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Newly Uncovered Recordings Find Thelonious Monk In His Prime

4:44pm June 20, 2017

by Tom Moon

Released for the first time this year, Monk's spirited musical contributions to the 1959 French film Les Liaisons Dangereuses expand listeners' understanding of his creative genius.

(Sandy) Alex G plays live in the World Cafe performance studio.

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(Sandy) Alex G On World Cafe

4:10pm June 20, 2017

by Talia Schlanger

After playing guitar on a pair of Frank Ocean records last year, the 20-something Philadelphia rocker has released his own eighth album, Rocket.

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Watch Conductor Simon Rattle Turn Into A High-Tech Tangle Of Spaghetti

1:32pm June 20, 2017

by Tom Huizenga

With the aid of motion capture technology, and an imaginative digital artist, the gestures of the London Symphony Orchestra's conductor are transformed into trippy new animations.

Anita Pallenberg, sitting outside the Excelsior Hotel in Venice alongside Keith Richards in 1967.

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Anita Pallenberg Was No Simple Muse

12:53pm June 20, 2017

by Brooke Mazurek

In the wake of her death last week at the age of 73, Pallenberg was most-often referred to as a 'girlfriend' — she was, in fact the source of The Rolling Stones' next-stage fashion sense.

Clockwise from upper left: Lorde, Zola Jesus, Chelsea Wolfe, Katie Von Schleicher

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New Mix: Lorde, Zola Jesus, Chelsea Wolfe, More

12:09pm June 20, 2017

We follow the Father's Day weekend with a mix of powerful new pop and rock from a lot of incredible women, including a raging, cathartic song from Zola Jesus and roaring doom metal from Chelsea Wolfe.

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Steve Perry performing during Journey's tour supporting Departure, 1980.

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Journey Force

12:09pm June 20, 2017

by Michael Robbins

In an excerpt from his forthcoming book Equipment For Living, poet and critic Michael Robbins explains his enduring, totally not-shameful love of the ultimate schlock-pop-rock band Journey.

Patrick Watson performing at the intimate Woods Stage at Pickathon 2016.

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Patrick Watson, 'Lighthouse' (Live At Pickathon)

11:00am June 20, 2017

by Jerad Walker

The Canadian singer closed out his quirky performance at the intimate Woods Stage with a haunting rendition of his 2012 track.

A new collection of Raymond Scott's recordings, Three Willow Park: Electronic Music From Inner Space, 1961-1971, comes out June 30

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Songs We Love: Raymond Scott, 'A Rhythm Ballet'

9:59am June 20, 2017

by Marc Masters

A new compilation spans Scott's innovations in electronic music from 1961 through 1971, including a cartoonishly joyful "ballet" that whirs away like overcharged robots.

Singer-songwriter Michael Cerveris returns to Mountain Stage and his native West Virginia.

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Michael Cerveris On Mountain Stage

9:54am June 20, 2017

For this performance, Mountain Stage lured the singer-songwriter away from his Tony Award-winning stint on Broadway and back to the stage in his native West Virginia.

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With New Video, Grandaddy Finds Humor In Grief

9:15am June 20, 2017

by Robin Hilton

In his first interview since the loss of Grandaddy bassist Kevin Garcia, Jason Lytle talks about the band's indefinite hiatus and a new video that documents, in deadpan, his love of inanimate objects.