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Aretha Franklin in a scene from the film, "Amazing Grace."

Aretha Franklin ‘Amazing Grace’ film anchors nationwide voter registration campaign

September 9, 2019 at 7:14 p.m.

The critically acclaimed gospel music documentary "Amazing Grace" with Aretha Franklin will be screened Monday night at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., as part of kickoff efforts for a...

Johnny Cash at his home in California, used in the Ken Burns documentary, "Country Music," airing Sept. 15-22 and Sept. 22-25 on PBS.

In 2019, country music has a raging identity crisis. For Ken Burns, that’s a 100-year-old story

September 9, 2019 at 2:30 p.m.

On the surface, rapper Lil Nas X's record-setting smash "Old Town Road" seems to have little connection with the forthcoming multipart film documentary "Ken Burns' Country Music." One is a...

Carrie Underwood performs at the ACM Awards in April 2017. She will host the 2019 CMA Awards with Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire.

Where are all the women in country music? At 2019 CMA Awards, they’ll be hosting

August 21, 2019 at 11:31 a.m.

The Country Music Assn. has a big reveal planned for this year's CMA Awards show in Nashville: Women make country music too. An exaggeration? Perhaps, but not a big one...

Producer Giles Martin photographed inside the studio at Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood.

A new ending: Behind the Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ 50th-anniversary remix

August 14, 2019 at 1:57 p.m.

One evening in 1969, as the Beatles were working on a scorching new John Lennon rocker called "I Want You (She 's So Heavy )" for their next album, an...

Country singer/songwriter Jade Jackson poses against a backdrop of a dusk desert sky before her performance at Poppy & Harriet's in April in Pioneertown, Calif.

Jade Jackson sets herself apart from country music mainstream

July 8, 2019 at 4:49 p.m.

SANTA MARGARITA, CALIF. — She pedals her vintage pink beach cruiser up to the entryway of the Range restaurant, drops the kickstand and, without pausing to chain and lock it...

Tom Petty, left, leading the Heartbreakers, including keyboardist Benmont Tench and guitarist Mike Campbell, at a 2012 benefit concert for radio station KCSN at Cal State Northridge.

Lawsuits against Universal Music Group expected next week in response to 2008 fire

June 18, 2019 at 4:53 a.m.

A high-profile Los Angeles law firm representing multiple recording artists plans to file legal action as early as next week in response to news that a massive number of original...

Billie Holiday, seen here in a photograph hanging at the Dunbar Hotel in South Los Angeles, is among the musicians whose master recordings were destroyed in a 2008 fire at Universal Studios Hollywood, a loss long hidden from public knowledge.

Report: Universal Music Group covered up destruction of irreplaceable master tapes in 2008 fire

June 12, 2019 at 1:32 p.m.

In stark contrast to official statements offered more than a decade ago, a 2008 fire at Universal Studios Hollywood destroyed a staggering number of original master recordings stored there by...

Bob Dylan, left, performed in Toronto in 1975 with a host of musicians, including Mick Ronson, center, and Bobby Neuwirth. Others at the show included Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Ronee Blakley, Roger McGuinn and Gordon Lightfoot.

Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue: A user’s guide

June 10, 2019 at 2:33 p.m.

The background: When Bob Dylan toured for the first time in eight years in 1974 following his near-fatal 1966 motorcycle accident, he was backed by The Band for a triumphant...

Margo Price, performing in February during a tribute to John Prine in West Hollywood, has collaborated with Prine on a recording benefiting the Alabama ACLU, a new duet version of his early-'80s song "Unwed Fathers."

Margo Price, nine months pregnant, has a message for male Alabama lawmakers

May 23, 2019 at 2:25 p.m.

Singer-songwriter Margo Price could hardly be more engaged with issues of pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood. She's due to deliver her third child any day now — she noted with pride...

Rock musician Ritchie Valens, left, shown in 1958 with manager and Del-Fi records label owner Bob Keane, is among artists whose recordings have been selected for the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry.

Library of Congress taps Ritchie Valens’ ‘La Bamba,’ Nina Simone’s ‘Mississippi Goddam’ for preservation

March 20, 2019 at 1:56 p.m.

The latest slate of recordings chosen by the Library of Congress for special preservation in its National Recording Registry includes Ritchie Valens’ 1958 hit “La Bamba,” the 1969 original cast...

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