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Matthew Sweet On Mountain Stage

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Mountain Stage

Matthew Sweet On Mountain Stage

The power-pop icon returns to the show, recorded in Charleston, W.V., to play new and old material.

Matthew Sweet On Mountain Stage

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World Cafe Looks Back: '90s Alternative

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World Cafe Looks Back: '90s Alternative

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Get nostalgic with World Cafe's roundup of archival interviews, featuring '90s modern-rock stars Liz Phair, Belly, Matthew Sweet and more.

World Cafe Looks Back: '90s Alternative

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Mountain Stage

Matthew Sweet On Mountain Stage

Power-pop rocker Matthew Sweet released his 10th album, Sunshine Lies, this past August. He's been plenty busy in the past few years, recording an album with Pete Droge and Shawn Mullins as The Thorns in 2003, as well as his 2006 Under the Covers record with Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles. With his hard-hitting road band backing him up, Sweet is in all his guitar-drenched glory here in live performance from Charleston, W.Va.

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World Cafe

Matthew Sweet's Ringing Guitars Return

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Power-pop singer-songwriter Matthew Sweet spent the late '90s and early '00s avoiding the instrument that defined his early sound: the chiming guitar. His latest album, Sunshine Lies, marks his welcome return to the guitar as a primary instrument. Sweet performs new songs and discusses the influence of nature on the CD.

Matthew Sweet's Ringing Guitars Return

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Wedding Day Blues: Finding the Perfect Mix CD

Countless music fans have attempted to craft the perfect mix CD — just the thing to put a soundtrack on special occasions. But an hour of love-themed dinner music for a wedding reception isn't as easy to assemble as it may seem.

Wedding Day Blues: Finding the Perfect Mix CD

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Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs Have It Covered

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With each sharing an unabashed love for '60s pop songwriting, it seems perfectly natural that singer/guitarists Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs would wind up working together. On their newest release, Under the Covers, Vol. 1, they come into their own.

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