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State and local officials announced a new grant program to help the arts community, which has been affected financially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

One outdoor live music venue in Brazil installed socially distanced boxes so that concertgoers can watch performances safely as COVID-19 takes a toll on the country.

Producer and singer Alina Smith joined LX News to perform her latest track, “Girl That Was Perfect,” which she wrote in the early days of the pandemic about the struggle to overcome an eating disorder.

You can watch and listen to live jazz on July 18th from 7:30 – 9:30pm on YouTube.

Two-time Grammy winner Lecrae is now a second-time New York Times best-selling author. The rapper joins LX News to talk about his new book “I Am Restored: How I Lost My Religion but Found My Faith,” in which he opens up about overcoming trauma and growing stronger in his faith.

British singer Tom Parker, best known as a member of the boy band The Wanted, has shared that he is “devastated” after being been diagnosed with stage 4 glioblastoma, an inoperable brain tumor that has no cure.

Rock and roll legend Eddie Van Halen is dead at 65. The legendary guitarist and co-founder of the band Van Halen had been battling cancer.

Pop star Scott Helman recently released his new album “Nonsuch Park,” dedicated to the loving memory of his late grandfather. We had the pleasure of welcoming the Canadian singer, performing “Lois,” he says is one of his favorites.

Niki DeMar joined LX News to perform her single “Alone in My Car” and share how it was inspired by some very-relatable tough times during quarantine.

As out-of-work artists leave expensive cultural centers like New York City, and venues struggle not to close permanently, concerns are growing about whether the arts industry can recover from the pandemic.

As the coronavirus pandemic drags on, some forms of the arts are finding ways to continue — at least in some capacity — in our new socially-distanced reality. But live music, which relied on closely packing venues with fans, remains silenced. That’s why live venues are banding together to ask for help to “save our stages.”

Bad Bunny surprised New Yorkers who caught the artist performing a livestreamed concert from a flatbed truck driving throughout New York City. The spectacle marked the return of the Uforia Music Series, which plans additional virtual performances once a month for the rest of the year. In special honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the flatbed truck designed to look a…

Tenille Townes, the Academy of Country Music’s 2020 New Female Artist of the Year, joins LX News to perform her song “Come as You Are.”

Jessica Simpson really is just like us. The singer and entrepreneur shared how she and her family are coping with quarantine and her top mental health tip for managing pandemic stress.

People participating in social movements across generations have used music to share their feelings, protest the status quo and artistically call for reform. NBC LX storytellers Clark Fouraker and Eric Rodriguez looked back at the history of protest music to see how certain songs influenced social justice movements over the years, up until and including today’s Black Lives Matter...

R&B singer and songwriter Brian McKnight stops by to discuss his latest album “Exodus,” which features the love ballad “Nobody,” and explains how he is loving every minute of quarantine with his wife.

At the age of 13, TikTok and YouTube megastar Gavin Magnus has millions of followers on social media and a new single, “Hearts on a Pendant,” dropping Saturday. But even Magnus experienced being bullied in school. The rising singer and performer shared the meaning behind his new song and why his personal experience has made him an advocate for stopping...

Band camp is underway at East Lyme High School, as the group prepares for a season like no other. “Not at all, but the students are having fun with it and they are making music in the process,” said Angelica Fadrowski, the school’s band director. Fadrowski said that instead of competing in person, the band will compete virtually this...

R&B duo Chloe x Halle is comprised of sisters Chloe and Halle Bailey, who are dishing on their latest album “Ungodly Hour,” and giving all the details on those incredible tennis court performances during quarantine.

The singer known as Lady A is speaking out about her legal dispute with the country group formerly known as Lady Antebellum. The group announced they were changing their Civil War-inspired name to “Lady A” out of respect for the Black community. But Anita White, a Black blues singer, has been using that name for decades.

Beyonce’s latest visual album, “Black is King,” dropped on Disney Plus on Friday. Danielle Belton, the editor-in-chief of The Root, says she’s created a unique artistic representation of women and people of color.