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Across the Blue Ridge #60 - Mac Wiseman, 91-year-old star with a new album

3:00pm February 17, 2017

Mac Wiseman is one of the last of the original generation of bluegrass players. And he's much more than that. He's a farm boy-turned-musician, a polio victim who learned guitar while recovering f

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Alison Krauss' new album is called Windy City.

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World Cafe Nashville: Alison Krauss

1:10pm February 17, 2017

by Ann Powers

Krauss discusses her latest solo album, Windy City, and what she's learned about collaboration in the years since her last recording project.

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The cover art from The Shaggs' inadvertently landmark 1969 album, "Philosophy of the World."

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The Best — Or Worst — Band Of All Time Is Back

12:56pm February 17, 2017

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The confounding cult band The Shaggs — a trio of New Hampshire sisters who made a single album and then disappeared — are performing at Wilco's Solid Sound Festival.

Mark Volman (right) and Howard Kaylan as they pose backstage in Chicago, May 14, 1983.

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The Turtles Lose Case Over Rights To Their Oldies In New York

10:56am February 17, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

Members of The Turtles lost their New York class action in a ruling from the state's appeals court.

Sui Zhen's new album, Secretly Susan, is out now via Twosyllable Records.

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Songs We Love: Sui Zhen, 'Hangin' On'

10:44am February 17, 2017

by Laura Snapes

The Melbourne artist's Susan persona, whom she calls "a manifestation of social media metadata," gets a taste of freedom in a Butoh-inspired video.

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First Watch: Emel Mathlouthi, 'Lost'

9:16am February 17, 2017

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

A powerful Tunisian singer, now based in New York, gives new voice to our turbulent times. She frames her sweet sound with dark, moody electronics that suit the jittery feeling of right now.

A dancer in a scene from Laura Marling's new video for the song, "Next Time."

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First Watch: Laura Marling, 'Next Time'

9:00am February 17, 2017

by Robin Hilton

The latest song from what's shaping up to be the singer-songwriter's best album yet, is a perfectly rendered vignette called "Next Time."

Afro-Venezuelan singer Betsayda Machado, performing at globalFEST in New York City in January.

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Betsayda Machado y Parranda El Clavo, Live In Concert

8:00am February 17, 2017

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The clarion-voiced Afro-Venezuelan singer Betsayda Machado and her band are just beginning to tour internationally. Hear them in their New York City debut at globalFEST in January.

On his latest album as Strand of Oaks, Timothy Showalter embraces the highest and lowest points of his life with equal joy.

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When Reality Is More Intense Than Psychedelics: Strand Of Oaks On 'Hard Love'

6:16am February 17, 2017

by NPR Staff

Musician Timothy Showalter, a.k.a. Strand of Oaks, spoke with NPR's Steve Inskeep about his new album and embracing life for what it is, even when things don't go so well.

Brooke Waggoner performs on this week's episode of Mountain Stage.

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Brooke Waggoner On Mountain Stage

5:46pm February 16, 2017

The Nashville singer-songwriter returns to Mountain Stage with music from her latest album, Sweven.