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Newport Folk 2017 Preview: Drive By Truckers, Jim James, John Prine And More

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Newport Folk 2017 Preview: Drive By Truckers, Jim James, John Prine And More

The festival's executive producer Jay Sweet explains how he picked this year's lineup and why the festival continues to resonate with people more than 50 years after it started.

Newport Folk 2017 Preview: Drive By Truckers, Jim James, John Prine And More

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Hear The Nominees For This Year's Americana Awards On World Cafe

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Hear The Nominees For This Year's Americana Awards On World Cafe

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Nominations for the 2017 Americana Honors & Awards were announced Tuesday. Hear interviews and performances from some of the nominees, including the Drive-By Truckers and Sturgill Simpson.

Drive-By Truckers On World Cafe

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Drive-By Truckers On World Cafe

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"I didn't set out to write any of this stuff. It was kind of just what was eating at me," lead singer Patterson Hood says of the politically charged songs on the Truckers' latest album.

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Songs We Love: Drive-By Truckers, 'Surrender Under Protest'

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Songs We Love: Drive-By Truckers, 'Surrender Under Protest'

The band fully enters the present political moment with a mighty song inspired by civil rights activists' campaign to remove the Confederate flag from the South Carolina Statehouse.

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Drive-By Truckers On World Cafe

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Drive-By Truckers On World Cafe

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Though today's guests call Athens, Ga., home, they have roots in Muscle Shoals, Ala., where the father of lead singer Patterson Hood recorded with the legendary studio band.

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Ken Tucker's Top 10 Albums Of 2010

Tracey Thorn's third album focuses on the small details in life: weddings, singles bars and the size of one's jeans. Edward Bishop hide caption

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The Best Music Of 2010

Ken Tucker's Top 10 Albums Of 2010

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Fresh Air's pop music critic, Ken Tucker, picks the best music of 2010, including albums by Tracey Thorn, Kanye West and Arcade Fire. He also pays tribute to Kate McGarrigle, the Canadian singer who died of cancer last January.

Ken Tucker's Top 10 Albums Of 2010

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Making A 'Big To-Do' About Life's Important Things

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Formed in the late '90s by guitarists and singer-songwriters Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley, the Drive-By Truckers hit a peak of critical success with its 2001 release Southern Rock Opera. Critic Ken Tucker says their latest album, The Big To-Do, is "head-clearingly refreshing."

Making A 'Big To-Do' About Life's Important Things

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Drive-By Truckers On Mountain Stage

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Drive-By Truckers On Mountain Stage

After the departure of a founding member, the Athens, Ga. rockers scheduled some acoustic shows to pare down their sound and focus on songcraft. The band then reunited with its original steel guitarist and cut their latest album, Brighter Than Creation's Dark.

Drive-By Truckers in Concert on Mountain Stage - 05/18/2009

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