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Watch How Much Does Crowd Funding Cost Musicians?
November 23, 2012 – Two bands add up what they've spent while asking you for money.
Read Five Reasons To Visit Your Local Record Store On Black Friday
November 21, 2012 – This Friday, independent record stores will offer new, reissued and limited-edition vinyl.
Watch Coleman Hawkins: Tenor Saxophone, Front And Center Jazz24
November 21, 2012 – Starting in the 1920s, Hawkins made an afterthought of an instrument into a star attraction. Jazz24
Listen Max Richter Recomposes 'The Four Seasons'
November 21, 2012 – The composer has done a brave thing for any artist in any medium: He's messed with a classic.
Listen The Mythic Power Of Bessie Smith
November 21, 2012 – A new 10-CD box set collects the complete works of the colossus who straddled jazz and blues.
Watch It Isn't (Just) Ironic: In Defense Of The Hipster
November 20, 2012 – A rising hit by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis helps refute the idea that irony dominates youth culture.
Watch The Insect Trust: An American Band Deconstructed
November 20, 2012 – Free jazzers, hippie rockers and country-blues musicians made up this ragtag late-'60s band.
Read Heavy Rotation: 5 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing
November 20, 2012 – Download new music from Foxygen, bassist Marcus Miller, folk singer Rayna Geller and more.
Listen Beethoven's Famous 4 Notes: Truly Revolutionary Music
November 19, 2012 – A leading conductor and an author explain the resonances behind a famous phrase in music.
Listen Bill Withers: The Everyman Singer With A Poet's Soul
November 19, 2012 – Since the singer's 1971 debut, he has had nine albums, all of which are now available in a box set.
Listen Willie Nelson: Road Rules And Deep Thoughts
November 18, 2012 – The 79-year-old country singer's new memoir collects his thoughts from long stretches on tour.
Watch DJ Shadow On Sampling As A 'Collage Of Mistakes'
November 17, 2012 – The hip-hop producer says he loves scouring old records in search of "accidental brilliance."
Read The Week In Music: What To Read Now, Post Everything
November 17, 2012 – Read three pieces about conversations between musicians and people heavily engaged with their work.
Watch Mick Jagger On The Apocalyptic 'Gimme Shelter'
November 16, 2012 – The 1969 song is about a "world closing in on you" — and it still speaks to us today.
Watch Jesse & Joy, Juanes Win Big At Latin Grammys
November 16, 2012 – Sibling duo Jesse & Joy won four awards, including record and song of the year for "¡Corre!"