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Haitian students play drums and strum guitars to escape hunger and gang violence
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Woodberson Seïde held his stepsister's hand as they walked through Haiti 's capital on their way to an afterschool music program. They avoided cars, motorcycles, and territory controlled by the gangs whose predation prompted this week's U.N. Security...
Today in History: October 4, Soviets launch Sputnik, spark the Space Age
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Oct. 4, the 277th day of 2023. There are 88 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 4, 1957, the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into...
A conversation with Chappell Roan, the yodeling, queer pop icon of tomorrow
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the first few minutes on the phone with The Associated Press, Chappell Roan shared a revealing fact about herself. “I have a ‘princess’ tramp stamp, that was my first tattoo,” the 25-year-old pop singer laughed. “And it was kind of a...
Sleater-Kinney announce new album ‘Little Rope’ — shaped by loss and grief — will arrive in 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a video introducing Sleater-Kinney’s last album, 2021’s “Path of Wellness,” the duo of Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker ask a psychic if they’ll ever record another album. She initially says yes, then changes her answer to “That’s really up in the air.” ...
Alok is among the most famous DJs in the world, and he wants to make it a better place
NEW YORK (AP) — Alok is one of the biggest DJs on the planet, but at just 32 years old, he’s learned that fortune and fame don’t equal happiness. “I was 24. I was the No. 1 DJ in Brazil. I had financial success, popularity. And I was feeling a huge emptiness because I said if...
Review: Coldplay brings empathy — and Selena Gomez — to the band's 2023 North American tour finale
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — In 2023, a Coldplay concert opens like a triumphant finale — LED wristbands flashing, confetti canons on overdrive, a singalong of 68,000 voices repeating “You've got a higher power,” to match frontman Chris Martin's energy. Flags representing...
Music Review: Allow Jorja Smith to reintroduce herself on her sophomore release, 'Falling or Flying'
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Breaks are privileges awarded veteran acts, most often an effect of long-lasting relevancy. The opposite is also true: New acts are rarely given permission to take a beat, or risk slipping into obscurity. The horrible irony is that deadlines have never been muses for great art....
Book Review: Romance strikes in 'Maybe Once, Maybe Twice' with quirky lines and an epic soundtrack
On Maggie Vine’s 30th birthday, she makes a marriage pact with the handsome, broad-shouldered, sunbeam-smile-having Garrett Scholl. Thing is, the struggling singer-songwriter had already made a similar deal with her first boyfriend, Asher Reyes, who’s now an extremely successful — and...
Today in History: October 2, Nazis crush Warsaw Uprising during World War II
Today in History Today is Monday, Oct. 2, the 275th day of 2023. There are 90 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 2, 1944, German troops crushed the two-month-old Warsaw Uprising, during which a quarter of a million people...
U2 concert uses stunning visuals to open massive Sphere venue in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) — It looked like a typical U2 outdoor concert: Two helicopters zoomed through the starlit sky before producing spotlights over a Las Vegas desert and frontman Bono, who kneeled to the ground while singing the band's 2004 hit “Vertigo.” This scene may seem...
