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  Pete Yorn: One Man, One Mike, Two Guitars, and a Lot of Stories

  May 13 at 4 a.m.

  Contemporary musicians can certainly have an interesting relationship with social media – or at least those who actually handle their own Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram accounts and don’t leave it up to a publicist. Some find it a great way to keep in touch with their fans personally and get...

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  Nils Lofgren Gets Blue with Lou, Hits the Road with Band

  May 9 at 4 a.m.

  Even in terms of rock and roll pairings, they seemed like a truly odd couple of musical collaborators. But more than 40 years ago, singer/guitarists Lou Reed and Nils Lofgren worked on a baker’s dozen of tunes, and nearly half of those are making their public debut on Lofgren’s new...

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  The Marcus King Band's Southern-Fried Confessions

  May 8 at 4 a.m.

  The life and outlook of people are often tied to the geography of their upbringing. And for musicians, that geography and the people and the places they’ve been around will usually influence their work. For singer/guitarist Marcus King, that place is Greenville, South Carolina, up in the northwestern area of...

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  The Revolution's Lisa Goes Solo (on Piano)

  May 7 at 4 a.m.

  Pianist/Keyboardist Lisa Coleman is pretty far into her musical career to be releasing her first solo album just now, but then again she’s been kind of busy. Most famously as a member of Prince’s band the Revolution from 1980-86, and also as a still-existing duo with that group’s rhythm guitarist...

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  The Creative Fires of Jimbo Mathus Burn Hot

  April 19 at 5 a.m.

  “It’s probably my most interesting work to date. On a scale of 1 to 10, it’s 10 in interesting.” Jimbo Mathus says about his recently-released record Incinerator (Big Legal Mess/Fat Possum). He makes this observation in an accompanying short film documentary The World According to Jimbo Mathus. That’s saying a...

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  The Black Moods About to Embark on a Happy Journey

  April 17 at 4 a.m.

  Being an opening act – as most opening acts will tell you – is an often thankless chore. The crowd is mostly not there to see you, may not have ever heard of you, and is just waiting for the lead singer to announce “Thanks! We’ve got time for just...