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Rapper Tries To Avoid Restaurant Bill By Jumping Into The Water

6:41am April 11, 2017

Australian Terry Peck was dining at a waterfront restaurant when he apparently tried to skip out on a $450 bill. Police on jet skis chased him down after he jumped into the water.

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Sleater-Kinney (from left, Janet Weiss, Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker) will release new music as part of a series to benefit Planned Parenthood.

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Planned Parenthood Benefit Will Include New Music From Sleater-Kinney and Feist

8:20pm April 10, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

A long list of artists contributed work to the series, including Feist, Bon Iver, Sleater-Kinney, Nico Muhly, Björk, Laurie Anderson and many more.

Du Yun, 39, has won the music Pulitzer for her opera Angel's Bone.

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Du Yun Wins Music Pulitzer For 'Angel's Bone'

8:08pm April 10, 2017

by Tom Huizenga

The opera, by the 39-year-old Shanghai native, is a searing parable of human trafficking set to a score that ranges from Renaissance choral music to punk rock.

Firefighters and medics near the site of the Ghost Ship underground arts venue in Oakland, Ca., after a fire claimed the lives of at least thirty-six people. The East Bay Times won a Pulitzer for its reporting around the tragedy.

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East Bay Times Wins Pulitzer For Reporting On Ghost Ship Fire

6:30pm April 10, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

Coverage of the December fire that killed 36 people in an Oakland, Calif. warehouse and DIY venue during a dance party won the Pulitzer for Breaking News Reporting.

Du Yun, in 2015. Her opera Angel's Bone was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music.

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Du Yun's 'Angel's Bone' Wins Pulitzer Prize For Music

4:37pm April 10, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

Chinese-born composer Du Yun has taken home the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for music for her opera Angel's Bone, a work that melds fantasy with an allegory about human trafficking.

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Music News: Pultizer Prize Winners, Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

4:28pm April 10, 2017

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with NPR Music Senior Editor Jacob Ganz and NPR's classical music producer, Tom Huizenga, about the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in music, the newest inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and rapper Kanye West going platinum for his latest album.

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Hear Frank Ocean's New Song 'Biking,' Featuring Jay Z And Tyler, The Creator

1:27pm April 10, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

It's a relatively mellow offering featuring two generations of rappers — before Frank Ocean suddenly bursts out.

Throughout his career, Prince played around with constructions of race, gender and sexuality.

Prince Contained Multitudes, New Book Confirms

10:31am April 10, 2017

by Leah Donnella

Prince on defining his music: "The only thing I could think of, because I really don't like categories, but the only thing I could think of is inspirational."

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Black Sabbath Guitarist Tony Iommi Debuts Choral Work

6:40am April 10, 2017

Iommi has gone from heavy metal to a choral composition for the cathedral in his hometown in England. Does that mean he found religion? Iommi said it just seemed like a nice thing to do.

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Precision Drum Company Takes On The Beatles

8:06am April 08, 2017

by Karen Michel

One of the oldest U.S. drum makers is Precision Drum Company. It's made instruments for some big names in jazz and rock. It's now making a replica of the drum on the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album.