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Music News: SXSW, Pandora's New Paid Streaming Service, Drake

6:30pm March 15, 2017

by Jacob Ganz

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to NPR's Music editor Jacob Ganz about the music news of the week, including Pandora's new paid streaming service, Drake's upcoming mixtape and the latest from the SXSW immigration kerfuffle.

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Bob Boilen's favorite discovery on Tuesday was Taiwan's Hello Nico.

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What We Loved At SXSW On Tuesday

4:01pm March 15, 2017

by Otis Hart

Public radio hosts share their favorite performances from the first big night the year's craziest music festival.

The artwork for Wolfgang Voigt's new GAS album, NARKOPOP.

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GAS, Wolfgang Voigt's Ambient Alias, Returns After 17 Years

3:34pm March 15, 2017

by Otis Hart

NARKOPOP, Voight's first GAS album since his landmark POP project, is due out April 21.

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Paul McCartney, Denied Control Over Beatles Hits For Decades, Is Told To Wait

2:35pm March 15, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

McCartney has long sought control of The Beatles hits he co-authored and has filed a court case against the company that controls them.

Ronald Clump in the video for BADBADNOTGOOD's "Lavender."

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Trump Says Snoop Dogg Video Would've Ended In Jail Time, Calls Career 'Failing'

12:12pm March 15, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

President Trump's lawyer also responded to the satirical music video from BADBADNOTGOOD, Snoop Dogg and Kaytranada, calling it "totally disgraceful. Snoop owes the president an apology."

Migos performs at a nightclub in Las Vegas in February, following the release of its album C U L T U R E, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart.

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Culture Wars

10:05am March 15, 2017

by Rodney Carmichael

Atlanta has been the center of innovation in hip-hop for at least two decades, but the city has failed to turn musical success into growth for the communities that create it.

Feist performs at the 2013 Newport Folk Festival.

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Feist To Release First Album In Six Years, 'Pleasure,' Next Month

5:04pm March 14, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

Feist has been known to take her time between albums, but it has been quite a long stretch since 2011's Metals.

Victoria Ruiz of Downtown Boys performs during SXSW in 2016.

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Downtown Boys Share Ripping New Single 'Somos Chulas (No Somos Pendejas)'

3:14pm March 14, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

The Providence, R.I.-based punk band recently signed to Sub Pop. No word on a follow-up to 2015's Full Communism, but this new single should tide us over.

Producer and label executive Tommy LiPuma, shot in New York City in 2011. LiPuma died Monday at age 80.

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Record Producer And Label Executive Tommy LiPuma Has Died At Age 80

12:58pm March 14, 2017

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

After having worked his way up from packing records at a warehouse, he had decades of success collaborating with artists like George Benson, Diana Krall, Paul McCartney and Natalie Cole.

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Hey Bands, Why T-Shirts Matter, A Martin Atkins Minute

9:36am March 14, 2017

by Bob Boilen

As we head to SXSW, it's the music that matters most, but if you're a band, you may want to think about t-shirts once you've nailed the music. Music funnyman Martin Atkins tells us why.

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