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Down Home In Treme With John Boutté And Shannon Powell

12:58pm October 27, 2016

by Suraya Mohamed

New Orleans is a place where you throw a parade for a funeral, where joyful music is found in struggle. In this concert documentary, two local legends show off their hometown pride.

Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions' new album, Until The Hunter, comes out Nov. 4.

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First Listen: Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions, 'Until The Hunter'

12:36pm October 27, 2016

by Stephen Thompson

Nearly 30 years into her career, Mazzy Star's singer still takes her time in the pursuit of beauty. Here, she works with My Bloody Valentine's Colm O'Ciosoig, as well as guests like Kurt Vile.

Hurray for the Riff Raff performs live at the Woods Stage at Pickathon 2016.

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Watch Hurray For The Riff Raff Play 'The Body Electric' Live At Pickathon

12:00pm October 27, 2016

by Jerad Walker

Frontwoman Alynda Lee Segarra dedicates the performance "to the liberation of black and brown people in the United States."

Mounds of salt dot the landscape in a new video for Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie's song "The Few Of Us Left."

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The World's Largest Salt Flat, Set To A Celestial Score

11:32am October 27, 2016

by Robin Hilton

The desolate landscape of Salar de Uyuni provides the backdrop for a song by Stars Of The Lid's Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie. "The Few Of Us Left" refers to the people who harvest salt on the flats.

Mozart died 225 years ago at age 35. A new, enormous box set contains all of his music.

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240 Hours, 22 Pounds: A Mammoth Mozart Box Set Aims At More Than 'Complete'

9:14am October 27, 2016

by Tom Huizenga

The new complete edition, commemorating the 225th anniversary of the Austrian composer's death, is an extravagant Mozart resource.

Jim James' new album, Eternally Even, comes out Nov. 4.

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First Listen: Jim James, 'Eternally Even'

8:25am October 27, 2016

by Jason Heller

The My Morning Jacket frontman adopts the role of gravel-voiced doomsayer in a new solo album that takes grim foreboding and makes it funky.

Kristin Hersh's new album, Wyatt At The Coyote Palace, comes out Nov. 15.

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First Listen: Kristin Hersh, 'Wyatt At The Coyote Palace'

7:00am October 27, 2016

by Ann Powers

In an album named for her teenage son, the singer-songwriter and punk mystic reflects upon some of her life's most perception-altering junctures.

Lambchop's new album, FLOTUS, is out Nov. 4.

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First Listen: Lambchop, 'FLOTUS'

7:00am October 27, 2016

by Jason Heller

Kurt Wagner's ambition has taken a hard left on the Nashville group's new album, which ditches Lambchop's typical organic feel for something far more progressive.

Hiss Golden Messenger performs live in Philadelphia for a WXPN "Free At Noon" concert.

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Hiss Golden Messenger On World Cafe

4:54pm October 26, 2016

by David Dye

The latest record from M.C. Taylor's band is a stylistically eclectic road album about the need to get back home. Hear the conversation and performance.

"Writing without performing is not interesting," Charles Aznavour says. His U.S. tour ends in Hollywood this week.

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At 92, Charles Aznavour Is Still With His First Love — His Audience

4:47pm October 26, 2016

by Robert Siegel

"They are my confidantes," the French-born singer-songwriter says. He speaks to NPR's Robert Siegel about his current U.S. tour, his early days in New York and his role as an Armenian ambassador.

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