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All Songs +1: Sofar Sounds Wants To Bring Your Favorite Musicians To Your Home

2:35pm July 29, 2016

by Bob Boilen

In this week's +1 podcast, Bob Boilen interviews Rafe Offer of Sofar Sounds, which brings artists and fans together for shows in small, intimate spaces.

From left: Rebecca Lovell, Elvis Costello, Glen Hansard, Conor O'Brien and Megan Lovell at the 2016 Newport Folk Festival.

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Elvis Costello, Live In Concert: Newport Folk 2016

11:59am July 29, 2016

by Rachel Horn

Joined by guests including Glen Hansard and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Costello performs songs from every chapter of his extensive catalog.

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Songs We Love: Låpsley, 'Operator (DJ Koze's Extended Disco Version)'

10:41am July 29, 2016

by Piotr Orlov

DJ Koze knows that turning a great pop song into a timeless club bomb involves simple tweaking, not full-scale reinvention.

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Lucy Dacus: Tiny Desk Concert

10:26am July 29, 2016

by Bob Boilen

The Virginia musician writes songs that can be thoughtful, playful and powerful, with tremendous arrangements from guitarist Jacob Blizard. Watch Dacus and her band perform three songs from No Burden.

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Recommended Dose: Our Favorite Dance Tracks Of July

5:50am July 29, 2016

It's Friday: Ring in the weekend with the six best electronic dance jams we heard this month.

Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara, photographed in Helsinki in October, 2014.

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Eclectic Finnish Composer Einojuhani Rautavaara Dies At 87

6:59pm July 28, 2016

by Tom Huizenga

"To be a composer, you have to be a fanatic," said the open-minded artist, who journeyed through styles, countries and decades.

Los Lobos is one of the bands featured on Quiero Creedence.

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Latin Roots: 'Quiero Creedence'

5:47pm July 28, 2016

Hear music from a new, joyous compilation of Latin covers of Creedence Clearwater Revival songs.

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Songs We Love: Agalloch, 'In The Shadow Of Our Pale Companion'

3:26pm July 28, 2016

by Lars Gotrich

Agalloch taught metal not only how to wander but how to wonder. Guitarist Don Anderson breaks down the 15-minute epic from 2002, which he says "still gives me goosebumps."

Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings kick off their delayed 2014 tour at the Beacon Theater in New York.

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Soul Singer Sharon Jones: 'The Cancer Is Here, But I Want To Perform'

3:21pm July 28, 2016

In 2013, the energetic lead singer for The Dap-Kings was forced to take a hiatus from the band after she was diagnosed with cancer. The documentary Miss Sharon Jones! follows her musical comeback.

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Carly Commando of Slingshot Dakota in a scene from the video for "Paycheck."

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First Watch: Slingshot Dakota, 'Paycheck'

1:27pm July 28, 2016

by Sophie Kemp

The D.I.Y. husband-and-wife punk-pop duo has been around for more than a decade, but it's only just released its first video.