long considered an ambassador for mental health issues — and model Hailey Bieber have opened up about their experiences.

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This reissue proves Roger Miller was more than just a novelty act

Amor Perdido: 25 Latin ballads for summer heartbreak

Botch, 'One Twenty Two'

Why the Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame is headed to this small Mississippi Delta town

Lauded trumpeter and composer jaimie branch dies at 39

Janet Jackson's 1989 classic 'Rhythm Nation' can make some laptops crash

New quartet album by jazz drummer Billy Drummond is a treat

Encore: Podcast investigates the early death of musician Chalino Sanchez

Encore: Composer John Williams and cellist Yo-Yo Ma assemble 'A Gathering of Friends'

Kid Cudi says he had a stroke at 32. Hailey Bieber was 25. How common are they?