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Graham Dechter performs at the Jazz24 studios in Seattle.

Watch Graham Dechter: Youth, Steeped In Tradition Jazz24

December 1, 2012 – Watch the 26-year-old jazz guitarist perform the title tune from his new album, Takin' It There. Jazz24

Joe Smith poses with Rod Stewart, circa 1974. The former record executive conducted informal interviews with dozens of musicians in the mid-1980s.

Listen A Trove Of Chats With Music Icons, Now Online

December 1, 2012 – As a record executive in the 1980s, Joe Smith recorded dozens of informal interviews with musicians.

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Listen Nuns Top '50 Shades' In Classical Music Smackdown

November 30, 2012 – The novel's soundtrack was bumped off the top of the classical music charts by nuns from Missouri.

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Mulgrew Miller.

Listen Mulgrew Miller Trio On JazzSet WBGO

November 30, 2012 – The pianist celebrates 10 years of the Kennedy Center Jazz Club with a pair of sets. WBGO

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Freelance Whales.

Listen Freelance Whales On World Cafe WXPN

November 30, 2012 – The band makes huge tiny music, employing delicate instruments that add up to something majestic. WXPN

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The New York Philharmonic performing at the current incarnation of Avery Fisher Hall in January 2011.

Read Classical Crib Sheet: Top 5 Stories This Week

November 30, 2012 – A major move for the NY Phil and back-and-forthing in Minnesota: a guide to what you need to know.

The Spring Standards.

Listen The Spring Standards On Mountain Stage

November 30, 2012 – Hear the ethereal indie-pop band perform songs representing its acoustic folk-pop side.

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Mickey Baker in Copenhagen in 1975.

Listen Influential Guitarist Mickey Baker Dies

November 30, 2012 – He was half of the hit-making duo Mickey and Sylvia in the '50s and played on hundreds of records.

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Russell Malone.

Listen Russell Malone On Piano Jazz

November 30, 2012 – The guitarist joins bassist Richie Good for a set of performances with host Marian McPartland.

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Please approach the (piano) bench.

Read Please Approach The (Piano) Bench

November 30, 2012 – Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon, from Deceptive Cadence.

Tracey Thorn, famous for her work in Everything but the Girl, has a new solo album of seasonal tunes called Tinsel and Lights.

Listen Tracey Thorn: 'Secular Carols' For The Holidays

November 30, 2012 – Thorn has a new holiday album, Tinsel and Lights, that might just suit warmer weather, too.

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A garden serves as the stage in the opera.

Listen The Peony Pavilion: A Vivid Dream In A Garden

November 30, 2012 – An adapted version of the 16th century Chinese opera will take place at the Metropolitan Museum.

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Mexican singer Carla Morrison is featured in the movie Hecho en Mexico.

Watch 'Hecho En Mexico': A Musical Film To Remember

November 29, 2012 – Director Duncan Bridgeman and music producer Lynn Fainchtein discuss their marvelous new movie.

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Screenshot from the Mr. Gnome video "House Of Circles"

Watch See What $2,000 And An Epic Imagination Will Get You

November 29, 2012 – The Cleveland-based duo's new video is a dark and stylish fantasy about a battle to save the world.

Os Mutantes, reunited since 2006, is one of the most influential acts in the Tropicália movement.

Listen Latin Roots: Tropicália WXPN

November 29, 2012 – Listen as Alt.Latino co-host Jasmine Garsd explores the Brazilian political and artistic movement. WXPN

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