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Foday Musa Suso, 75, Dies; Ambitious Ambassador for West African Music
A master of the kora who worked with Herbie Hancock and Philip Glass, his career was powered as much by experimentation as by ...
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Under the Stars: gyrofield’s drill-adjacent punch is legit
Ali Shaheed Muhammad gets in his bag, musical folklorist Ben Lamar Gay connects to ancestors—and Dead and Co. line up three ...
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The jazz world mourns the loss of Jack Kleinsinger, producer of Highlights in Jazz
Jack Kleinsinger, who produced more than 300 Highlights in Jazz concerts spanning five decades, died at home on June 11 from ...
Arthur Hamilton, Who Wrote the Enduring ‘Cry Me a River,’ Dies at 98
A hit for Julie London in 1955, it was later recorded by — among many others — Ella Fitzgerald, Barbra Streisand and Michael Bublé, who praised it for its “darkness.” ...
SA Jazz legend Bra Louis dies at 85
Moholo, known as Bra Louis, has passed away at 85 after a prolonged illness, leaving behind a legacy as a trailblazing ...
Lead singer for ‘80s electronic band dies at 58
Douglas McCarthy, the frontman for electronic body music group Nitzer Ebb, has died. He was 58. McCarthy died Wednesday, according to an Instagram post by Nitzer Ebb. No cause of death was revealed.