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Music Is The Peacekeeper Of The World! January 2019

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‘Fyre’ and ‘Fyre Fraud’ Reviews: Behind the Scenes of a Music Festival Fiasco January 16, 2019
Two documentaries try to unpack a spectacular scheme by Billy McFarland, now in prison, who used social media to sell a music festival in the Bahamas.
By WESLEY MORRIS
James Blake Finds Love, Moodily, on ‘Assume Form’ January 16, 2019
The English musician’s style has seeped into pop’s commercial mainstream. On his fourth album, his greatest challenges are his own past and a new lyrical frontier: intimacy.
By JON PARELES
Alicia Keys Announces She Will Host the Grammy Awards January 15, 2019
The musician, a 15-time winner herself, takes over from James Corden a year after the Grammys faced backlash over gender diversity.
By JOE COSCARELLI
Carol Channing Dies at 97; a Larger-Than-Life Broadway Star January 15, 2019
Her performances as the gold-digging Lorelei Lee in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and the matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi in “Hello, Dolly!” made her a Broadway legend.
By ENID NEMY
Clydie King, Top-Tier Backup Singer on Big Hits, Is Dead at 75 January 14, 2019
Ms. King sang on hits by the Rolling Stones, Linda Ronstadt and even Lynyrd Skynyrd. Bob Dylan called her his “ultimate singing partner.”
By GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO