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Across the Blue Ridge #150 - Classic Songs and Tunes, New Recordings

4:00pm November 02, 2018

This week's show ranges across the southern mountains with some truly wonderful fiddle tunes and songs. We start with the late North Carolina fiddler Jim Shumate, the first fiddler with Flatt &amp

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'I Love Men Very Much, But...': Rosanne Cash On Telling Women's Stories

1:56pm November 02, 2018

by Talia Schlanger

One of America's great storytellers explains the urgent need she felt to tell female stories on her latest album, She Remembers Everything.

In her solo work and with the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Giddens has helped shepherd the revival of the black string band tradition in American consciousness.

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Rhiannon Giddens Is The 21st Century's Revelator

1:39pm November 02, 2018

by Kaia Kater

Giddens' influence is not contained by her many accolades but by her drive to unearth forgotten stories, developing the ethos of a new reconstruction based in truth-telling.

Spanish singer Roslaía's El Mal Querer is on our short list of the best albums out on Nov. 2.

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New Music Friday For Nov. 2: 8 Albums You Need To Hear Now

1:09pm November 02, 2018

by Robin Hilton

This week's sprint through the best new albums, out on Nov. 2, includes the Flamenco-pop of Rosalía, profoundly moving reflections from Marianne Faithful, fuzz-pop from Stove and more.

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Hear Troye Sivan's Lonely Cover Of Queen's 'Somebody To Love'

12:13pm November 02, 2018

by Madeline Clement

Troye Sivan's understated reinterpretation of one of Queen's greatest hits will not rock you. It doesn't need to.

A still from ASHRR's "Don't Wait Too Long" video.

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Lindsay Musil Stars In Synth-Pop Trio ASHRR's 'Don't Wait Too Long' Video

10:31am November 02, 2018

by Kristy Guilbault

The True Detective and UnREAL actress spends a day wandering around a San Bernardino mountain town in a surreal video.

Springsteen on Broadway will make its debut on Netflix in December.

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Recorded On Broadway, Springsteen Sings A Song For A 'Land Of Hope And Dreams'

10:16am November 02, 2018

by Lauren Onkey

Even stripped down to a guitar and voice, the song is classic Springsteen: grand, optimistic, spiritual and open-ended enough to be embraced by a big audience.

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First Watch: Andrew Bird Is Bloodless

9:33am November 02, 2018

by Bob Boilen

Andrew Bird sings, "it's an uncivil war bloodless for now / and the poets they explode like bombs." Watch Andrew Bird peer into our distracted culture precisely when it needs our attention.

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LCD Soundsystem Covers Heaven 17's '(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang'

9:26am November 02, 2018

by Lars Gotrich

Hear the jagged, jittery cover of the 1981 hit originally banned by the BBC.

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Vince Staples Releases New Album, 'FM!': Listen

6:34am November 02, 2018

by Salvatore Maicki

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