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Lillie Mae's solo debut, Forever And Then Some, is out now.

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World Cafe Nashville: Lillie Mae

6:00am June 30, 2017

by Jewly Hight

Though still in her 20s, the fiddler and singer-songwriter has been plying her trade in Nashville for a decade and a half. She talks singing with her siblings and her Jack White-produced solo debut.

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'New York,' I Love You: Hear St. Vincent's Bold New Ballad

11:44pm June 29, 2017

by Stephen Thompson

Last week, St. Vincent announced an upcoming tour, suggesting the impending release of her first album since 2014. Now, she's got a sweet, sad new single to match.

Steve Coleman's new album, Morphogenesis, is out now.

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On Steve Coleman's 'Morphogenesis,' Art Becomes Sport

4:47pm June 29, 2017

by Michelle Mercer

The jazz saxophonist and composer's new album is a dense work that musically maps the sport of boxing.

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Daddy Issues' debut album is Deep Dream.

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World Cafe Nashville: Daddy Issues

4:09pm June 29, 2017

Formed out of friendship, the trio blends a love of noise with powerful melodicism and a knack for capturing the ups and downs of millennial life.

Flavor Flav, Professor Griff and Chuck D of Public Enemy perform at Freedom Hill Amphitheater on August 6, 2016 in Sterling Heights, Michigan.

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Public Enemy Make Entire New Album Available For Free Download

2:01pm June 29, 2017

by Rodney Carmichael

The band surprised fans by making Nothing Is Quick In The Desert available for free download via Bandcamp, until July 4.

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Nick Hakim, 'Cuffed' (Live)

2:00pm June 29, 2017

by Jason Bentley

Watch the rising neo-soul star perform a cut from his debut album, Green Twins, in the studio for KCRW.

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VON GREY: Three Sisters Making Ethereal Pop

1:57pm June 29, 2017

by Bob Boilen

The Atlanta-based trio of the von Grey sisters — Kathryn, Annika and Fiona — bring a left-of-center approach to traditional pop.

A store manager shows off a Japanese pressing of The Beatles' Let It Be at the RECOfan music shop in Tokyo's Shibuya district. Demand for vinyl records is leading Sony to restart making vinyl records.

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Sony Will Start Making Vinyl Records Again In Japan, After A Nearly 30-Year Hiatus

1:04pm June 29, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Sony says it's meeting new demand from young people who buy records they've heard on streaming services. The company stopped pressing vinyl in 1989.

My Bubba in the 'Blue Room' of Third Man Records

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My Bubba's Spare, Rumbling, Jack White-Produced New Single 'Gone'

12:13pm June 29, 2017

by Bob Boilen

My Bubba, a Swedish and Icelandic duo, swung through Jack White's Third Man Records in Nashville to record two songs for the label's Blue Series, including this spare beauty, "Gone."

The Code Switch podcast is celebrating its first anniversary.

From Mourning to 'Moonlight': A Year In Race, As Told By Code Switch

11:36am June 29, 2017

by Leah Donnella

As we light a candle on the Code Switch podcast's birthday cake, our team looks back on the stories that mattered.

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