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Producer and songwriter Jeff Bhasker is nominated for four Grammy Awards this weekend, including producer of the year, non-classical division.

Watch Famous Behind The Scenes, A Hitmaker Covets The Spotlight

February 8, 2013 – Producer Jeff Bhasker has worked with fun. and Beyonce. Now he's looking for a solo career.

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Macklemore of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis performs in Park City, Utah.

Watch The Real Story Of How Macklemore Got 'Thrift Shop' To No. 1

February 8, 2013 – A rap group out of Seattle says it rose to the top without a label. But did it?

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The late American conductor James DePreist.

Read Remembering American Conductor James DePreist

February 8, 2013 – The African-American conductor flourished at a time when few black men led major orchestras.

Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys performs in England last August. Along with five nominations for his band, Auerbach is nominated for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical division.

Listen In A Diverse World, Grammy Sticks To Its Values

February 8, 2013 – In pop's era of infinite playlists, some surprisingly traditional ideas still endure at the Grammys.

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J Dilla in the studio of fellow producer Madlib.

Watch Why J Dilla May Be Jazz's Latest Great Innovator

February 7, 2013 – The legacy of the late hip-hop producer extended far beyond the beats he painstakingly created.

Justin Bieber on stage in December. Bieber's 2012 album Believe, despite selling over 1,000,000 copies, wasn't nominated for a single Grammy Award.

Watch Why Al Walser Got A Grammy Nomination And Justin Bieber Didn't

February 7, 2013 – The voting rules for the awards almost always leave room for disappointment or confusion.

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Lena Hughes recorded one album of Southern parlor music before her death in 1998.

Listen The 'Ancient Vibration' Of Parlor Music, Revived By Two Generations

February 6, 2013 – The only album ever recorded by the masterful Lena Hughes acts as a kind of time capsule.

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Reg Presley in Hamburg, circa 1965.

Watch Reg Presley, The Voice Of 'Wild Thing,' Dies

February 5, 2013 – The lead singer of The Troggs, who had a string of hits in the 1960s, was 71.

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Karen Carpenter, of The Carpenters, performs in London in 1974.

Watch Remembering Karen Carpenter, 30 Years Later

February 4, 2013 – Joel Samberg makes a case for the late singer's legacy, which remains a source of disagreement.

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Beyonce performs during the Super Bowl halftime show Sunday night.

Read The Roots Of Beyonce's Super Bowl Spectacular

February 4, 2013 – Sunday's display of imperial charisma was an illusion, but what a substantial one.

Once a poet and an English teacher, Jim McCormick has become a powerhouse Nashville songwriter.

Watch A Tenacious Wordsmith Hits It Big In Nashville

February 3, 2013 – Once an English teacher and poet, Jim McCormick has become one of country music's hottest lyricists.

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Afghanistan's youth orchestra performs in Kabul on Jan. 31. The orchestra is coming to the U.S. and will appear at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center.

Listen From A Land Where Music Was Banned — To Carnegie Hall

February 3, 2013 – Young Afghans will be performing at some of the most prestigious venues in the U.S.

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After a decade of lobbying by musicians, it will finally be easier for cellos to fly as comfortably as the people who play them.

Read Classical Crib Sheet: Top 5 Stories This Week

February 1, 2013 – The FAA changes its tune re instruments on planes and the passing of innovator Butch Morris.

Beyonce at the inauguration.

Read Beyoncé On Lip-Syncing: 'I Did Not Feel Comfortable Taking A Risk'

January 31, 2013 – Beyoncé finally put an end to all the talk surrounding her inaugural performance.

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The rapper's new album, <em>Born Sinner</em>, is a reckoning with the hip-hop lineage from which he descends.

Don't Kill Your Idols: J. Cole Looks For His Place In Hip-Hop

The rapper's new album, Born Sinner, is a reckoning with the hip-hop lineage from which he descends.

Author Colin Fleming says early BBC sessions provide a blueprint for who the band would become.

The Beatles' Defining Moment (Hint: It's Not 'Sgt. Pepper')

Author Colin Fleming says early BBC sessions provide a blueprint for who the band would become.

Pandora's move, an effort to get more favorable royalty rates, also has some songwriters up in arms.

Pandora Buys A Radio Station, Songwriters' Group Calls It A 'Stunt'

Pandora's move, an effort to get more favorable royalty rates, also has some songwriters up in arms.

Isolation led the avant-indie rock veteran to new songs and an album made outside the label system.

Heartbreak Takes John Vanderslice To 'Dagger Beach'

Isolation led the avant-indie rock veteran to new songs and an album made outside the label system.

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