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The festival is the longest-running free annual jazz festival west of the Mississippi – and Portland’s longest-running annual community event, according to organizers.

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Drake could make an impactful mark at the BET Awards later this month. The chart-topping performer scored seven nominations at the show airing live on June 25 in Los Angeles. Drake’s three other nominations are shared with 21 Savage, who is up for five nods. Rapper GloRilla will enter the ceremony as the second-most nominated act with six

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As rap music approaches its 50th anniversary in August, it is increasingly embracing challenges to – and debates about – homophobia. That is, hip-hop has evolved to the point where anti-gay rhetoric invites condemnation from members of the culture.

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In hip-hop music, it sometimes seems as if songs to and about mothers are common enough that audiences might take them for granted.

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Including Portland’s own Curtis Salgado

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 Sprinkle the sequins and pump up the volume: The 67th Eurovision Song Contest reaches its climax on Saturday with a grand final broadcast live from Liverpool

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Last week the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced their class of 2023, naming seven influential figures in music who have been voted into the hall, and another six honorees selected by the Hall of Fame committee,

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Destination evrYwhr follows the multi-hyphenate artist as he travels around the globe connecting with local artists to learn how their culture manifests in their local music.

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This musical legend brought fame and popularity to a new form of music!

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Pace was one of few people who knew how to fully print sheet music using photo negatives and metal plates mounted onto scrap wood. This was crucial to the expansion of gospel music in the U.S.

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