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Chris Potter (center) performs live at the Village Vanguard.

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February 6, 2013 – The widely admired saxophonist has been reading Homer. Here, he presents an Odyssey-inspired suite. WBGO

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John Fullbright.

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February 6, 2013 – At 25, Fullbright is frequently compared to another native of his Oklahoma hometown: Woody Guthrie.

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Blue Highway.

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February 5, 2013 – The legendary bluegrass band plays a live concert in the border town of Bristol.

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Marty Stuart

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February 4, 2013 – The guitar virtuoso and his Fabulous Superlatives play unapologetic country music live on the stage.

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John Martyn.

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February 1, 2013 – Mountain Stage celebrates the life of the '70s folk hero with a re-airing of his 1993 performance.

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Lionel Loueke.

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January 31, 2013 – At the Kennedy Center, the music grows, as the band revels in itself and then slims back down. WBGO

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Anais Mitchell.

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January 31, 2013 – Hear the singer-songwriter bring her deeply imaginative folk music to the West Virginia stage.

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Paul Kelly.

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January 30, 2013 – The Australian singer-songwriter performs a career-spanning set of country, rock, folk and more.

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McCoy Tyner at the SFJAZZ Center Opening Night concert.

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January 30, 2013 – Watch the massively influential pianist perform with long-time collaborator Bobby Hutcherson.

Saxophonists Joshua Redman (center) and Joe Lovano (left) lead a performance at the SFJAZZ Center grand opening.

Watch Joe Lovano & Joshua Redman: Live At SFJAZZ

January 30, 2013 – Watch a founding member of the SFJAZZ Collective and his tenor sax successor drive a jaunty swinger.

David Virelles.

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January 30, 2013 – An elite pianist's personal vision refracts Afro-Cuban ritual through improvised music and poetry. WBGO

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Conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim (center) brought members of his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (including his son Michael Barenboim, left, and Kinan Azmeh) to the intimate spaces of Manhattan's Le Poisson Rouge.

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January 29, 2013 – NPR Music and WQXR host an intimate evening that spans great Western and Middle Eastern music. WQXR

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Rich Robinson.

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January 29, 2013 – The Black Crowes guitarist performs new songs from his second solo record, Through a Crooked Sun.

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Cowboy Junkies' Margo Timmins.

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January 28, 2013 – Hear the long-running band perform songs from its four-album "Nomad Series," live in West Virginia.

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