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Chris Frantz On World Cafe

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Guest DJ Courtney Barnett

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"[Jonathan Demme] was sensitive to the fact that each musician had as much excitement to bring to the screen as to the music," Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth write of the director's Stop Making Sense. Richard E. Aaron/Redferns/Getty hide caption

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All Songs Rewind: The Best Opening Tracks

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Clockwise from upper left: Bright Eyes, Ed Sheeran, Louis Armstrong, Etta James, Peter Gabriel Courtesy of the artists hide caption

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Love Songs You Love To Love

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Kryone injects this week's episode of Alt.Latino with some killer Brazilian beats. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Latin Metal, Uruguayan Hip-Hop And New Ana Tijoux

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Clockwise from top left: DJ Kool Herc, Patti Smith, the Fania All-Stars, Talking Heads at CBGB, Laurie Anderson and her viophonograph. From 'Love Goes to Buildings on Fire'/Courtesy of Cindy Campbell, Columbia Records, Fania Records, Robert Spencer, Laurie Anderson hide caption

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When New York Was 'On Fire': A Mid-'70s Musical Revolution

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LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy stopped by The Current to play some of his favorite songs. Ruvan Wijesooriya hide caption

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Guest DJ: LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy

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The '80s: Were They Really That Bad?

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