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The North Star Grassman And The Ravens cemented Sandy Denny as one of British music's most cherished voices.

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Shocking Omissions: Sandy Denny's 'The North Star Grassman And The Ravens'

10:00am December 01, 2017

by Louise Brown

After adding her inimitable alto to great folk-rock records of the late 1960s, Denny released her debut album as a solo artist in 1971. It cemented her as one of British music's most cherished voices.

"We had certain adjectives that the two of us would discuss about the record: post-apocalyptic and urgent," Glassjaw guitarist Justin Beck (left) says of Material Control.

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Glassjaw Guides Us Through The Apocalyptic 'Material Control'

6:33am December 01, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

"The record finally sounds like the band we heard in our heads." The oblong Long Island hardcore band breaks down each track from its first album in 15 years.

Walter Martin performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Sept. 21, 2017 (Jennifer Kerrigan/NPR).

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Walter Martin: Tiny Desk Concert

5:00am December 01, 2017

by Robin Hilton

Best known for his role with The Walkmen, as a solo artist he makes unabashedly joyful, sweetly innocent and playful music. And only he would arrive with a barbershop quartet.

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Lindsey Buckingham And Christine McVie On World Cafe

5:58pm November 30, 2017

by Talia Schlanger

A new Fleetwood Mac spinoff performs songs from a new self-titled duo album.

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Alt.Latino's Last New Music Show of 2017, Featuring Calma Carmona, Boogat And More

5:01pm November 30, 2017

by Felix Contreras

Alt.Latino's digital and analog mail bags were still bulging with new music, even as the year is drawing to a close. Rock, hip-hop, soul and rancheras — we have it all.

This weekend, hundreds of people, ranging from Philadelphia Orchestra musicians to school kids, will play broken instruments owned by the Philadelphia public school system in hopes of getting them fixed.

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The Healing Sound Of A Broken Orchestra

4:36pm November 30, 2017

by Neda Ulaby

Philadelphia's public school system has over 1,000 broken instruments.

Russell Simmons, co-founder of the hip-hop label Def Jam, announced he would step down from the leadership of the businesses he founded.

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Russell Simmons 'Removing' Himself After 2nd Allegation Of Sexual Assault

3:03pm November 30, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

The hip-hop mogul announced he would step down from leadership roles at his companies after an allegation of sexual assault was directed at him by the writer Jenny Lumet.

A still from Dirty Projector's "Up In Hudson" music video.

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Love Is A Stage Production In Dirty Projectors' 'Up In Hudson' Video

2:53pm November 30, 2017

by Steffanee Wang

The Dirty Projectors' grandiose, eight-minute masterpiece gets a surreal, quirky video.

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Def Jam's Russell Simmons Steps Down Amid Sexual Attack Allegations

12:53pm November 30, 2017

Russell Simmons, the founder of Def Jam records, steps aside from leadership positions in his companies because of allegations of a sexual attack. Host David Greene speaks with NPR's Elizabeth Blair.

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Cellos are lined up backstage at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra before a Nov. 8 rehearsal of Schubert's Ninth Symphony. The CITES Rosewood regulations have made some musicians apprehensive about taking instruments containing the wood across international

The Tree That Rocked The Music Industry

12:10pm November 30, 2017

by Robert Benincasa

This year, new international regulations on rosewood have reverberated through the music industry, costing tens of millions in lost sales and extra administrative costs.

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