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Music Is The Peacekeeper Of The World! November 2019

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BTS, the K-Pop Superstars, Must Serve in South Korea’s Military November 22, 2019
Able-bodied men in the country must register to spend about two years in the armed forces, as part of a conscription system seen as crucial to the country’s defense against North Korea.
By Mariel Padilla
Dissecting the 2020 Grammy Nominations November 22, 2019
Lizzo, Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X lead the way. But has the Recording Academy’s relationship to pop changed?
The Playlist: Paul McCartney’s Upbeat Outtakes and 9 More New Songs November 22, 2019
Hear tracks by Soccer Mommy, Wye Oak, Lewis Capaldi and others.
By Jon Pareles, Jon Caramanica and Giovanni Russonello
The Pop Musical: Go Big (and Loud) or Go Home November 22, 2019
It’s time for Broadway to embrace what’s most joyous about songbook shows. Not biography, not coherence, but excess. Even “Moulin Rouge!” doesn’t quite get it right.
By Elisabeth Vincentelli
Eric B., Hip-Hop Legend, Avoids Prison in Case Out of the Past November 22, 2019
An arrest warrant from 2002 threatened to land Eric Barrier of Eric B. and Rakim behind bars.
By Ed Shanahan