A new children's album on Smithsonian Folkways includes a song about gay activist and politician Harvey Milk. The album was co-written by Cass McCombs and San Francisco preschool teacher Greg Gardner. Greg Gardner hide caption
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Cass McCombs' Tip of the Sphere comes out Feb. 8 via ANTI-. Silvia Grav/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Cass McCombs performs live on Treeline Stage at Pickathon. Jeremy Okai Davis/Pickathon hide caption
Cass McCombs' new album, Mangy Love, comes out Aug. 26. Rachael Pony Cassells/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
KXT in North Texas loves Charley Crockett's song "I Am Not Afraid." Lyza Renee/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Cass McCombs performs live for WAMU's Bandwidth. Rhiannon Newman/WAMU hide caption
Cass McCombs' new album, Big Wheel and Others, comes out Oct. 15. Pony Cassells/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Cass McCombs, 'Big Wheel And Others'
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Clockwise from upper left: Anna Calvi, M.I.A., Poliça, members of Los Campesinos!, Deltron 3030 and Phil Elverum of Mount Eerie Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Cass McCombs released two of his six albums in 2011. His latest is Humor Risk. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Cass McCombs On World Cafe
Cass McCombs' "County Line" would fit well on the radio in 1957, sandwiched between Ricky Nelson and Bobby Darin. Courtesy of the artist hide caption