Williams didn’t just change, she grew; the brilliant ideas that were present in her earlier work expanded on contact with new musical realms, and she found herself doubling back on prior resistance to the strongest and most difficult new styles to incorporate both their freedom and their complexity into her playing.
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Pianist and funk fusion pioneer Ramsey Lewis has announced that he is to retire from touring.
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On May Day, these portraits provide a glimpse of a wide array of jobs that are vanishing under the pressures of automation, inexpensive mass production, and other technological and societal changes.
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“It’s with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of our dear friend and renowned artist Harry L. Davis. He was a warrior, a gentle giant, and a warm spirit…R.I.P.
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The National Alliance for Audition Support will develop mentorship and audition programs to help more Black and Latinx classical musicians land spots in the United States’ predominantly White orchestras.
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Black artists, long overlooked and undervalued, now occupy one of the hottest corners of the market.
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Erased from history books, the stories and roles of women in slave revolts will now be told in vivid form by Rebecca Hall.
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