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Recordings of 9/11 news reports, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s speeches and Henry Aaron’s 715th home run will be preserved alongside Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” and other albums and singles — and one podcast — as the Library of Congress released its 2022 list of additions to the National Recording Registry today. See the full list below.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe Library of Congress’ 25 selections to be added to the National Recording Registry for 2022 range from mid-century standards by Nat King Cole and Ernest Tubb to rock classics “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Don’t Stop Believin'” to contemporary R&B and hip-hop standard-bearers like Alicia Keys, Wu-Tang Clan and A Tribe Called Quest — and the most recent inclusion, a “WTF With Marc Maron” podcast.Music recordings of enduring renown named to the Registry represent the 1920s, with James P. Johnson’s seminal “Harlem Strut”; the ’40s, with country music pioneer Tubb’s “Walking the Floor Over You”; the 1950s, with Duke Ellington’s “Ellington at Newport”; the ’60s, with Cole’s “The Christmas Song” and Andy Williams’ “Moon River”; the ’70s, with Queen’s signature opus; the ’80s, with Linda Ronstadt’s first Spanish-language album and Bonnie Raitt’s “Nick of Time; the ’90s, with Ricky Martin’s “Livin’ La Vida Loca” and “Enter the Wu Tang”; and the 2000s, with Keys’ debut album, “Songs in A Minor.” Not all of the selections are musical.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee -- Critically acclaimed debut albums by Wu-Tang Clan and Alicia Keys, Ricky Martin's Latin pop megahit “Livin' La Vida Loca,” and Queen's “Bohemian Rhapsody” are among the recordings being inducted this year into the National Recording Registry.The Library of Congress announced on Wednesday the 25 songs, albums, historical recordings and even a podcast that will be preserved as important contributions to American culture and history.Keys' “Songs In A Minor," released in 2001, introduced the young New York musician to the world with her unique fusion of jazz, R&B and hip hop and earned her five Grammy awards. With songs like “Fallin'” the album has been certified as seven-times multiplatinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.The Staten Island collective Wu-Tang Clan, including RZA, Ol' Dirty Bastard, GZA, Ghostface Killah, Method Man and more, released their highly influential debut “Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)” in 1993, which combined East Coast hardcore rap centered around kung fu film storylines and samples.Other albums that were included were Linda Ronstadt's “Canciones de Mi Padre,” a musical tribute to her Mexican-American roots, Bonnie Raitt's Grammy-winning “Nick of Time,” A Tribe Called Quest's “The Low End Theory," and the Cuban musical ensemble's self-titled debut “Buena Vista Social Club," which also inspired a film by the same name.Other songs now in the registry include Journey's “Don't Stop Believin,'" “Walking the Floor Over You” by Ernest Tubb, “Moon River” by Andy Williams and “Reach Out, I'll Be There,” by The Four Tops.The Four Tops song was penned by the songwriting trio of Brian and Eddie Holland and Lamont Dozier and became a No.

Chris Willman Music WriterWhat were the odds that the Recording Academy would honor the woman that many consider the greatest living female songwriter, Joni Mitchell, and great living male songwriter, Paul Simon, within a week’s time of one another? And yet that’s what happened as last Friday’s pre-Grammys MusiCares tribute to Mitchell in Las Vegas was followed Wednesday in Los Angeles with “Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon,” both with spectacularly curated lineups worthy of the feted. And although the Mitchell night is not set to be publicly aired, the good news for fans is that the Simon salute was filmed for a future CBS broadcast and is destined to be one of the highlights of the music-TV year.

Grammy Awards have finally announced the names of its guest presenters. Joni Mitchell and Dua Lipa Grammys 2022This year’s award show, hosted by Trevor Noah, has invited a diverse roster of musicians, artists, and actors to present the awards, including Joni Mitchell, Megan Thee Stallion, and Questlove.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAnyone who feels the Grammy Awards can be stodgy today might want to consider how far the show has come since the 1990s.Not only was it an utterly abysmal time for fashion — The hair! The shoulder pads! The big, stiff suits! — but the music industry was riding the CD boom, which took profits to hitherto-unimagined heights and made hubris balloon even faster: The titans of the industry thought, as they often do, “We have made it, we’ll just keep doing exactly the same thing over and over and the masses will give us more and more money!” The sounds of the future — hip-hop, alternative, heavy metal — got obligatory new categories as a patronizing pat on the head for “the youngsters” (as Ed Sullivan, the mainstream entertainment curator of the Boomer generation, used to call them). By the early 1990s, the Grammy voting body had become ever more out-of-touch, complacent, arrogant and, most of all, old.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Grammy Awards have announced the roster of presenters for the big show on Sunday night: current nominees Megan Thee Stallion, Joni Mitchell and Questlove; Grammy winners Lenny Kravitz, Dua Lipa, Ludacris, Billy Porter, Bonnie Raitt, and Keith Urban; past Grammy nominees Kelsea Ballerini and Avril Lavigne; actor-musicians Jared Leto and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez; and actor Anthony Mackie.Previously announced Grammy performers include J Balvin with Maria Becerra, Jon Batiste, Brothers Osborne, BTS, Brandi Carlile, Billie Eilish, Cynthia Erivo, H.E.R., Lady Gaga, John Legend, Lil Nas X with Jack Harlow, Maverick City Music, Nas, Aymée Nuviola, Leslie Odom, Jr., Ben Platt, Olivia Rodrigo, Silk Sonic, Chris Stapleton, Billy Strings, Carrie Underwood, and Rachel Zegler. The show will also have a special tribute to Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died at the age of 50 last week while the band was on tour in South America.

Carrie Underwood is now a well-known name in the music industry, with more than 100 major awards to her name and a plethora of top country hits. Before her meteoric rise to fame, however, Carrie got her start by auditioning for season four of American Idol in 2005.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Olivia Rodrigo praised prior female songwriters and music artists for giving her strength while accepting Billboard’s 2022 Woman of the Year award.The former teen actor turned pop star was awarded during the event Wednesday night at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Olivia Rodrigo praised prior female songwriters and music artists for giving her strength while accepting Billboard’s 2022 Woman of the Year award.The former teen actor turned pop star was awarded during the event Wednesday night at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California.

Ciara shows off a little leg action while arriving for hosting duties for the 2022 Billboard Women in Music event at YouTube Theater on Wednesday night (March 2) in Inglewood, Calif.

Ciara, 36, was one of the best dressed at the 2022 Billboard Women in Music event on March 2! The singer showed up on the red carpet of the Los Angeles, CA venue in a cheetah print halter top dress that had cut-out sections and high slits. The stylish fashion choice also included a black leather collar around her neck and black leather straps down her shoulders and middle section as well as a thick matching belt.

Manori Ravindran International EditorWestEnd Films and Cinephil are teaming up for a feature documentary on the late Cape Verdean singer Cesária Évora.Directed by Portuguese filmmaker Ana Sofia Fonseca, the film — simply titled “Cesária Évora” — is described as a multifaceted portrait of the singer, who “leveraged her international fame to empower her community” on the African island of São Vicente, which is part of the Cape Verde archipelago. The film will have its world premiere at SXSW, with WestEnd and Cinephil repping worldwide rights.The two companies recently partnered on “Afghanistan,” which was announced during the 2021 American Film Market.Grammy winner Évora, who died at the age of 70 in 2011, rose to international fame in the mid ‘90s with her melancholic morna ballads thanks to the tireless work of her manager José da Silva, who took her from a Lisbon club to world stages like the Hollywood Bowl.

Olivia Rodrigo's stardom knows no bounds. The 18-year-old singer has been named 's 2022 «Woman of the Year.»The singer will be honored with the award at the 2022 Women in Music Awards on March 2 at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES -- Singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo only needed one album to earn her the title of Billboard's 2022 Woman of the Year, landing her in the same company as Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga.The former teen actor turned pop star will be honored as the 2022 Woman of the Year at the Billboard Women in Music Awards on March 2. Previous honorees also include Cardi B, Billie Eilish and Ariana Grande.Rodrigo became 2021′s biggest breakout star with her confessional debut album, breaking chart records and racking up awards and nominations.

Women in Music Awards is back!Billboard announced that the event will officially return on March 2, with a live ceremony at Hollywood Park's YouTube Theatre in Los Angeles. Bringing all the girl power, GRAMMY-winning singer-songwriterCiara will serve as the host.

Jim Carrey is one of the most renowned comedians of all time. He got his start in the 1994 classic Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. His career took off even further after he starred in The Mask and Dumb & Dumber. He has a number of other comedic credits to his name including The Cable Guy, Liar Liar, The Truman Show and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Just like his career, he also has an extensive dating history. The comedian met his first wife Melissa Womer in a comedy club as his career was just starting to take off in 1986. The two wed a year later in 1987 but separated in 1995. He got married to Lauren Holly shortly after in 1996 but the two ended up splitting a year later.

There’s no better way to kick off the annual Canadian Country Music Association Awards than with a tribute to our Canadian country queen, Shania Twain.

Bon Iver have shared live versions of ‘Beth/Rest’ and ‘Babys’, pulled from a fan-revered session they performed at London’s AIR Studios-owned Lyndhurst Hall.The session in question took place in 2011, the same year they minted their semi-eponymous sophomore album ‘Bon Iver, Bon Iver’.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s two benefit performances in aid of anti-nuclear energy organisation MUSE are to be released as a new live film.Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE) was founded in 1979 by musicians Jackson Browne, Graham Nash, Bonnie Raitt and John Hall, and campaigner Harvey Wasserman.In September that year, MUSE organized a series of five ‘No Nukes’ concerts at Madison Square Garden, followed by a rally of almost 200,000 people.As well as Springsteen, the shows

Victor Solomon brought the house down on “The Voice”s season 20 finale!

Victor Solomon brought the house down on season 20 finale!The 22-year-old college student kicked things off on Monday's finale with a sweet dedication song, performing Bonnie Raitt's «I Can't Make You Love Me» for his girlfriend and earning praise from coach John Legend for his dedication and passion. However, it was Victor's second performance of the night, his «journey song» that brought the coaches to their feet.

Dennis Harvey Film CriticFanny should have entered the history books immediately. They were, as longtime supporter Bonnie Raitt puts it, “the first all-woman rock band that could really play, and really get some credibility in the musician community.” They also released several major-label albums, toured extensively and were a principally Filipina American act in the primarily white-male landscape of early 1970s rock.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 8-14:Nov. 8: Actor Norman Lloyd (“St.

A slew of stars are helping to celebrate Jerry Lee Lewis' 85th birthday on Tuesday night. Former President Bill Clinton, Elton John, Bonnie Raitt, Drew Carey, Willie Nelson, Nancy Wilson, Ringo Starr and more luminaries are set to honor the singer-songwriter in Whole Lotta Celebratin' Goin' On: 85 Years of the Killer.

Bombay Bicycle Club have shared a cover of Bonnie Raitt‘s ‘Two Lives’ from their forthcoming new EP of the same name – listen to it below.Set for release on July 24, the ‘Two Lives’ EP features three acoustic reworkings of songs from the band’s recently released album ‘Everything Else Has Gone Wrong’ – ‘Racing Stripes’, ‘Is It Real’ and ‘Let You Go’ – as well as the Bonnie Raitt cover.The band’s frontman Jack Steadman said of the cover: “My dad introduced me to this beautiful Bonnie Raitt song

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterKacey Musgraves, Bonnie Raitt, Brandi Carlile, Bill Murray, Eric Church and Stephen Colbert are just a few of the many artists confirmed for “Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine,” an online celebration of the legendary singer-songwriter, who died earlier this year of coronavirus complications.The show will premiere Thursday, June 11 at 7:30pm ET/6:30pm CT/4:30pm PT across multiple platforms including Prine’s YouTube, Facebook and Twitch

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram was the big winner at the Blues Foundation’s 2020 Blues Music Awards on Sunday (May 3). The blues guitarist and singer took home five awards, including album

Americana star Bonnie Raitt has honoured her late friend and collaborator John Prine with a touching song tribute online.

Bonnie Raitt has shared a new video paying tribute to the late John Prine, who passed away on April 8 from COVID-19 complications. In the video, Raitt performs “Home,” originally written by Karla Bonoff and covered by Raitt on her 1977 album Sweet Forgiveness.

Bonnie Raitt picked up her guitar and sang a gorgeous tribute from her home to bring comfort through a poignant cover at the end of a heartbreaking week.Several artists have turned to their instruments in the confines of their own homes during the coronavirus pandemic, both to give their fans something to look forward to with virtual performances and stress the importance of isolating and practicing social distancing to curb the spread of COVID-19.

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Following the Super Bowl season premiere where it was revealed the Lil Wayne was the Robot, The Masked Singer tonight unmasked Miss Monster. It was Chaka Khan. This season, she sang Bonnie Raitt’s “Something to Talk About,” Lesley Gore’s “You Don’t Own Me,” and Bobbie Gentry’s “Fancy.” Watch those performances and the unmasking below.

Bonnie Raitt took to the stage tonight during the 2020 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles’ Staples Center, where she performed a tribute to country folk singer-songwriter John Prine. She performed his song “Angel From Montgomery,” which she turned into a hit upon recording it 1974. Prine, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2019, was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award this year. Watch Raitt’s tribute performance below.

Legendary singer-songwriter John Prine was recognized with one of the Grammys' Lifetime Achievement awards this year. At the awards on Sunday night (Jan. 26) he was paid tribute by the great Bonnie Raitt, who performed an acoustic version of Prine's classic "Angel From Montgomery" in homage.