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Written by The Skanner News

Published: 15 September 2019

 

Choir leaders say travelling as part of a choir helps the children develop confidence and broadens their worldview

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Written by The Skanner News

Published: 15 September 2019

 

Thirty years after Ethiopian student Mulgeta Seraw was killed in a racist hate crime, the Portland-based chamber group reflects on his legacy

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Written by AP Music Writer

Published: 29 August 2019

Lizzo performs a medley at the MTV Video Music Awards (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP) 

"I've worked diligently for over two decades and I never thought I would be standing up here receiving this award”

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Written by By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press

Published: 27 August 2019

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Rapper Meek Mill pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge Tuesday in a deal that resolves a 2007 arrest that has kept him on probation or in prison for most of his adult life

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Written by Mark Clague Associate Professor of Musicology, University of Michigan

Published: 15 August 2019

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Hendrix played for more than an hour that Monday morning before introducing his regular concert-closer, “Voodoo Child"

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Written by By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer

Published: 29 July 2019

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It's one sweet day for Lil Nas X: The breakthrough rapper's viral "Old Town Road" has broken the Billboard record set by Mariah Carey's "One Sweet Day" for most weeks at No. 1

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Written by By SHAHAR GOLAN

Published: 19 July 2019

Musician Teddy Neguse. 

Artists are using the stage to tell the public about unchecked and widespread police brutality

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Written by By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer

Published: 14 June 2019

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Missy Elliott is the first female rapper inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame

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Written by By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer

Published: 29 May 2019

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With bad weather in Chicago on Monday and her flight canceled, Jennifer Hudson fretted at the thought of missing her performance at Tuesday's Pulitzer Prize awards ceremony to pay tribute to honoree Aretha Franklin.

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Written by By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer

Published: 16 April 2019

Aretha Franklin sings during a memorial service for her father and brother. (Elizabeth Conley/The Detroit News via AP, File) 

Aretha Franklin makes history with posthumous Pulitzer win