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In this June 13, 2019 photo, framed photos of former Bank of Jamaica governors adorn a wall at the bank in Kingston, Jamaica. The central bank focused on using exchange rate adjustments to keep prices of goods and services neither too low nor too high, but that resulted in swings that made it difficult for businesses to plan. The bank now makes monetary decisions based on inflation, seeking a moderate but steady rise in prices. (AP Photo/Collin Reid)
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Economic reggae: Jamaican bank sells recovery with songs
In this June 13, 2019 photo, framed photos of former Bank of Jamaica governors adorn a wall at the bank in Kingston, Jamaica. The central bank focused on using exchange rate adjustments to keep prices of goods and services neither too low nor too high, but that resulted in swings that made it difficult for businesses to plan. The bank now makes monetary decisions based on inflation, seeking a moderate but steady rise in prices. (AP Photo/Collin Reid)
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  • In this June 13, 2019 photo, framed photos of former Bank of Jamaica governors adorn a wall at the bank in Kingston, Jamaica. The central bank focused on using exchange rate adjustments to keep prices of goods and services neither too low nor too high, but that resulted in swings that made it difficult for businesses to plan. The bank now makes monetary decisions based on inflation, seeking a moderate but steady rise in prices. (AP Photo/Collin Reid)
  • FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2008 file photo, Aretha Franklin performs during the 85th annual Christmas tree lighting at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. A fight is emerging over whether a son of Aretha Franklin could be put in charge of the late singer's estate, which might be worth millions. In a court filing Monday, June 17, 2019, lawyers for the estate say "there is no basis" to believe that Kecalf (Kelf) Franklin has the skills to serve as personal representative, even if a handwritten will found in couch cushions turns out to be valid. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
  • FILE - In a Friday, April 8, 2011 file photo, singer and guitarist Dave Mustaine of the American metal band Megadeth performs during their concert in the Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary. Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine announced on social media Monday, June 17, 2019 that he has been diagnosed with throat cancer. The 57-year-old says as a result, Megadeth has to cancel “most shows this year,” though the 2019 Megacruise will happen “and the band will be a part of it in some form.”(AP Photo/MTI, Balazs Mohai, File)
  • FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2016 file photo, from left to right, Johnny Depp, Joe Perry, and Alice Cooper of The Hollywood Vampires arrive at the 58th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The group's sophomore album "Rise" comes out Friday, June 21, 2019. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
  • FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2019 file photo, Willie Nelson performs at the Producers & Engineers Wing 12th Annual GRAMMY Week Celebration at the Village Studio in Los Angeles. Nelson’s latest studio offering, “Ride Me Back Home,” is a relaxed, joyous collection that finds Nelson reflecting, explicitly, on age and its toll - complaining, in fact, about the way time has left his face so lined - but free of any self-pity. It’s more of a celebration than some of his recent albums, and more of a showcase for his deceptively simple guitar work, which still carries an emotional wallop with its easy tone and subtlety. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
  • Shania Twain poses for a portrait at her Manhattan hotel, Friday, June 14, 2019, in New York. Twain will begin a new residency in Las Vegas at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, starting in December 2019. (Photo by Christopher Smith/Invision/AP)
  • FILE - In this June 1, 2019 photo, Taylor Swift performs at Wango Tango at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. Swift’s new music video features a number of famous faces, including Ellen DeGeneres, Laverne Cox, RuPaul and the cast of “Queer Eye.” The clip for her song “You Need to Calm Down,” in which Swift calls out homophobes and her own haters, was released Monday, June 17. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
  • FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2016 file photo, Spain's singer Julio Iglesias smiles during his star unveiling ceremony at the Walk of Fame in San Juan, Puerto Rico. At 75 and after a five-decade-long career, Julio Iglesias keeps performing internationally, driven by his passion and, above all, a relentless discipline. It’s something the Spanish crooner says he had to learn early on, after a nearly fatal car accident frustrated his plans to play professional soccer. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)
  • FILE - In this Monday, May 6, 2019 file photo, Rapper 21 Savage attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Camp: Notes on Fashion" exhibition in New York. Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage has given $25,000 to the Southern Poverty Law Center after the watchdog organization helped him while he was in federal immigration custody earlier this year. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
  • Taylor Swift performs at Wango Tango on Saturday, June 1, 2019, at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
  • FILE - In this May 4, 2019 file photo, Madonna accepts the advocate for change award at the 30th annual GLAAD Media Awards at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York. The 13-track “Madame X,” Madge's first LP since the underappreciated 2015’s “Rebel Heart,” sees her predictably collaborate with the hot young things of pop, Swae Lee, Anitta, Quavo, Maluma, with results that are fine, but boring. It seems more like a checklist than the spark of partnership. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
  • Justin Timberlake walks the red carpet at the 50th annual Songwriters Hall of Fame induction and awards ceremony Thursday, June 13, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Brad Barket/Invision/AP)
  • FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2017 file photo, Puerto Rican singer Farruko performs during the second period of an NHL hockey game between the Florida Panthers and the Ottawa Senators, Tuesday, in Sunrise, Fla. A judge on Thursday, June 13, 2019, has ordered three years’ probation for Puerto Rican singer Farruko after he pleaded guilty to not declaring nearly $52,000 in cash discovered in his luggage and shoes last year. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
  • FILE - In this May 5, 2018 file photo, Juanes performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans. Juanes has been named 2019 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year. The academy will honor the 22-time Latin Grammy Award winner and two-time Grammy Award winner on Nov. 13, 2019 at the MGM Grand Convention Center in Las Vegas, on the eve of the Latin Grammys. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)
  • FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, file photo, singer Prince Royce poses for a portrait in New York. Royce says he’s looking forward to headlining the 2019 Major League Soccer All-Star Concert because he loves singing live. He also looks to gain some new fans. (Photo by Brian Ach/Invision/AP, File)
  • FILE - In this June 12, 2011, file photo, Samuel Beam of Iron & Wine performs during the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. Reuniting on "Years to Burn," their first full-length project since 2005, Calexico and Iron & Wine remind audiences why they initially collaborated. Strong alone, the two bands are stronger together. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)
  • FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2007 file photo, Gabriela Quintero, left, and Rodrigo Sanchez, of the group "Rodrigo Y Gabriela" perform at Lollapalooza at Grant Park in Chicago. Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero, the acoustic, instrumental rock duo who record as Rodrigo y Gabriela, are back with their first album in five years. “Mettavolution” offers six original tracks and one ambitious cover, a 19-minute version of Pink Floyd’s 1971 epic song “Echoes.” Listening to them play, it’s hard to believe two people playing guitars can make music so powerful. It’s even harder to believe that they’re self-taught.(AP Photo/Brian Kersey, File)
  • In this Monday, June 10, 2019 photo, singer Romeo Santos poses for a portrait at the JW Marriott Essex House in New York, New York. (Photo by Brian Ach/Invision/AP)
  • FILE - In this May 30,1998 file photo, singer Steve Lawrence and his Eydie Gorme arrive at the black-tie gala called "Thanks Frank" honoring Frank Sinatra in Las Vegas. Lawrence has been diagnosed with the early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease. In a letter sent by his spokesman Howard Bragman on Tuesday, June 11, 2019, Lawrence confirmed the diagnosis. The 83-year-old performer is known for solo hits including the ballad “Go Away Little Girl” and as one half of the 1960s pop duo Steve and Eydie alongside his wife, Eydie Gorme who died in 2013. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)
  • FILE - In this May 23, 2016 file photo, Adam Levin, Casey Harris and Sam Harris of X Ambassadors attend the world premiere of "Me Before You" at AMC Loews Lincoln Square in New York. The group's newest album “Orion” to be released on June 14, 2019, bristles with interesting songs and textures, (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
  • FILE - In a May 25, 2019 file photo, Lukas Nelson performs at the BottleRock Napa Valley Music Festival at Napa Valley Expo, in Napa, Calif. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real have a piece of advice for their listeners: Turn off the news. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)
  • FILE - In a Dec. 13, 2016 file photo, John Rich of the country music duo Big & Rich performs a song during a taping for Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain Rise Telethon in Nashville, Tenn. Fox News host Greg Gutfeld can now add songwriter to his resume after a song he co-wrote with country singer John Rich and featuring his fellow co-hosts on the political talk show “The Five,” has debuted on the Billboard charts. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
  • FILE - In this March 14, 2019, file photo, John Legend performs "Preach" at the iHeartRadio Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Legend says Hollywood should consider boycotting Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama and other states that pass restrictive abortion laws. The Grammy and Oscar-winning singer says he isn’t sure a boycott would lead to the states changing course, but he knows that “money talks.” (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
  • FILE - In this April 14, 2012 file photo, Thom Yorke, left, and Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead perform during the band's headlining set at the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. Radiohead says a trove of unreleased music has been stolen and is being used for ransom, but instead of paying up, the band announced Tuesday June 11, 2019, they will release it in aid of environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion.(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
  • FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, left, and singer Robert Plant appear at a news conference ahead of the worldwide theatrical release of "Celebration Day," a concert film of their 2007 London O2 arena reunion show, in New York. A panel of 11 judges from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed Monday, June 10, 2019, to hear Led Zeppelin's appeal in a copyright lawsuit alleging the group stole its 1971 rock epic from an obscure 1960s instrumental. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
  • FILE - In a March 19, 2019 file photo, hip hop recording artist Common, left, and Woodstock co-producer and co-founder, Michael Lang, participate in the Woodstock 50 lineup announcement at Electric Lady Studios, in New York. The fate of the Woodstock 50 festival is further in doubt after Watkins Glen International announced Monday, June 10, 2019 that it’s not hosting the anniversary event. Watkins Glen issued a two-sentence statement Monday saying it had terminated the site license for the festival “pursuant to provisions of the contract.”(Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
  • FILE - In a March 19, 2019 file photo, hip hop recording artist Common, left, and Woodstock co-producer and co-founder, Michael Lang, participate in the Woodstock 50 lineup announcement at Electric Lady Studios, in New York. The fate of the Woodstock 50 festival is further in doubt after Watkins Glen International announced Monday, June 10, 2019 that it’s not hosting the anniversary event. Watkins Glen issued a two-sentence statement Monday saying it had terminated the site license for the festival “pursuant to provisions of the contract.”(Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
  • FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2018 file photo, Bruce Springsteen performs at the 12th annual Stand Up For Heroes benefit concert at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Springsteen’s new studio release “Western Stars” breaks fresh ground for the veteran rocker, who turns his back not only on the blistering sound of the E Street Band but also abandons the haunting acoustic moods pioneered on “Nebraska” and fine-tuned on later solo efforts. (Photo by Brad Barket/Invision/AP, File)
  • Musical artist Lil Nas X performs at HOT 97 Summer Jam 2019 at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, June 2, 2019, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP)
  • FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2015 file photo, author Jon Meacham answers a question from reporters before an event at Texas A&M University to launch his book "Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush" in College Station, Texas. A country musician and the political historian may look like an unlikely duo, but Tim McGraw and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Meacham share a common love of history and music. The two wrote “Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest and the Music That Made a Nation,” out Tuesday, June 11, 2019, about the impact music has had on American politics, from wars to cultural movements. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
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