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Written by The Skanner News

Published: 03 October 2019

 

Watch live as the bands of Cleveland High School raise money for their music program

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Written by By MESFIN FEKADU, AP Music Writer

Published: 30 September 2019

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Norman was one of the rare Black singers to attain worldwide stardom in the opera world

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• Women Behind the Music

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Written by The Skanner News

Published: 16 September 2019

 

Annual Event Presented by ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Department Honors Female Leaders in Entertainmen

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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

Jimi Hendrix 

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