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Folk Alley nominated The Brother Brothers for this month's edition of Heavy Rotation.

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Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

7:01am September 29, 2018

September brought us a single from indie favorite Kurt Vile's upcoming album, a slinky, slow-burn success from the indomitable Neneh Cherry and a razor-sharp Ray Charles cover.

Punks, Up Against The Wall

7:00am September 29, 2018

by Andrew Flanagan

The new book Burning Down the Haus fastidiously traces the self-discovery of punks in the socialist dictatorship of East Germany, and the violence and repression they endured on the way to freedom.

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Across the Blue Ridge #145- Blues In Old-Time and Bluegrass Music, and Vice-Versa

4:52pm September 28, 2018

by Paul Brown

Thrill to the slides, syncopations and flatted notes of the blues … in old-time, bluegrass and country music. These styles are all closely intertwined, but a lot of the time, that truth can s

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Magos Hererra's new album, Dreamers, with the string quartet and Brooklyn Rider, is steeped in Latin American culture.

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Erasing Genres En Español: A Smoky-Voiced Jazz Singer Meets Classical Strings

4:46pm September 28, 2018

by Tom Huizenga

The resourceful Mexican jazz singer Magos Herrera partners with the string quartet Brooklyn Rider, creating an album that's steeped in Latin American culture.

Our solar system is the subject of composer Gustav Holst's The Planets, which premiered 100 years ago on Sept. 29, 1918.

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'The Planets' At 100: A Listener's Guide To Holst's Solar System

4:21pm September 28, 2018

by Tom Huizenga

Take an interplanetary trek through the English composer's symphonic blockbuster with the help of a conductor and an astronomer.

Phoebe Bridgers performs at the 2018 Newport Folk Festival.

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Phoebe Bridgers, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2018

3:15pm September 28, 2018

by Lyndsey McKenna

The 2018 Slingshot artist performed songs that unspool with a sonic ease that feel refreshing, even for an overheated festival audience.

Watch Hatchie perform songs from her EP, Sugar & Spice.

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Watch Hatchie Perform Candy-Coated Tracks From 'Sugar & Spice'

3:05pm September 28, 2018

by Kara Manning

Australian artist Harriette Pilbeam took time out of her U.S. tour to gift WFUV's studio these sweet tracks.

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World Cafe Nashville: The War And Treaty

2:53pm September 28, 2018

by Ann Powers

This duo makes inspirational music pulled from Americana roots music and the couple's personal experience of surviving and thriving in the sometimes perilous 21st Century.

Magos Herrera in the studio with members of Brooklyn Rider. Her new album, Dreamers, is available now.

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Magos Herrera: Five Questions About Style, Inspiration And Using Language As Identity

12:19pm September 28, 2018

by Felix Contreras

Herrera's latest album, recorded with the string quartet Brooklyn Rider, showcases her versatile and adventurous approach to music.

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John Prine Tells A Devastating Story At 'Summer's End'

10:38am September 28, 2018

by Lars Gotrich

In this moving video, a daughter comes to terms with the death of her mother, set to John Prine's wistful ode to the season's close.