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Cameron Pfiffner (left) and Pat Mallinger of Sabertooth perform at the Green Mill in Chicago, Ill.

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Sabertooth, Or The 23-Year Midnight Gig

5:08pm November 19, 2015

by Patrick Jarenwattananon

At Chicago's Green Mill, one band has owned Saturday's after-hours set for decades. Jazz Night stays up with drunks, devotees and the organ quartet of saxophonists Pat Mallinger and Cameron Pfiffner.

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The Thistle & Shamrock: The Carrying Stream

5:01pm November 19, 2015

Hear how songs like "Barbara Allen," performed here by Dolly Parton with Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Altan, flow freely between artists on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

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David Wax Museum On World Cafe

4:13pm November 19, 2015

The band embraces a straightforward pop sound on its new album, Guesthouse. But its Mexican influences are still apparent.

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KCRW Presents: Deerhunter

4:08pm November 19, 2015

by Jason Bentley

Watch Bradford Cox's captivating, unpredictable band play "Breaker" in a rare L.A. studio session.

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Guatemalan Hip-Hop, Argentine MCs, Puerto Rican Soul And More

12:45pm November 19, 2015

by Jasmine Garsd

This week on Alt.Latino, hear a wide variety of sounds and styles from across the Latin music world.

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June Millington, the author of the memoir Land of a Thousand Bridges: Island Girl in a Rock & Roll World, on the porch of the Fanny's House of Music in East Nashville. The shop is named after Millington's band, Fanny.

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You've Got A Home: June Millington's Lifelong Journey In Rock

12:20pm November 19, 2015

by Ann Powers

The founding member of Fanny, a groundbreaking all-female rock group, June Millington has everything it takes to be mythologized as a rock hero. Now she's telling her own story.

InTechnicolour's Dave Jackson in the studio.

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Viking's Choice: InTechnicolour, 'We Are Losing Sleep'

11:48am November 19, 2015

by Lars Gotrich

The U.K. stoner-metal band starts with a desert groove, but breaks it down in thrilling fashion.

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Songs We Love: Vince Gill, 'Take Me Down'

11:37am November 19, 2015

by Ann Powers

The living Nashville legend returns with a wise, thoroughly modern expression of desire, accompanied by the harmonies of Little Big Town.

Christian McBride performs at the Newport Jazz Festival in Newport, R.I. earlier in 2015.

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Christian McBride On Ray Brown's Bass And James Brown's Appeal

7:25pm November 18, 2015

Over the last year, the bassist and NPR's Audie Cornish have discussed and dissected everything about jazz. Their latest chat, held for a live audience, focuses on how his own career started.

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John Grant On World Cafe

4:10pm November 18, 2015

Grant tackles his midlife crisis on an adventurous new album, Grey Tickles, Black Pressure. Download his World Cafe performance of "Geraldine."

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