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FILE - This undated photo shows German composer Richard Wagner. The 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner's birth is May 22, and the world's opera houses and symphony halls are filled with his music this year along with the compositions of Giuseppe Verdi, whose 200th birthday is Oct. 10.

Germany celebrates composer Wagner's 200th

Germany on Wednesday celebrated the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner, the 19th-century composer whose music has been hailed as sublime art at the height of Western culture even as he remains tainted by his visceral anti-Semitic views, which later... 2 hours ago

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Ai Weiwei uses music to mock state power in China

Two emotionless prison guards watch Ai Weiwei as he eats, sleeps, paces, showers - and even sits on the toilet - in the Chinese artist's new obscenity-filled, metaphor-rich music video mocking state power.
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Aretha Franklin taking June off, postponing shows

Aretha Franklin is taking off the month of June.
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Library honors Carole King with US pop music prize

Carole King isn't done with music - not yet anyway.
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Burt Bacharach opens up on daughter's suicide

Burt Bacharach knew writing a memoir would be emotional - not because of his never-heard backstage tales or his tumultuous marriages. He knew that being honest would force him to come to terms with the death of his daughter.
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Lawyer: No background check done on Jackson doctor

AEG Live LLC did not conduct any background checks or supervise the doctor who was later convicted of killing Michael Jackson, a corporate attorney testified Tuesday in a lawsuit claiming the concert promoter was negligent in hiring the physician.
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Rapper Chief Keef arrested at hotel near Atlanta

Police in suburban Atlanta say rapper Chief Keef, whose name is Keith Cozart, has been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.
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Review: Willy Moon impresses with debut album

Willy Moon, "Here's Willy Moon" (Cherry Tree/Island)
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Toby Keith says Okla. hometown is 'resilient'

Tornadoes are a part of life in Moore, Okla., something country star Toby Keith was reminded of when a deadly, devastating one leveled parts of his hometown on Monday.
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Review: French Montana debuts with enjoyable album

French Montana, "Excuse My French" (Bad Boy/Maybach Music/Interscope Records)
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Eminem's publisher sues Facebook over song usage

Eminem's song publisher is suing Facebook and an ad agency, saying they copied music from one of the rapper's songs.