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Detail of the cover art from Ultraísta, the debut album from Nigel Godrich's new trio.

Listen Ultraísta: Radiohead's Knob-Twister Takes Off

October 6, 2012 – The super-producer behind Radiohead's albums has a new band to show off: his own.

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Neil Young.

Listen In Memoir, Neil Young Wages 'Heavy Peace'

October 1, 2012 – Waging Heavy Peace sheds new light on the musician's career, family and medical battles.

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A publicity photo of Janis Martin in the late 1950s or early '60s.

Listen Janis Martin, 'The Female Elvis,' Returns

September 30, 2012 – The co-producer of the singer's posthumous album talks about getting her idol back in the studio.

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Ben Folds Five (from left): Robert Sledge, Darren Jessee and Ben Folds.

Listen Ben Folds Five Is Back

September 29, 2012 – After fame, disillusionment and a nearly decade-long hiatus, the trio has made a new album.

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Grizzly Bear

Listen Grizzly Bear On Candor, Democracy And Too Much Music

September 24, 2012 – The Brooklyn band talks about its division of labor and how to break through the indie ceiling.

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Rickie Lee Jones' new album, The Devil You Know, is a collection of covers. "I think [I recorded the album] partially to remind people that a singer is the one who interprets the song," she says. "And once you do that, it's yours."

Listen Rickie Lee Jones: 'One Devil With One Guitar'

September 22, 2012 – On her newest project, The Devil You Know, the singer-songwriter covers a set of cult classics.

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Bonnie Raitt accepts her Lifetime Achievement Award at the Americana Music Awards in Nashville on Sept. 12, 2012.

Listen A Long Conversation With Bonnie Raitt FolkAlley

September 18, 2012 – The blues guitarist talks with Ann Powers about her influences at the Americana Music Conference. FolkAlley

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For Aimee Mann, the moment a song begins is often just before a performance.

Listen Aimee Mann: 'Charmer Is Just Another Word For Narcissist'

September 17, 2012 – Mann's new album, Charmer, is a series of character sketches exploring loyalty and exploitation.

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John Convertino and Joey Burns have been performing as Calexico since 1996. Their latest album is called Algiers.

Listen Calexico: Road Songs For Wandering Souls

September 15, 2012 – The Tucson band's new album, Algiers, is named for the New Orleans neighborhood where it was made.

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Jonny Greenwood is responsible for the score of The Master and There Will Be Blood.

Listen Radiohead's Guitarist Adapts To Life In Widescreen

September 15, 2012 – Jonny Greenwood scored the new film The Master, his second for director Paul Thomas Anderson.

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The Raveonettes is the Danish-born duo of Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo. The band's new album is titled Observator.

Listen The Raveonettes: The Sound Of Surfing In The Rain

September 9, 2012 – The Danish rock duo lives in New York and L.A., but still views America through the eyes of voyeurs.

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"I can remember saying 'I can't imagine that I'm going to be doing this when I'm 45' — and I'm 45," Dave Matthews says.

Listen Dave Matthews On His Band's 'Unique Sort Of Love Affair'

September 8, 2012 – The singer-guitarist discusses the new Dave Matthews Band album and performs two of its songs live.

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Paul Simon with Ladysmith Black Mambazo in 1987.

Listen Paul Simon On Making 'Graceland' WXPN

September 3, 2012 – Hear Simon tell stories about creating his classic 1986 album in Apartheid-era South Africa. WXPN

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Chan Marshall's new album as Cat Power, her first set of new songs in more than six years, is called Sun.

Listen Cat Power: 'I'm Not Ashamed To Hear My Voice'

September 2, 2012 – Chan Marshall discusses Sun, her first album of original work in six years.

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All Good fun.: Band members (from left) Jack Antonoff, Andrew Dost and Nate Ruess (before he quit smoking) in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Listen Summer's Over, But fun.'s Just Getting Started

September 1, 2012 – We've been following the band on a growth spurt as it crosses the country, and a couple of oceans.

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First Listen

The Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez Lopez and Le Butcherettes' Teri Gender Bender pair up brilliantly.

First Listen: Bosnian Rainbows, 'Bosnian Rainbows'

The Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez Lopez and Le Butcherettes' Teri Gender Bender pair up brilliantly.

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Distinctive Voices: Three Must-Hear Violin Albums

Sweet melodies by Bach and haunting sounds of Morton Feldman enliven new albums.

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Don't Kill Your Idols: J. Cole Looks For His Place In Hip-Hop

The rapper's new album, Born Sinner, is a reckoning with the hip-hop lineage from which he descends.

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