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February 26, 2021

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Guitar rock legend Eddie Van Halen dies of cancer at 65

October 6, 2020 Mark Kennedy, Associated Press

NEW YORK — Eddie Van Halen, the guitar virtuoso whose blinding speed, control and innovation propelled his band Van Halen into one of hard rock’s biggest groups and became elevated to the status of rock […]

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Rihanna on new album: ‘I just want to have fun with music’

October 3, 2020 Leanne Italie, Associated Press

NEW YORK — It’s been four years since Rihanna released an album but the singer is working hard on recording new music. The pop star, 32, told The Associated Press for her new album she’s […]

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Kool & the Gang co-founder Ronald ‘Khalis’ Bell dies at 68

September 10, 2020 Jonathan Landrum Jr., Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Ronald “Khalis” Bell, a co-founder, singer and producer of the group Kool & the Gang, has died. He was 68. Bell died at his home in the U.S. Virgin Islands Wednesday morning […]

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Taylor Swift will release surprise album ‘Folklore’ Friday

July 23, 2020 Mefsin Fekadu, Associated Press

NEW YORK — While in isolation, Taylor Swift has created a new album and is releasing it Friday. The pop star made the surprise announcement Thursday on Instagram. “Folklore,” her eighth record, comes less than […]

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Austin City Limits music festival canceled as virus surges in Texas

July 3, 2020 The Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — Austin City Limits has joined the ranks of major music festivals to be canceled because of the coronavirus. Festival organizers said in a statement Wednesday that scrapping the three-day October event was […]

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Nashville artists help out on stage and off after tornadoes

March 10, 2020 Kristin M. Hall, Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Members of the Grammy-winning string band Old Crow Medicine Show put down their fiddles and banjos and picked up chainsaws last week after deadly tornadoes hit middle Tennessee. “When I am doing […]

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Catching up with Chatham County Line 

August 1, 2019 Dan Reeves

Since their formation in 1999, Raleigh bluegrass troubadours Chatham County Line, have achieved national embrace and unimaginable success in unexpected locales. Timeless, but hardly throwbacks, the four pickers adhere to the principle of honoring the […]

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‘It’s not easy’ being The Connells

June 6, 2019 Dan Reeves

RICHMOND — As a child of the ’80s in Raleigh, The Connells were a household name. A band we knew that was going places.  A band the older kids and babysitters wouldn’t shut up about. […]

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Alabama mark 50 years with new tour

December 18, 2018 admin

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country band Alabama will mark their 50th year together with a new tour in 2019, more than a year after founding member Jeff Cook announced that he has Parkinson’s disease.The Grammy-winning trio […]

Steve Marcus—Reuters
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Drake on course to smash streaming records with ‘Scorpion’

June 29, 2018 admin

LOS ANGELES — Canadian rapper Drake, the world’s best-selling artist of 2016, looked on course to set records tumbling again on Friday with his soul-baring new album “Scorpion,” in which he reveals he is a […]

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