“I remember going there, seeing a microphone and getting up and singing,” Ms. Forman recalled. “I probably closed my eyes.” At the end, she was…
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What DMX’s Poetry of Death Did for Hip-Hop
In 1998, when DMX released two multi-platinum classics — “It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot” and “Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood” —…
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Ethel Gabriel, a Rare Woman in the Record World, Dies at 99
Ethel Gabriel, who in more than 40 years at RCA Victor is thought to have produced thousands of records, many at a time when almost…
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Making Music Visible: Singing in Sign
On a recent afternoon in a brightly lit studio in Brooklyn, Mervin Primeaux-O’Bryant and Brandon Kazen-Maddox were filming a music video. They were recording a…
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Cultural Venues’ Quest for Billions in Federal Aid Is Halted by Glitch
As the government prepared on Thursday to start taking applications for a $16 billion relief fund for music clubs, theaters and other live event businesses,…
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DMX on Life Support in ‘Vegetative State,’ Manager Says
Earl Simmons, the rapper known as DMX, was on life support on Sunday afternoon and was in a “vegetative state,” his manager said. Mr. Simmons’s…
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The Unstoppable Merry Clayton
On the day she learned what had happened to her, Clayton said her family sat by her bedside crying profusely while a team of doctors…
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Eurovision Song Contest Disqualifies Belarus Over Political Lyrics
The long-running unrest in Belarus has spilled over into this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, with organizers ejecting the country from the competition for songs found…
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Bridging Time, Distance and Distrust, With Music
A documentary recently broadcast on Moroccan state television, “In Your Eyes, I See My Country,” which has been shown at festivals in Marrakesh and elsewhere,…
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For a Night at the Theater, Bring a Negative Coronavirus Test
BERLIN — On a snowy, gray morning last Friday, as a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Germany was taking hold, Anna Schoras, 30,…
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