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Clockwise from upper left: Weezer, Margaret Glaspy, Oh Pep!, The Jayhawks

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New Mix: Weezer, The Jayhawks, Colin Stetson, More

2:50pm April 05, 2016

On this episode of All Songs, we premiere new music from The Jayhawks, Margaret Glaspy and more, plus new Weezer and saxophonist Colin Stetson's reimagining of Górecki's Third Symphony.

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Leon Russell in a scene from Les Blank's film, A Poem is a Naked Person.

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Middle America At The Dawn Of Outlaw Country

12:14pm April 05, 2016

by Andy Beta

The revival of two forgotten music films — Heartworn Highways and A Poem is a Naked Person — documents the scene populated by Townes Van Zandt, David Allan Coe and Leon Russell.

Watch The Lumineers perform live for World Cafe.

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Watch Live: The Lumineers In Concert

11:06am April 05, 2016

The folk-rock band that brought the world "Ho Hey" releases a new album this week. Watch The Lumineers perform songs from Cleopatra starting at 1 p.m. ET.

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Viking's Choice: Aloha, 'Faraway Eyes'

10:20am April 05, 2016

by Lars Gotrich

Aloha's first album in six years is largely inspired by the grand gestures and airy atmospheres of '80s pop music — particularly in the rhythmically rich "Faraway Eyes."

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Songs We Love: BOSCO & Speakerfoxxx, 'Hot Boyz'

9:16am April 05, 2016

by Kiana Fitzgerald

The Atlanta singer and DJ follow closely, but not wholly, in Missy Elliott's empowering footprints in this flip of her subversive hit single from 1999.

Cellist, conductor — and alleged billionaire — Sergei Roldugin (left) with Vladimir Putin at Russia's St. Petersburg Music House in 2009.

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Cellist And Conductor Allegedly Helped Russians Move Billions Of Dollars

7:33pm April 04, 2016

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Russian musician Sergei Roldugin's name has emerged in the massive data leak known as the Panama Papers. He is allegedly at the center of his country's offshore banking activities.

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World Cafe Next: Birds Of Chicago

5:26pm April 04, 2016

Hear two songs by the ecstatic folk-gospel band, which is built around Allison Russell and JT Nero.

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Music Review: 'Trade Winds: Cuba,' Matt Geraghty Project

5:00pm April 04, 2016

by Tom Moon

Tom Moon reviews an album chronicling some unscripted jam sessions from a variety of Cuban musicians.

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Almost famous, Seventies singer, Jobriath (born: Bruce Wayne Campbell). The latest episode of HBO's Vinyl has introduced a character seemingly based on his career.

Gay Glam Comes To HBO

4:34pm April 04, 2016

by Ann Powers

Is Vinyl's latest fictionalized New York music character a tribute to Jobriath, the post-Bowie 'space clown' who was rock's first openly homosexual performer?

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Watch Parquet Courts Perform 'Berlin Got Blurry' Live In The Studio

3:10pm April 04, 2016

by Jim Beckmann

The Brooklyn garage-rock band plays a sharp, smart song from its upcoming album live for KEXP.