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Aretha Franklin awarded honorary Pulitzer Prize

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April 16, 2019

There are two Pulitzer Prizes being awarded to musicians this year: the regular prize, to composer Ellen Reid, and a Special Citation for the late Aretha Franklin. Also in the news today: Mick Jagger's bouncing back, Fender designs Game of Thrones guitars, and a Paris crowd respond to the Notre-Dame fire with healing song. Audio sampled: Jahzzar - "Comedie" (CC BY 4.0), BoxCat Games - "Against the Wall" (CC BY 3.0), Aretha Franklin - "Rock Steady", Ellen Reid - "Blue Exceprt (P r i s m), Ignacio Gil (twitter) - "Ave Maria"