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September 23, 2009
The coolest guy to ever stroll on stage with a guitar turns 60 today. Amazing. He's spent the past 10 years of his life making some of the best songs of his career, and if he ever decides to retire from music, he could have a lucrative second career hawking books and DVDs on how to keep looking so fine.
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Shearwater's songs about man's relationship with nature boom and swoop with epic grace and grandeur.
The Hold Steady singer's stark side is nicely conducive to barren arrangements at the NPR offices.
It got loud when one of the grittiest rock duos of the past decade played D.C.
It got loud for this live webcast featuring one of the grittiest rock duos of the past decade.
Hear the Boston group's brassy interpretation of classic Ethiopian funk sounds live in concert.
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