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Nicole Atkins Takes Us To The Beach On 'Italian Ice'

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Nicole Atkins Takes Us To The Beach On 'Italian Ice'

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This might be kind of an unusual summer, but Nicole Atkins' new record has come just in time for you to be able to visit the beach through your headphones!

Nicole Atkins On World Cafe

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New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out On May 29

Ondara (formerly known as JS Ondara). He's latest release, Folk N Roll Vol. 1 – Tales of Isolation, is on our shortlist of the best new albums out on May 29. Ian Flomer/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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New Music Friday: The Top 8 Albums Out On May 29

If there's a common theme to the best new albums out this week, it's joy, from the relentlessly jubilant rock of the band Vistas, to singer Nicole Atkins' love letter to the Jersey Shore.

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Lera Lynn 'Plays Well With Others' In Concert

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Lera Lynn 'Plays Well With Others' In Concert

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To celebrate the release of her latest album, Lynn gathered the album's collaborators for a special record release concert at Nashville's 3rd and Lindsley Bar & Grill.

World Cafe: Lera Lynn Mini-Concert

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Nicole Atkins On World Cafe

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Nicole Atkins On World Cafe

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Hurricane Sandy may have uprooted Atkins from her New Jersey home, but opportunity knocked from faraway Sweden. With new goals and a familiar producer, Slow Phaser came into being.

Nicole Atkins On World Cafe

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Song Of The Day

Silky Strings and Girl-Group Rhythms

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In "Maybe Tonight," Nicole Atkins' robust, sultry voice conveys vulnerability and confrontation, seemingly without effort. Imagine if Patsy Cline led The Shangri-Las, or if k.d. lang had been raised on Bruce Springsteen and '80s hair-metal instead of country music.

'Maybe Tonight' by Nicole Atkins

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Cabinet Of Wonders

Cabinet Of Wonders: Episode Three

When the house band features Peter Buck (REM), The Decemberists, and Scott McCaughey (The Minus 5)— you're in for a show. Also on this episode: Nicole Atkins, Ted Leo, Eugene Mirman, and more.

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Nicole Atkins On World Cafe

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Nicole Atkins On World Cafe

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Atkins is back with a new band, a new label, and a new sound on her latest album, Mondo Amore. Hear Atkins perform live and chat with host David Dye about the inspiration behind the work.

Nicole Atkins On World Cafe

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Nicole Atkins In Concert

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Nicole Atkins In Concert

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Following her 2007 major-label debut, Neptune City, New Jersey singer-songwriter is back with Mondo Amore, a collection of blues and late-'60s psychedelia. Listen to Atkins perform a show at World Cafe Live.

Nicole Atkins In Concert

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Nicole Atkins in Concert

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Young, introspective songwriter from New Jersey Nicole Atkins writes subtly psychedelic rock influenced by the old-school folk and country she grew up on. Hear her perform on WXPN and World Cafe Live.

Nicole Atkins in Concert on XPN Live Fridays 1/18/08

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Nicole Atkins: Melancholy, Reflective Country

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A singer-songwriter from New Jersey, Atkins grew up listening to old-school folk and country, which would later serve as the inspirational backbone for her own soulful crooning and introspective songwriting. Her songs are frequently compared to the work of Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline.

Nicole Atkins in Studio on World Cafe - 05/17/2007

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