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Neil Diamond didn't set out to be a performer. The furthest-out thought that I could possibly have at the age of 16 was that maybe I could write songs.

Rashad renders even the most harrowing scenes with levity and warmth. He recounts his traumas and triumphs in largely the same register-his scratchy sing-song flow that slides and swings over beats that draw as much from '90s neo-soul as they do from the annals of Southern rap.

"When I began this, I had no idea the 19th amendment represented seventy-two years of struggle," says Andrea Ramsey, composer of Suffrage Cantata.

Macron launched into a rendition of Aznavour's classic about youth, love and the passage of time, as he sat behind a piano, microphone in hand.

Ashley MacIsaac is suing Google for $500,000 in general damages, $500,000 in aggravated damages, and $500,000 in punitive damages due to false claims made by an AI-generated summary.

Jazz pianist Larry Vuckovich will perform at Yoshi's, fusing Balkan ethnic folk music with American jazz, celebrating the centennials of Miles Davis and John Coltrane.

Bob Mould engaged the audience by asking for a show of hands regarding who attended the previous night, humorously noting, 'So, about 32 of you.'

During her monologue, Rodrigo shared footage from her earliest acting job, an Old Navy commercial at age six, and performed a parody of 'Driver's License' about the begrudging process of getting a Real I.D.

Fanny Hill was a welcoming paradise where women could embrace their identities without scrutiny, fostering a creative environment for music and camaraderie.

Goldie described 'Mother' as a gut-wrenching, hour-long cry for help, reflecting a difficult life that needed to be made count.

Fenian, their new album, will get fans and foes talking about the music for once. From its cover art to its title, this is an album that is confrontational and controversial.

The opener "Man Overboard" quickly signals the shift. Its knotty, almost dizzying drum pattern and swelling walls of sound feel alien in this context, culminating in Mike Kinsella's blunt admission, "It's hopeless."

On her 18th studio album, In Time of Dragons, Amos draws on the long tradition of reptilian imagery to symbolize the elite, from ancient myth to David Icke's conspiracy theories. She casts Trump and his tech-feudalist allies as reptilian dragons, singing on '23 Peaks': 'I want to be, so this dragon/Half dragon, half woman thing/Take this burden from me.'

The contemporary music, thanks mostly to WindSync's commissions, arrangements and varied stage performance, lifted the show even further.

"So much changed in our lives and in the world while we were making this record, and somehow, it all pulled us deeper into the band and deeper into our friendship. Twenty years in and this is the most connected we've felt to what we're doing."

Arvo Part ranks among the most frequently performed living composers of contemporary music worldwide. His technique, known as the 'tintinnabuli' method, crafted a musical language that is distinctive, minimalist and deeply spiritual.

Angelo De Augustine collapsed at his home in Los Angeles halfway through recording Toil and Trouble, with days of medical testing producing no diagnosis but a persistent sense of failing health.

Maypole dancing is a springtime pagan ceremony thought to originate from medieval Europe, originally based around a big tree or bush. Traditionally on May Day people would skip around it and sing to the blossoming snowdrops and hellebores, celebrating fertility and the awakening of nature after winter.

Each song on Cry Baby is structured around live instrumentation to construct a dynamic, confrontational body of work that captures the tension, absurdity, and emotional weight of America - an album that doesn't just document the times and its precedents, but actively wrestles with them.