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Danielle Bradbery's I Don't Believe We've Met is out Dec. 1.

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First Listen: Danielle Bradbery, 'I Don't Believe We've Met'

5:00am November 23, 2017

by Jewly Hight

Once a teenage winner of The Voice, the country singer has begun to personalize her craft, with new textures to her big delivery and diaristic self-disclosure in her lyrics.

Chris Stapleton's From A Room: Volume 2 is out Dec. 1.

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First Listen: Chris Stapleton, 'From A Room: Volume 2'

5:00am November 23, 2017

by Jewly Hight

On a second installment of back catalog gems and choice covers, the country singer-songwriter retains his hard-living artistic persona — but also embraces meaningful familial attachments.

Wilco's Being There: Deluxe Edition is out Dec. 1.

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First Listen: Wilco, 'Being There: Deluxe Edition' (Bonus Disc)

5:00am November 23, 2017

by Jason Heller

A collection of outtakes, alternates and demos from 1996 captures the point where one of America's great underdog bands began to come into its own.

Neil Young & Promise Of The Real's The Visitor is out Dec. 1.

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First Listen: Neil Young & Promise Of The Real, 'The Visitor'

5:00am November 23, 2017

by Tom Moon

Rage takes many forms in these new songs — laments, exhortations and diatribes about the rapidly changed world in the aftermath of the last U.S. presidential election.

Jazz singers, Dave Lambert (left), Annie Ross and Jon Hendricks with Canon L. John Collins on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral in London in 1959. Jon Hendricks died on November 22 at the age of 96.

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Jon Hendricks, Genre-Pushing Jazz Vocalist, Dead At 96

6:13pm November 22, 2017

by Lara Pellegrinelli

The jazz singer and songwriter died Wednesday in Manhattan at the age of 96.

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Beck On World Cafe

1:55pm November 22, 2017

by Talia Schlanger

Hear new tunes and old stories from the past two decades of the pop star's career.

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The Thistle & Shamrock: Hometown Song

1:21pm November 22, 2017

This week, artists from both sides of the Atlantic commemorate personal connections to their hometowns, including Ewan MacColl's "Dirty Old Town" and "Festival Lights" by the McCalmans.

This year's Paul Winter Solstice celebration took place at New York's Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Dec. 14-16.

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A Paul Winter Solstice Concert 2017

12:43pm November 22, 2017

The saxophonist and several international guests celebrate the year's longest night with music, dance and theater.

Margo Price's new album, All American Made, is out now.

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Margo Price Sings About The Heartache And Beauty Of Small-Town America

12:20pm November 22, 2017

by Terry Gross

Growing up in Aledo, Ill., the singer-songwriter longed to live somewhere "more romantic." Then she moved away and her outlook changed: "Now, when I go back, I see the beauty in it."

Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky. He died Wednesday at age 55.

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Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Renowned Baritone, Dies At 55

8:31am November 22, 2017

by Tom Huizenga

The Russian baritone known for his burnished voice died Wednesday. He announced in 2015 that he had been diagnosed with brain cancer.