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The Strange Lessons of Whitney Houston's Addiction
Drugs turned a superstar into a joke. Only in death did she become a superstar again.
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Track of the Day: 'Underwear Bomb'
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The Reverent, Ridiculous Grammys
Both in its tributes to Whitney Houston and its performances, the Grammys made its futile annual bid for respectability.
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Morning Coffee
Maybe my adolescent self was wrong about Whitney Houston
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AP The Imperial Whitney Houston
At her height, her power and reach was the stuff of royalty.
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Whitney Houston Has Died
The 'I Will Always Love You' singer was 48.
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Will the Grammys Remain as Bizarre as Always This Year?
Predicting what will happen at Sunday's awards show.
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Listen to Loudon Wainwright III's New Song, 'Over the Hill'
The legendary songwriter premieres a plainspoken meditation on age.
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Kanye West Actually Should Throw a Fit at the Grammys This Year
The rapper's nominations for Sunday's ceremony show how screwed up the Recording Academy's priorities are.
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Track of the Day: 'I Belong In Your Arms'
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The Misunderstood Power of Michael Jackson's Music
His influence today proves his greatness, but Jackson's art still doesn't get the full respect it deserves.
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Track of the Day: 'Default'
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Why Is It So Hard for New Musical Instruments to Catch On?
The turntable, invented 36 years ago, ranks as the most recently created music-making device with staying power.
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Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Legacy: A Genre Forever Driving Ahead
Tony Rice's new 'The Bill Monroe Collection' shows how the music style Monroe invented endures.
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Madonna's Super-Bowl Halftime: A Perfect Pep Rally for Pop Music
Even M.I.A.'s bad vibes couldn't tamp down the campy joy on stage Sunday.
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The Legacy of Alan Lomax
The preservationist understood just how fragile America's folk musical traditions are.
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Survivor vs. Gingrich, and 17 Other Musician vs. Politician Rumbles
The lawsuit against Newt from the "Eye of the Tiger" songwriter is the latest in a long tradition.
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Lana Del Rey's Regressive, Beautiful, Twisted Fantasy
'Born to Die' is a bona fide guilty pleasure: fascinating but espousing something ugly.
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Does Korean Pop Actually Have a Shot at Success in the U.S.?
Wonder Girls may have the marketing strategy to succeed in America where other Asian acts have failed.
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Can D'Angelo Transform R&B Again?
The "R&B Jesus" returns—hopefully to fill the gaping void he left 11 years ago.
