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Otis Taylor at his belated graduation in May, 2023. Evan Semón hide caption

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He was expelled after he refused to cut his afro. 57 years later, he got his degree

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John Coltrane (left) and Eric Dolphy on stage at the Village Gate in New York City in the summer of 1961. A recording of the performance, once thought lost, was recently discovered in the New York Public Library. Herb Snitzer/Courtesy of Impulse! Records hide caption

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John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy's fearless experiment sets a new album ablaze

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Arlo Parks' sophomore album My Soft Machine is named after a line in the 2019 film The Souvenir. Parks explains, "It's very much a contrast between light and shade, numbness and hypersensitivity and the softness in the machine-like quality." Alexis Waespi hide caption

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Arlo Parks' new album 'My Soft Machine' doesn't shy away from life's hard times

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Singer Tina Turner performs on stage, during a concert in London. Turner died Wednesday at 83. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption

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Fans flock to Tina Turner's hometown museum after her death

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The genre-bending influence and legacy of Tina Turner

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Tina Turner, Pop and R&B vocalist, holds up a Grammy Award, Feb. 27, 1985, in Los Angeles. Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer, died Wednesday, after a long illness at her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, according to her manager. She was 83. Nick Ut/AP hide caption

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Tina Turner, a symbol of talent triumphing over adversity, has died at 83

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Kesha attends an art exhibition curated by herself and Brian Roettinger to celebrate the release of Gag Order. Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images for ABA hide caption

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Kesha's new album pushes her personal struggles to the forefront

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Kurt Cobain's smashed Fender Stratocaster is displayed at Julien's Auctions in Gardena, Calif., on May 2 ahead of Julien's "Music Icons" auction of over 1,200 items from rockhistory and exclusive artist collections. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Love to Love You, Donna Summer debuts on Saturday, May 20, on HBO. HBO hide caption

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'Love to Love You, Donna Summer' documents the disco queen — but at a distance

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A portrait of Prince taken by Lynn Goldsmith (left) in 1981 and 16 silk-screened images Andy Warhol later created using the photo as a reference. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States hide caption

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Announcing the winner of the 2023 Tiny Desk Contest

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Inmate/students practice blues harmonica during a classroom session of the Blues Tradition in American Literature course inside Parchman Prison in Mississippi. John Burnett hide caption

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The blues returns to Mississippi's Parchman Prison Farm

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A sign advertises Yeezy shoes made by Adidas at a store in Paramus, N.J., on Oct. 25, 2022. After cutting ties with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, Adidas now plans to sell its stock of unsold Yeezy shoes and donate the proceeds to charity. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption

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