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Caitlyn Smith's new album, High, is out April 8.

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On 'High,' Caitlyn Smith elevates her sound

11:30am April 06, 2022

by Brittney McKenna

Smith has written hits for Miley Cyrus and Garth Brooks, and was set to level up after two records of her own. Then, the pandemic hit. Now, she has a fresh perspective on her new, self-produced album.

Jon Batiste (center) performs at the 64th annual Grammy Awards on April 3, 2022. Batiste was nominated in 11 categories and took home five prizes, including album of the year.

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The Grammys make a clear statement: Sometimes feeling good is good enough

1:19pm April 04, 2022

The show, despite a delay caused by the pandemic and brief moments of seriousness, was mostly a highly professional, relentlessly energetic showcase for the pleasure of live music. Plus a few awards.

South Florida rapper Denzel Curry released his fifth studio album, Melt My Eyez See Your Future, on March 25.

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On 'Melt My Eyez See Your Future,' Denzel Curry's ambitions get the best of him

10:50am April 02, 2022

by Jayson Buford

Denzel Curry released his fifth studio album, Melt My Eyez See Your Future, on March 25. Ambitious to a fault, he delivers introspective meditations over eclectic, but warm, productions.

On their new albums, Morris and Tuttle are both sharpening their artistic identities while reinventing what staying invested in their genres of origin can look and sound like.

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Maren Morris and Molly Tuttle tell their origin stories anew

12:20pm March 30, 2022

by Jewly Hight

Both artists could have used their new albums to make good on their pop crossover potential. Instead, they managed to reaffirm their ties to their genres of origin without sacrificing creative growth.

A March 24 dress rehearsal for "A Knee on the Neck." Front, from left: Mezzo-soprano J'Nai Bridges, National Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorale Music Director Piotr Gajewski, tenor Norman Shankle and baritone Kenneth Overton. Behind: The National Philharm

George Floyd remembered in new choral work

8:59am March 25, 2022

by Olivia Hampton

In "A Knee on the Neck," composer Adolphus Hailstork and librettist Herbert Martin pay tribute to Floyd's memory and offer hope for the future – while wrestling with the realities of the present day.

"I think that we could have gone two ways. We could have gotten even angrier and even harder," says Camp Cope's Georgia Maq. "But we didn't."

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On 'Running with the Hurricane,' Camp Cope trades rage for quiet confidence

6:00am March 24, 2022

by Ilana Kaplan

On the Australian trio's third album, the members of Camp Cope refuse to let the world harden them.

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Sylvan Esso's recording studio Betty's fosters musical community in North Carolina

1:56pm March 23, 2022

by Sarah Edwards

Betty's has become a home base for the Triangle's famously collaborative music scene.

The Grammy-winning artist Koffee, whose debut full-lenth album, Gifted, is out March 25.

Koffee, already a Grammy-winning globetrotter, is in full control for 'Gifted' debut

9:10am March 23, 2022

by Patricia Meschino

After winning a Grammy for her debut five-song short player, one of Jamaica's most talented branches out on her debut full-length.

Pianist Ruth Slenczynska, photographed in 2021. At 97, she just released her first record for the Decca label in nearly 60 years.

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At 97, Pianist Ruth Slenczynska has a new album — and plenty of stories

6:03pm March 18, 2022

by Tom Huizenga

The ebullient nonagenarian's new recording features music she's been playing for nearly a century.

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Weezer is set to release four albums in 2022: each inspired by a season. SZNZ: Spring is set to release March 20th.

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The four 'SZNZ' of Weezer

5:02am March 18, 2022

Rivers Cuomo, songwriter of Weezer, talks about looking to Vivaldi for inspiration in announcing a quartet of seasonal releases this year and navigating three decades spent in the same band.