His record label, Putumayo, gathered sounds from around the globe and pushed them into the mainstream, selling 35 million compilation CDs worldwide.
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With little formal training but full of ideas, he focused on the core classical composers, winning over audiences (though not every critic) around the world.
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Earlier on Monday, the judge dismissed a juror over a “lack of candor.” Sean Combs’s lawyers said his removal would reduce the diversity of the jury.
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A hit for Julie London in 1955, it was later recorded by — among many others — Ella Fitzgerald, Barbra Streisand and Michael Bublé, who praised it for its “darkness.”
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The rapper Doechii accepted the BET award for best female hip-hop artist on Monday night, but instead of using her acceptance speech as a victory lap, she criticized President Trump for deploying the military against protesters in Los...
Several cities played outsized roles in the life of Sly Stone, the musical innovator who died on Monday at 82. There was Denton, the northern Texas town where he was born; Los Angeles, where he spent his later...
The woman, known in court as Jane, testified she was stunned to learn that another Combs girlfriend said she had felt pressure to participate in drug-fueled sex marathons.
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