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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.

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Latin Roots: Café Tacvba

3:08pm August 03, 2017

by Talia Schlanger

Hear a live performance of songs from the band's latest release, Jei BeiBi.

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Songs We Love: Saba Abraha, 'Wicked Ways'

11:45am August 03, 2017

by Jenny Gathright

Music is doing its job when it makes you feel like you can actually sit with your angst.

The Districts' new album, Popular Manipulations, is out August 11.

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First Listen: The Districts, 'Popular Manipulations'

11:18am August 03, 2017

by Bruce Warren

The latest album by the Philadelphia-based indie rockers is their best yet.

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First Listen: Downtown Boys, 'Cost of Living'

11:06am August 03, 2017

by Jason Heller

The songs on Cost Of Living are a big leap forward in the evolution of one of punk's most revolutionary groups.

A still from Bonnie "Prince" Billy's "The Curse" video.

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Songs We Love: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy With The Roots Of Music, 'The Curse'

10:08am August 03, 2017

by Alison Fensterstock

Pan-generational brass bands join this joyous, weird trip through New Orleans cemeteries and streets, with cameos from stalwarts of local street culture.

Alex Williams' new album, Better Than Myself, is out August 11.

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First Listen: Alex Williams, 'Better Than Myself'

9:56am August 03, 2017

by Jewly Hight

The 26-year-old country singer is a student of old-line outlaw country and its tradition of leathery, knowing tall talk.

After the success of their 2014 collaboration "Bailando," Descemer Bueno and Enrique Iglesias have come together for another hit: "Subeme La Radio."

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'Súbeme La Radio' Is Cuba's Heartbreak Anthem Of The Summer

8:07pm August 02, 2017

by Carrie Kahn

Written by Cuban reggaeton star and Latin Grammy winner Descemer Bueno and sung by Enrique Iglesias, the track is catchy, danceable and topping the Latin music charts.

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R. Kelly Arrives In Court For Child Pornography

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Reporting The Saga Of R. Kelly

5:13pm August 02, 2017

"This is a trail, two and a half decades long, of dozens of young African-American women whose lives have been ruined by R. Kelly," says journalist Jim DeRogatis