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Adam Roszkiewicz, Jeremy Darrow, Melody Walker, Jacob Groopman and Leif Karlstrom make up the modern bluegrass band Front Country.

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Get To Know The 'String-Band Pop' Of Nashville's Front Country

6:26pm April 05, 2017

by Jewly Hight

Though each of Front Country's five members has had a vastly different musical education, they all share a no-rules approach to modern bluegrass that honors the craft of pop music.

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Alejandro Escovedo's latest album is Burn Something Beautiful.

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Alejandro Escovedo On World Cafe

5:44pm April 05, 2017

by Talia Schlanger

The trauma of a near-death experience could have ended the rock veteran's career, but his latest album, Burn Something Beautiful, proves otherwise.

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Sink Into TALsounds' 'Disgrace,' A Bathtub Full Of Synthesizer Ooze

3:37pm April 05, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

Good Willsmith member Natalie Chami's late-night gurgle of oscillator-pop exists somewhere between Bjork's hushed confessionals and The Knife's minimalist synth experiments.

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Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah Melds Jazz And Hip-Hop Beats On 'Ruler Rebel'

3:05pm April 05, 2017

by Kevin Whitehead

The New-Orleans-born trumpeter salutes the earliest jazz recordings on his new album. Critic Kevin Whitehead says Ruler Rebel showcases Adjuah's "commanding personal voice and ... sense of direction."

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The Beatles celebrate the completion of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band at a press conference held at the west London home of their manager Brian Epstein on May 19, 1967.

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Fixing A Hole: 'Sgt. Pepper' Remixed And Reissued For 50th Anniversary

2:08pm April 05, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

One of the most important records in pop history is getting an appropriately comprehensive reissue.

Max Richter brings a diverse playlist with him for an NPR Music Guest DJ session.

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What's Composer Max Richter Listening To? Pretty Much Everything

1:23pm April 05, 2017

by Tom Huizenga

The genre-busting composer, who believes in classical music's "multi-dimensional space," brings a strikingly diverse playlist with him for a relaxed session of spinning tunes and talking music.

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A still from Boss Hog's "Shh Shh Shh" video.

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Boss Hog Channels Scooby Doo For 'Shh Shh Shh' Video

1:19pm April 05, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

After 17 years, the sleazy blues-punk band from Cristina Martinez and Jon Spencer is back. The group investigates a mass murder in this video directed by Aaron C. Lazar.