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Bob Weir Sings About Pinto Ponies And Ghost Towns On 'Blue Mountain'

3:25pm October 12, 2016

by Ken Tucker

Best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead, Weir goes solo on his new album, which was inspired by his time working as a ranch hand in Wyoming as a teen. Critic Ken Tucker has a review.

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Mike George, Amazon's vice president of Echo, Alexa and Appstore, speaking in New York City in May. Today, Amazon announced the launch of an on-demand music-streaming service.

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Amazon Seeks To Recapture Music Fans With New Streaming Service

2:20pm October 12, 2016

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

With Amazon Music Unlimited, the company is seeking to lure consumers away from competitors like Spotify and Apple Music — and it might be a game-changing proposition.

Lily & Madeleine hear strange noises in the night, in a scene from their new video for the song "Westfield."

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Lily & Madeleine Channel 'Stranger Things' In Creepy New Video

11:48am October 12, 2016

by Robin Hilton

The sibling folk duo take a disturbingly dark turn in their new video for the song "Westfield," as the sisters find themselves running from two shadowy predators.

Michael Chapman's new album, 50, was produced by Steve Gunn (left). Nathan Bowles (second from right) and Jimy SeiTang (right) also play on the album.

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Songs We Love: Michael Chapman, 'That Time Of Night'

10:29am October 12, 2016

by Jim Allen

Chapman's appealingly leathery, lived-in voice takes a backward glance at a long line of memories that are part of a "thread that can't be broken" running through all of our lives.

Left to right: Martin Green, Kris Drever and Aidan O'Rourke of Lau.

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The Thistle And Shamrock: Gaelic Voices

10:05am October 12, 2016

Explore the branches of contemporary song sprouting from the roots of ancient vocal traditions.

Clockwise from upper left: TOY, Twin Limb, Amber Coffman, Zeds Dead, Agnes Obel

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New Mix: Pusha T And Rivers Cuomo Join Zeds Dead, Amber Coffman, TOY, More

6:20pm October 11, 2016

This week's show features new music from Amber Coffman, a tribute to a friend and a collaboration between Rivers Cuomo and Pusha T. Plus: Reports of the guitar solo's death were greatly exaggerated.

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Priests' Nothing Feels Natural comes out Jan. 27, 2017.

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Songs We Love: Priests, 'JJ'

4:19pm October 11, 2016

by Lars Gotrich

Priests will release its long-awaited debut album early next year. Here, the D.C. punk band dives into the weirdness of the interpersonal with an out-of-tune piano gone haywire.