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Brothers Osborne's Unusual Path To Country Music Stardom

Monday, January 25, 2021

TJ and John Osborne's music encompasses lots of interesting flavors, including blues, rock and bluegrass.

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Cozy Up With Andrew Bird As He Performs Holiday Songs From 'Hark!'

Friday, December 25, 2020

Bird's holiday album is a collection of covers and originals that some might not view as Christmas material at all.

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Nashville Recommendations: Hear 4 New Songs From The Music City

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

NPR pop critic Ann Powers highlights new songs from Brit Taylor, Molly Parden, The Brummies and C.A. Jones.

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The Avett Brothers' 'Third Gleam' Reminds Us Why We Fell In Love With Them

Friday, November 13, 2020

The Third Gleam has no big band, no synths, no electric guitar. Just the brothers and their longtime bassist, Bob Crawford, for a series of songs.

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Why Algiers Went Personal Instead Of Political In 2020

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

The rock band Algiers has a reputation for being a firebrand. But that wasn't the case on There Is No Year.

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Margo Price Defies Expectations With 'That's How Rumors Get Started'

Monday, October 19, 2020

Margo Price's new album rocks, which might surprise fans who grew to love the Americana star for her crystalline country voice.

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Friction Is Essential To What Makes Sylvan Esso's Creative Collaboration Tick

Friday, October 09, 2020

Sylvan Esso's Nick Sanborn and Amelia Meath share stories behind their beautiful new album, Free Love, and perform stripped-down versions of songs from the record.

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Billie Eilish On Speaking Up, Staying Hopeful And Keeping Busy During Lockdown

Monday, September 28, 2020

Eilish and her brother and producer, Finneas, have been spending their time in quarantine writing new music. Hear about their songwriting process, plus a performance of three songs.

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Listen To The War And Treaty Perform 4 Songs From 'Hearts Town'

Friday, September 25, 2020

Married and musical duo Tanya Blount-Trotter and Michael Trotter Jr's second full-length tackles topics of jealousy in relationships gone wrong and one of Michael's lowest moments.

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Nap Eyes' Nigel Chapman Is Always On The Brink Of A New Discovery

Thursday, September 17, 2020

The Nap Eyes frontman's wheels are always turning, about himself, about creativity, about the universe and about music.

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The Honesty & Self-Reflection Of The Indigo Girls

Monday, August 31, 2020

The accomplished songwriters are tireless activists for causes ranging from gun control to indigenous rights to the removal of confederate monuments from town squares.

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Phoebe Bridgers' 'Punisher' Is An Album For The Moment

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Since its release, fans are sharing stories of personal connection to Bridgers' latest album, one that's made many feel less alone in a time of self-isolation.

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How The Past 10 Years Shaped The First New Bright Eyes Record In Almost A Decade

Friday, August 21, 2020

Bright Eyes performs new songs off Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was and talks about finding bagpipe players for "Persona Non Grata" and remembering loved ones in the minutiae of experience.

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Dirty Projectors On Bringing Different Voices To The Forefront

Wednesday, August 05, 2020

The Dirty Projectors jettisoned the traditional album format this year for a series of five EPs. Each one features one of the band members as lead vocalist and they all come together on the fifth.

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Perfume Genius Believes In The Power Of Change

Thursday, July 30, 2020

The artist Mike Hadreas talks about his experience performing in a dance project with Kate Wallich, how that influenced his latest record and perform songs from Set My Heart On Fire Immediately.

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On 'Neon Cross,' Jaime Wyatt Overcomes Her Past Like A True Country Outlaw

Wednesday, July 01, 2020

"For some people, the spirit of outlaw still is being an outsider," the country artist says,. From divorce, coming out and coping with addiction, being an outsider informs the music of Neon Bible.

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The Airborne Toxic Event's Mikel Jollett Writes His Story In Words And Music

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Mikel Jollett shares how 'Hollywood Park,' his book and album of the same name, came to be.

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How The War On Drugs Perfected The Art Of The Socially Distanced Livestream

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

The leader of The War on Drugs, Adam Granduciel, talks from his LA home about how the band perfected performing together, even though they were recording from places all across the country.

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LA Radio DJ Nic Harcourt On 5 Recent Local Music Discoveries

Friday, May 08, 2020

Kicking off the World Cafe Sense Of Place series in Los Angeles, local radio legend Nic Harcourt shares his favorite new discoveries.

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Logan Ledger Weaves New Ideas With His Love For Classic Country

Monday, April 06, 2020

Logan Ledger's self-titled debut was produced by T Bone Burnett, a producer with a reputation for appreciating sounds of different eras. He was impressed. So were we.

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