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Storefront of Technical Equipment Supply in Ypsilanti, Mi.

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How A Small Town Record Store Quietly Released An Exclusive Aphex Twin Record

12:38pm August 04, 2017

by Scott Sterling

Todd Osborn quietly put an exclusive release from electronic music legend Aphex Twin on the shelf of his store — before long there was a line around the block.

Car Seat Headrest is among the artists who are joining Bandcamp in donating proceeds to the Transgender Law Center.

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Bandcamp Holds Fundraiser For Transgender Law Center

11:06am August 04, 2017

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

More than 200 record labels and artists will also be donating proceeds from their sales Friday to the nonprofit.

The Spice Girls in a still from their 1997 film Spice World.

Music & Culture

Singing Our Lives: When Pop Stars Are Super-Heroines

11:04am August 04, 2017

by Ann Powers

A discussion about our list of The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women turns on the question of why it's so powerful to see a bit of yourself reflected in your favorite musicians.

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Songs We Love: Jenny O., 'People'

11:00am August 04, 2017

by Kathleen Tarrant

Brazilian visual artist Caco Neves turns Jenny O.'s breezy protest song into an animated collage of classic propaganda film.

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Daniela Schaechter On Piano Jazz

9:56am August 04, 2017

The Sicilian jazz pianist performs her own tune "Dark Blue," and host Marian McPartland joins in for Cole Porter's "I Love You."

Herbie Hancock performs at the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival in August 2016.

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On The Cusp Of His North American Tour, Herbie Hancock Is Still Hurtling Forward

9:00am August 04, 2017

by Nate Chinen

Working with a new band and deep into the making of a new record with collaborator Terrace Martin, Herbie Hancock finds himself in conversation with his own visions of the future, now 40 years old.

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LAMC Discoveries: New Artists You Should Know About

6:43am August 04, 2017

by Felix Contreras

This week, we share our favorite discoveries from the annual Latin Alternative Music Conference in New York.

R. Kelly, performing on May 7, 2016 in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois.

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R. Kelly's Live Tour Meets Opposition In Georgia

6:53pm August 03, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

The R&B icon's concert in Fulton County, Ga., is scheduled to go on despite a local effort to cancel it.

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Music Review: 'Banzeiro,' Dona Onete

4:52pm August 03, 2017

It took Dona Onete seven decades to release her first album. Now the Amazon-native tours the world singing songs about love, sensuality, nature and her native Brazil. Music reviewer Michelle Mercer says on her latest album, Banzeiro, Onete is a songwriter fully alive to her world.

The Kennedy Center Honors will recognize the pioneering achievements of LL Cool J on Dec. 3.

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LL Cool J To Become Kennedy Center's First Hip-Hop Honoree

4:03pm August 03, 2017

by Rodney Carmichael

The rapper is part of an evolving appreciation of hip-hop for the Kennedy Center — and is also the youngest honoree in its history.