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Marilyn Maye on stage at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola.

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Marilyn Maye: The Queen Of Cabaret

3:40pm January 26, 2017

by Nate Chinen

The 88-year-old singer and actress is a living legend. She's performed with artists like Count Basie and Charlie Parker, and appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson an unprecedented 76 times.

A still from Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau's live "The Old Shade Tree" video.

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Watch Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau Perform 'The Old Shade Tree' Live

2:32pm January 26, 2017

by Nate Chinen

There's an Elliott Smith-ian sensibility to the duo's original song, played here live at the Bowery Ballroom just before Mehldau and Thile went into the studio.

Delicate Steve's latest album is This Is Steve on Anti Records.

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While My Guitar Gently Sings: A Conversation With Delicate Steve

1:19pm January 26, 2017

by Bob Boilen

All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen talks with guitarist Delicate Steve about his new instrumental album, why he doesn't need a singer and the uncertain future of guitar music.

Gallant (center) collaborates with Korean musicians Tablo (left) and Eric Nam on the new song "Cave Me In."

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Gallant Goes Global In New Song, 'Cave Me In'

1:05pm January 26, 2017

by Rachel Horn

The fast-rising R&B singer meets Eric Nam and Tablo, themselves both stars in South Korea, on the nighttime streets of Hong Kong in this new video.

Noah Gundersen performs on this week's Mountain Stage.

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Noah Gundersen On Mountain Stage

11:53am January 26, 2017

The Seattle singer-songwriter performs music from his latest record, Carry The Ghost, live in Charleston, W.Va.

A still from The Dove & The Wolf's "Seven Days" video.

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Songs We Love: The Dove & The Wolf, 'Seven Days'

11:00am January 26, 2017

by Bruce Warren

Not long after Paloma Gil and Lou Hayat returned home to Paris, the Bataclan theater was attacked. In the video, a dancer improvises to the shimmering "Seven Days" in an empty warehouse.

Mary Tyler Moore in 1969, one year before the debut of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show."

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Bob Mould On Hüsker Dü's Cover Of 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' Theme

10:55am January 26, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

Following the death of Mary Tyler Moore Wednesday, Mould calls "Love Is All Around" "a great song, and a nice tribute to" Minneapolis, Hüsker Dü's home town.

Paul Simon collaborated with Philip Glass on the album Songs from Liquid Days.

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'Swimming In A Trance-Like State': Paul Simon On Philip Glass

10:47am January 26, 2017

by Paul Simon

The great songwriter explains his fascination with the repetition, symmetry and changing time signatures in Glass' music.

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Viking's Choice: Saltland, 'I Only Wish This For You'

10:15am January 26, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

Montreal composer Rebecca Foon, known for her work in Esmerine and Thee Silver Mt. Zion Orchestra, layers somber cello loops in a meditation on climate change.

Porcelain Raft's new album, Microclimate, comes out February 3.

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First Listen: Porcelain Raft, 'Microclimate'

7:00am January 26, 2017

by Jason Heller

Many journeys and attempts to commune with nature compelled Mauro Remiddi to make Microclimate. If the album's hushed, lush grandeur is any indication, that connection was a profound one.