Biz Markie had exactly what hip-hop needed - Rap’s pioneering ‘Clown Prince,’ as remembered by his friends, family, collaborators, and admirers
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Billie, Lorde, Lizzo: Pop stardom has never seemed less aspirational
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Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, reggae giant and dub pioneer, dead at 85
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‘I had no confidence, no money’: The pop stars kept in limbo by major labels
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Pop group ABBA have teased a major announcement for next week, as fans await their first new music in thirty-nine years
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Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, who helped them become one of the greatest bands in rock 'n' roll, has died at the age of 80
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Whitney Houston, American girl: Why America embraced Whitney Houston, and how it destroyed her
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Dusty Hill, ZZ Top bassist and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee has passed away at 72
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Biz Markie, pioneering ‘Just A Friend’ rapper, has died aged 57
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Award-winning Swedish rapper Yasin Mahamoud has been sentenced to ten months in jail for conspiring to kidnap rival artist Haval Khalil
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In 'Stockholm Syndrome', the new documentary on rapper A$AP Rocky's 2019 assault trial in Sweden, the rapper recalls the moment things went from weird to surreal
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Two decades after its release, 'ABBA Gold' is the first album to log 1,000 weeks on the Official Albums Chart Top 100 in the UK
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Blackalicious rapper, Gift of Gab, passes away at 50
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Sweden's Ericsson Globe venue renamed in tribute to Avicii – building will host future events with the focus of young people's mental health
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The mainstream narrative is that Sinead O’Connor ripped up a photo of the pope on “Saturday Night Live” and derailed her life. What if the opposite were true?
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Suzanne Ciani on modular synthesis and the Buchla 200e
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Björn Ulvaeus: ‘Today's pop industry cheats songwriters – and deters the risk-taking that made ABBA’
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Slipknot - BBC Unmasked
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DMX has died at 50
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The case for music.gov
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The problem with pedestals — Inspiration vs. deification
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Marc Maron interviews Serj Tankian from System of a Down
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In this clip from 1997’s An Audience With Elton John, the actor Richard E. Grant asks Elton John if he can create a song out of his oven’s instruction manual. Elton obliges
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After receiving second dose, Yo-Yo Ma transforms waiting period into performance at Pittsfield vax clinic
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LG Petrov, frontman for Swedish metal favorites Entombed, dead at 49
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How George Harrison staged one of the most influential concerts in music history
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Rap cover songs don't exist - here is why
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Soul superhero: The massive life and tragic death of King Curtis
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Barack Obama launches ‘Renegades: Born In The USA’ podcast with Bruce Springsteen
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Daft Punk call it quits, the legendary dance duo have split twenty-eight years after forming in Paris
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Forty years of weird: Al Yankovic’s biggest moments
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Zara Larsson: ‘The more hate I got, the louder I became’
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Chick Corea, jazz fusion pioneer, has died of cancer at 79
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Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry | Official trailer
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SOPHIE has died
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“Dig Us”: 60 Years of Louis Armstrong at the Sphinx
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Anthony Fantano's top five MF DOOM verses
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Alexi Laiho, frontman for Finnish metal giants Children of Bodom, dead at 41
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MF DOOM has passed at 49
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Whodini’s John “Ecstasy” Fletcher dead at 56
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LFB (Looking For Band) Thread: Make music with other folks on Tildes
Inspired by the recent LFG thread I figured it would be good to start a thread to get some musical collaboration happening. :) Reply with your instruments and skills, preferred musical styles, and...
Inspired by the recent LFG thread I figured it would be good to start a thread to get some musical collaboration happening. :)
Reply with your instruments and skills, preferred musical styles, and availability.
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Bob Dylan announces box set featuring 1970 George Harrison session
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Bob Dylan sells entire catalog of songwriting to Universal Music
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COVID-19 hits hard for south Louisiana's Cajun musicians
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Spotify announces that artists and labels will be able to select specific tracks for its algorithms to prioritize in exchange for being paid a lower royalty rate
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Joni Mitchell is releasing some of her previously never-published early recordings
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Arlo Guthrie retires from touring: ‘It’s time to hang up the gone fishing sign’
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Jazz legend Keith Jarrett may never perform again after suffering two strokes
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Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós have claimed they face financial ruin or even jail following an 'unjust and draconian' second prosecution for tax evasion
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The (mostly) true story of Vanilla Ice, hip-hop, and the American Dream
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