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Bob Dylan in 1962. His extremely limited-edition 50th Anniversary Collection features unreleased material from his early career.

Listen Why There Are Only 100 Copies Of The New Bob Dylan Record

January 12, 2013 – Dylan's new compilation takes advantage of a change in European copyright law.

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Bikini Kill performs in Washington, D.C., in the 1990s.

Watch Bikini Kill Rises Again, No Less Relevant

January 5, 2013 – The 1990s punk group is giving listeners a second chance to hear the music — and its message.

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The Killers perform on the season finale of NBC's The Voice last week.

Watch The Killers Return, Guitar-Rock Holdouts In A Pop World

December 26, 2012 – One of few stadium-rock acts left on the radio, the band emerged from a five-year hiatus this fall.

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Geddy Lee of Rush performs at the Barclays Center on October 22, 2012 in Brooklyn.

Watch Loving Rush, With All My Heart And Brain

December 20, 2012 – For one nerd, mean, mean pride in the band and its election to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Joe Strummer performs with his solo project, The Latino Rockabilly War, in 1989. The Clash frontman died of heart failure in December 2002.

Watch Joe Strummer's Life After Death

December 20, 2012 – The singer, co-founder and potent political voice of The Clash died 10 years ago this week.

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The Beatles look out of the Magical Mystery Tour coach skylight, on location in England in September 1967.

Listen Behind The Scenes Of The Beatles' 'Magical Mystery Tour'

December 14, 2012 – TV critic David Bianculli reviews a new documentary about the 1967 Beatles film.

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The cover of Sofrito: International Soundclash, a compilation of Tropical music recently released by the Strut label.

Read Now That's What I Call A Compilation

December 13, 2012 – In the Internet era, single-artist albums are suffering, but compilations are thriving.

The Numero Group's Eccentric Soul: Omnibus includes 45 seven-inch singles highlighting local soul scenes from around the country.

Watch Saviors Of Local Soul: The Archival Science Of The Numero Group

December 4, 2012 – Reissue labels generally fly below the radar, but the Numero Group has made a name for itself.

Photographer Ken Regan with the Rolling Stones, 1977

Read Remembering A Rock Star: Photographer Ken Regan

December 2, 2012 – Regan was a big deal: How often does Mick Jagger write book introductions for photographers?

Herb Alpert (left) and Jerry Moss, who founded A&M Records in Alpert's garage in 1962.

Watch A&M Records: Independent, With Major Appeal

November 14, 2012 – The eclectic label, which stayed independent for nearly 30 years, celebrates its 50th anniversary.

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Nickelback's Chad Kroeger performs during halftime of a Canadian football game in Vancouver. On the band's own tours, expensive pyrotechnics are more rare.

Listen Love To Hate Nickelback? Joke's On You

November 10, 2012 – The divisive band is laughing all the way to the bank.

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Neil Young, who turns 67 years old this month, performs with Crazy Horse on Oct. 26 in New Orleans. In recent concerts the group has focused mostly on material from its new album, Psychedelic Pill.

Read Go See The Old Guys

November 1, 2012 – Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen and Roger Waters are still killing it live.

Meshell Ndegeocello's tenth album is Pour Une Ame Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone.

Read Two Women: Meshell Ndegeocello's Praise Song To Nina Simone

October 24, 2012 – Ndegeocello says that Simone, whose songs she covers on a new album, is "our people's Bach."

Former Grandaddy frontman Jason Lytle just released a new album, Dept. of Disappearance.

Listen Jason Lytle Balances The Studio And A Life Outdoors

October 16, 2012 – The singer talks about leaving the studio for the mountains to rediscover his passion for music.

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Donna Summer performs in October 2011. Summer, who died in May, is nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year for the fifth time.

Watch Explaining The Rock Hall Of Fame Nominees

October 7, 2012 – Many of the 15 acts in this year's class of nominees fall into easy-to-define categories.

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Daft Punk On 'The Soul That A Musician Can Bring'

Hear the elusive electronic duo in conversation with All Things Considered's Audie Cornish.

A new anthology packs four CDs with music, recorded live or in the studio with bands big and small.

Sarah Vaughan: A New Box Set Revels In Glorious Imperfections

A new anthology packs four CDs with music, recorded live or in the studio with bands big and small.

Toliver's music is anchored by the violin, an instrument that, in a way, chose him.

Marques Toliver: An R&B Crooner With Strings Attached

Toliver's music is anchored by the violin, an instrument that, in a way, chose him.

Amidon says the melodies of shape-note hymns are some of the "deepest-seated for me."

Sam Amidon: Reshaping An American Folk Tradition

Amidon says the melodies of shape-note hymns are some of the "deepest-seated for me."

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