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'Final Tour' Celebrates John Coltrane's Last Go-Round With Miles Davis

2:30pm March 28, 2018

by Kevin Whitehead

Coltrane played his last engagements as a sideman with Davis in the spring of 1960. Recordings from those European shows have been bootlegged for years; now a few are collected in a new anthology.

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I'm With Her performs a Tiny Desk Concert on February 23, 2018 (Eslah Attar/NPR).

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I'm With Her: Tiny Desk Concert

1:37pm March 28, 2018

by Bob Boilen

Aoife O'Donovan, Sarah Jarosz and Sara Watkins are bound by a love for bluegrass, chamber music, jazz, storytelling and singing.

The Reckless Electric members Mary Bragg (left) and Becky Warren (right).

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World Cafe Nashville: The Reckless Electric

1:09pm March 28, 2018

by Jewly Hight

The duo comprised of Mary Bragg and Becky Warren deliver songs of nerdy solidarity on the new album Comeback.

Wild Animals' The Hoax comes out April 27.

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Wild Animals' 'Science-Fiction' Is Power-Pop With A Big Dang Heart

1:00pm March 28, 2018

by Lars Gotrich

The Madrid trio punches out raucous melodies like boxing gloves made from marshmallows. The Hoax comes out April 27.

A still from Seth Graham's "Flower Cheese" video.

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Seth Graham's Gleefully Deranged 'Flower Cheese' Blooms

11:00am March 28, 2018

by Lars Gotrich

Seth Graham, who co-runs the experimental music label Orange Milk, makes glitched classical music frayed at the ends of reality.

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Laura Jean Anderson Belts An Anthem To Herself, 'Silence Won't Help Me Now'

10:01am March 28, 2018

by Cyrena Touros

The booming, stadium-sized chorus has the power to storm 2018.

Sonido Gallo Negro's Mambo Cósmico comes out April 6.

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Boogie To Sonido Gallo Negro's Kitschy, Complicated 'Mambo Cósmico'

7:33pm March 27, 2018

by Lars Gotrich

A busy, carnival-esque ostinato grounds the space-y Farfisa fuzz from this nine-piece Mexico City ensemble.

Julia Cumming of Sunflower Bean performs on the Austin Convention Center Stage at the Public Radio Takeover

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Watch Sunflower Bean Shred 'Human For' At The Public Radio Day Stage

4:47pm March 27, 2018

by Russ Borris

The up-and-coming rock trio blasted through a gritty, head-banging version of "Human For" from their recent release Twentytwo In Blue.

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Female Songwriters In Nashville Share Stories Of Sexual Harassment

4:32pm March 27, 2018

by Emily Siner

The "co-write" is a staple of music-making in Nashville that draws on personal experiences and intimate details. Several women, however, say that collaboration can be fraught.

On Brad Mehldau's new album, he alternates keyboard works by J.S. Bach with his own jazz-inflected explorations.

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'After Bach' Offers Brad Mehldau's Well-Tempered Jazz

4:32pm March 27, 2018

by Tom Moon

Inspired by J.S. Bach, jazz pianist Brad Mehldau alternates originals from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier with his own reinventions.