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"It's really a part of the healing process and the coming-to-terms-with-it-all process," Boz Scaggs says of writing an album after losing his home to wildfires.

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Boz Scaggs Processes The Past And Rebuilds For The Future

8:02am July 29, 2018

Boz Scaggs lost his home and a trove of lyrics scribbled on legal pads and cocktail napkins in wildfires last year. Writing his new album, Out of the Blues, helped him process the loss.

Josh Ritter (top, credit: Laura WIlson), Blind Boys Of Alabama (bottom, credit:Jim Harrington) and Sunday's webcast schedule.

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Watch Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band And Blind Boys Of Alabama Perform Live

9:18am July 28, 2018

by Rich McKie

Ritter caps off the 2018 XPoNential Music Festival with his incredibly catchy folk-rock tunes and a smile.

From left: Betty Kelly, Rosalind Ashford and Martha Reeves of Martha and the Vandellas perform circa mid-1964 at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York.

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Come On Out And Dance

8:21am July 28, 2018

by Scott Simon

The Motown hit landed at a turning point in civil rights — and where Black Power movements flourished, the song followed. Scott Simon explores why, with a little help from singer Martha Reeves.

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Heavy Rotation: 10 Hot Summer Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

6:00am July 28, 2018

For this month's playlist, Rebel Diaz and Ana Tijoux reverberate a powerful message to black and brown communities and jazz duo Adam & Kizzie capture the sounds of falling in love.

Violinist William Preucil (standing, left), performing with the Cleveland Orchestra in Miami in 2016.

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Cleveland Orchestra Suspends Lead Violinist After Sexual Misconduct Accusations

8:16pm July 27, 2018

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The suspension was announced Friday, the day after the Washington Post published a story about claims of sexual misconduct within classical music. Preucil is the Cleveland Orchestra's concertmaster.

Manilla Road's Mark "The Shark" Shelton circumnavigated convention to evolve what fans call epic heavy metal.

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Manilla Road's Mark 'The Shark' Shelton, Traditional Metal's Innovator, Dead At 60

4:44pm July 27, 2018

by Lars Gotrich

Shelton was tireless in his pursuit of timeless metal. He died after performing at the Headbangers Open Air Festival in Germany.

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Birds Of Chicago On Mountain Stage

4:23pm July 27, 2018

by Adam Harris

Birds of Chicago make an electrifying second appearance on Mountain Stage thanks to charming lyrics and close-knit harmonies.

Chicano Batman performing at the 2017 Newport Folk Festival

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Stream The 2018 Newport Folk Festival This Weekend

4:02pm July 27, 2018

Hear sets from Courtney Barnett, Margo Price, Lucius, Fantastic Negrito and more during the live stream of the Newport Folk Festival.

Cover art for Chance The Rapper's debut mixtape, 10 Day — it was the first in a "trilogy" of illustrations for the Chicago artist done by Brandon Breaux.

The Artist Responsible For Chance The Rapper's Meme-Inspired Abstract Art

10:56am July 27, 2018

by Vincent Acovino

Illustrator Brandon Breaux has, since Chance The Rapper's debut mixtape, created the evocative portraits used on his covers. But for a recent series, Breaux went abstract — and meme-y.

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No Boys Allowed: In Charli XCX's Latest Single, It's a 'Girls Night Out'

10:30am July 27, 2018

by Catherine Zhang

Charli XCX may be busy thinking about boys, but she isn't inviting them to the party.