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Clockwise from upper left: Dirty Projectors, Stephen Malkmus, Red Baraat, Valley Queen

Music & Culture

New Mix: Dirty Projectors, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, More

12:21pm May 02, 2018

On this week's mix of essential new songs, we share uplifting new music from Dirty Projectors, the distinctive hooks of Stephen Malkmus, psych-folk from Jessica Risker and more.

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A still from Big Freedia's "Rent" video.

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'Rent' Is Due And Big Freedia Is Here To Collect

12:05pm May 02, 2018

by Lars Gotrich

Big Freedia's forthcoming EP, 3rd Ward Bounce, features this outrageously fun '80s rap-rock resurrection.

Wild Pink's Yolk in the Fur comes out July 20.

Music & Culture

Wild Pink's 'Lake Erie' Details The Movement Of Life

11:32am May 02, 2018

by Lars Gotrich

One year after its debut, Wild Pink is already back with Yolk in the Fur, drawing more elastic textures out of the sensitively-drawn rock trio.

Rosali's Trouble Anyway comes out July 6.

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To Burn A Lover, Rosali's 'Lie To Me' Keeps The Heat A Slow Simmer

9:00am May 02, 2018

by Lars Gotrich

The Philly-based songwriter navigates late-night Laurel Canyon-style fare, country-tinged ballads and moody soft-rock with an ear for piercing textures.

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More Calls To Boycott R. Kelly Over Accusations

5:09am May 02, 2018

by Rodney Carmichael

Momentum is building in an effort to push music industry groups to cut ties with R&B star R. Kelly over long-standing sexual assault and harassment allegations.

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#MeToo founder Tarana Burke, attending the TIME 100 gala in New York on April 24, 2018.

#MeToo Founder Tarana Burke Responds To R. Kelly

9:50pm May 01, 2018

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

In a statement Monday, the R&B singer's management referred to the #MuteRKelly campaign as "a public lynching." Burke counters that women affiliated with Time's Up are looking for accountability.

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Actors Leslie Odom Jr. and Katharine McPhee announced the nominations for the 2018 Tony Awards on Tuesday in New York City.

So Fetch: 'Mean Girls,' 'SpongeBob' Net The Most Tony Award Nominations

5:54pm May 01, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The new musicals, based on a movie and an animated TV show, earned 12 nominations each. Angels in America, The Band's Visit and Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel each received 11.

Questlove's latest book, available now, is called Creative Quest.

Questlove Aims To Save Your Brain: 'Creativity Might Be In Jeopardy'

5:08pm May 01, 2018

The Roots bandleader and Renaissance man has a new book called Creative Quest, in which he advises readers on how to consider creativity, how to pursue it and how to channel it.

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This 1988 episode of Piano Jazz features Brazilian pianist, composer, and vocalist Eliane Elias.

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Eliane Elias On Piano Jazz

3:49pm May 01, 2018

Brazilian pianist, composer, and vocalist Eliane Elias is a renowned artist in her home country and in the American jazz scene. Hear her first Piano Jazz performance from 1988.

A still from The Innocence Mission's "Green Bus" video.

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The Innocence Mission's 'Green Bus' Offers A Gentle Gift

2:21pm May 01, 2018

by Lars Gotrich

Karen Peris thumbs through a simple image like the thistles on a brush, dips it in ochres and greens to paint quiet beauties with the softest touch.