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The Grant Park Music Festival is going to play out a little differently. From July 2 to August 21, the festival orchestra and chorus will return to their home at Pritzker Pavilion, marking the unofficial opening of public summer events at the venue. Though safety protocols will transform the festival’s sound and duration, Grant Park’s core mission remains intact: The 2021 season includes a healthy offering of programmatic rarities, the chorus will sing its usual six programs, and, yes, lawn spots will remain totally free.

Updated on March 16, 2021 at 11:17 am NBCUniversal Media, LLC As the country pays tribute to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on her first birthday since her death last fall, her son and daughter-in-law in Chicago marked the occasion with music. Ginsburg's son is classical record producer Jim Ginsburg, whose wife Patrice Michaels is a voice Professor at the Bienen School at Northwestern University. The musical couple lives on Chicago's North Side and enjoy giving back, helping with the late justice's endowment to a children's charity called SOS Children's Villages. Get th...

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Wizkid, on Sunday night, won their first-ever Grammy Awards. Burna Boy bagged the much-coveted Grammy award in the ‘Best Global Album’ category for his ‘TWICE AS TALL’ album. He was nominated alongside Tuareg Desert Rock group Tinariwen, NYC afrobeat outfit Antibalas, Brazilian-American Bebel Gilberto, and British-Indian sitar player Anoushka Shankar. This is the second consecutive time Burna Boy has been nominated for the Grammys. His previous album, ‘African Giant’ was nominated at the 62nd Grammy Awards for ‘Best World Music Album’, the award went to Beninoise singer, Angé...

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: James Taylor, American Standard Best R&B Album: John Legend,  Bigger Love It Is What It Is Best R&B Song: Robert Glasper featuring H.E.R. & Meshell Ndegeocello, “Better Than I Imagined” Best Traditional R&B Performance: Ledisi, “Anything for You” Best Latin Jazz Album:Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra,  Four Questions Data Lords Trilogy 2 Secrets Are the Best Stories Best improvised Jazz Solo: Chick Corea’s “All Blues” Best Alternative Music Album: Fiona Apple, Fetch the Bolt Cutters Jagged Little Pill Black Mitzvah Blowout: C...