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Aretha Franklin awarded Pulitzer Prize
Aretha was given a special award for ”her indelible contribution to American music and culture for more than five decades.” In other news, composer Ellen Reid was awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her work ’p r i s m.’
NPR Music list their 50 favorite albums of 2013
NPR Music posted their 50 Favorite Albums of 2013, and as usual it included a lot of classical, jazz, world music, but also many of the indie/pop/rap/metal that shows up on these lists like Bill Callahan, Blood Orange, Chance the Rapper, Deafheaven, Flaming Lips, Haim, James Blake, Kanye West, Laura Marling, Run the Jewels, Sky Ferreira, Waxahatchee and more…
