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Mississippi-born harmonica player Big George Brock performs at the Philadelphia Folk Festival.

October 1, 2012 Hear a mix of the kind of rough, earthy Southern blues music you might hear in a smoky juke joint.

Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips performs at the 2012 Noise Pop Festival in San Francisco.

June 25, 2012 An introduction to the subgenre that embodies the yin and yang of melody and dissonance.

Scottish folk band Capercaillie is featured twice on Fiona Ritchie's list of essential Celtic songs.

November 16, 2012 Discover the 100 songs Fiona Ritchie considers the bedrock of any Celtic music collection.

Marvin Sapp performs at the How Sweet the Sound national gospel competition September 29 ,2008 in Chicago, Illinois.

March 28, 2013 Listen to a continuous mix of songs curated by KUNM's Cecilia Webb, host of Train to Glory.

Malian singing legend Oumou Sangare performing in Essaouira, Morocco in June 2012.

March 13, 2013 Listen to a mix of 100 essential songs from the troubled but musically rich West African country.

Molly Hamilton of Widowspeak is one of the 100 acts with songs in our annual SXSW sampler.

March 5, 2013 Download 100 songs by artists worth discovering at SXSW 2013, plus details on NPR's Austin events.

Few artists were played as much on public radio this year as the Mercury Prize winners in Alt-J.

December 5, 2012 DJs and music directors curate a 24/7 continuous mix collecting their favorite music of the year.

Detroit techno artist Carl Craig plays the Orange Peel at Moogfest on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012.

October 29, 2012 Dive into a continuous mix of house, techno and hardcore anthems from 1980s, '90s and 2000s.

The 1961 thriller Taste of Fear, starring Susan Strasberg — someone who might have enjoyed Folk Alley's Scream Stream.

October 28, 2012 Murder ballads, ghost stories and goblin myths abound in a mix of spooky songs from Folk Alley.

The CMJ Music Marathon is exactly that: a marathon, not a sprint. Prepare for a week that will look pretty much like this.

October 9, 2012 Eleven college radio stations pick which bands deserve attention at this year's CMJ Music Marathon.

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