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With a role on the new season of “The Chi” and a new EP featuring songs and skits, actress and musician Miriam A. Hyman is a busy woman. She talks about why she’s so excited about “The Chi,” her EP “Alter Ego,” her friendship with Lupita Nyong’o, and how her personal mantra reminds her to speak her mind.

Country singer Chase Rice has responded to criticism over a packed concert with no appearance of social distancing or masks by saying his next scheduled appearance will be a drive-in show. Rice posted a video on Instagram Monday in which he addressed the controversy over a video he posted of a show in east Tennessee on Saturday night by saying his next show...

Garth Brooks is holding a concert that will be played at 300 drive-in theaters across the country

Grammy-winning country group Lady Antebellum is changing its name to Lady A, with members saying they are regretful for not taking into consideration the word’s associations with slavery

The Recording Academy is making changes to several Grammy Awards categories, including the often-debated best new artist title

What was intended to be a show of solidarity with those supporting the Black Lives Matters movement instead led to a flood of complaints Tuesday as what was planned as a “day of silence” for workers in the music industry to raise awareness surrounding the George Floyd protests proved to be a liability.

Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli has shared a statement confirming that he and family members contracted COVID-19 earlier this year. “The pandemic which has shaken the world has also affected — albeit mildly — me and certain members of my family,” Bocelli wrote Tuesday on Facebook. “Out of respect for those for whom contracting the virus has had more serious consequences,...

The pop superstars dropped their collaboration “Rain On Me” overnight. The track is the second single from Gaga’s upcoming sixth studio album, “Chromatica.”

Little Richard has been laid to rest at his alma mater in north Alabama

Pop star Sia is notoriously private, but in a recent interview, she opened up about becoming an adoptive mom. The “Chandelier” singer explained via video conference with SiriusXM’s “The Morning Mash Up” that she had adopted two teens about to age out of the foster care system. “I actually adopted two sons last year,” she said. “They’re both 19...

Songwriters are taking their writing sessions online during the pandemic, sometimes co-writing songs across continents

Retirees in multiple states have become volunteer DJs for a new online radio hour known as “Radio Recliner.”

Betty Wright is best known for her popular R&B hits like “Tonight Is the Night,” “No Pain, (No Gain),” “Clean Up Woman” and “Girls Can’t Do What the Guys Do.”

Hundreds of billions of dollars are spent each year on large events like conferences, sports and concerts. Like so many other industries, COVID-19 quarantines have devastated event-based businesses. The major sports leagues — the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball and National Hockey League — have put games on hold indefinitely. “Our revenue in essence has dropped to zero,” NBA Commissioner…

Musicians including Luke Combs, Pitbull, Mike Love and Bon Jovi have taken on the coronavirus in song form

Stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic? Professional beatboxer Tom Thum teaches you two basic techniques to help you make a beatboxing tune.

Hopeful birdsong and foreboding sirens

The halls at Ledyard High School are quiet and they probably will be for quite some time, but a group of students is showing that distance will not keep them from coming together. All 20 of the students in Ledyard High’s Chamber Choir recorded an arrangement of Billy Joel’s ‘And So It Goes’ virtually. Director of choral activities at...