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Kanye West accepts the Video Vanguard Award on Sunday at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

MTV VMAs: Seven presidential moments in Kanye West’s first stump speech

March 29, 2019 at 2:01 a.m.

When Kanye West stood on stage Sunday night during the MTV VMAs to accept the Video Vanguard Award, few doubted he'd have something to say. This is a man, after...

Prince presents an award at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 8, 2015.

Prince releases ‘Baltimore’ protest video: ‘Does anybody hear us pray?’

December 17, 2018 at 7:21 p.m.

While most other superstar artists are either on vacation, on tour or otherwise removed from the conversation, Prince is spending the summer focused on protest and injustice. The artist just...

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Seven complaints about its 2015 selections

June 18, 2018 at 3:07 a.m.

Congratulations to the new herd of musicians just named as inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Minus the context, all have proved themselves notable enough to be...

Arcade Fire’s bigger new stage

June 17, 2018 at 10:29 a.m.

LOS ANGELES - When the Montreal band Arcade Fire arrived at the Forum for two shows, brothers/bandmates Win and Will Butler weren't the first family members to have stepped onto...

‘Game of Thrones’ to issue mixtape, ‘Catch the Throne’

December 17, 2018 at 9:28 p.m.

A "Game of Thrones" mixtape. Let that sink in for a second. Now. What would that sound like? War drums and pastoral lutes? Maybe some gutteral Gregorian chants? Music that...

The life story of <a href=" http://www.latimes.com/world/mandela/"> Nelson Mandela </a> - a powerful tale of a charismatic lawyer and human rights activist working to dismantle apartheid, only to land in prison for 27 years and ultimately become country's first democratically elected president - has been told time and time again. Most recently, British star Idris Elba portrays the anti-apartheid figure on screen. Click through to see a sampling of actors who've depicted the revolutionary in film.
By Christy Khoshaba

Nelson Mandela inspired great music around the world

June 18, 2018 at 3:28 p.m.

On "Graceland," his 1986 Grammy Award-winning album, Paul Simon sang a secular lullaby that could've been addressed to the oppressed black multitudes of apartheid South Africa and their moral leader,...

The Pixies lead guitarist Joey Santiago, from left, singer Black Francis, drummer David Lovering and bassist Kim Shattuc perform at the Echo in Los Angeles on Sept. 6, 2013.

For the Pixies, it’s all about the music

June 18, 2018 at 5:34 p.m.

Charles Thompson, known to Pixies fans by his pseudonyms Frank Black and Black Francis, has some ideas about the band he co-founded in 1986. They're pretty basic. "I believe in...

Six-time Grammy winner Doc Watson performs at the Old Town School of Folk Music in 2003.

Doc Watson was a giant influence in music worlds

November 3, 2021 at 3:30 p.m.

Doc Watson, who died Tuesday at age 89, never had a hit record, and none of his albums ever went gold. This truth, a shame considering his talent, his influence...

Doc Watson was a giant influence in music worlds

December 24, 2018 at 10:24 a.m.

Doc Watson, who died Tuesday at age 89, never had a hit record, and none of his albums ever went gold. This truth, a shame considering his talent, his influence...

Cloudburst

August 23, 2021 at 1:05 a.m.

On a recent afternoon while driving, I had 15 million songs sitting in the little tray between the driver and passenger seats. If they were on LP or compact disc,...

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