Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell and Amythyst Kiah are Our Native Daughters. Their debut album comes out Feb. 22. Terri Fensel/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Clockwise from upper left: William Prince, The Milk Carton Kids, Lula Wiles, Amythyst Kiah Courtesy of the artists hide caption
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Birds Of Chicago On Mountain Stage
Sam Lewis (left, credit: Ryan Musick), Birds Of Chicago (right, credit: Yves Assad) Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Stella Donnelly's song "Mean To Me" is featured on this month's edition of Heavy Rotation. Evie Mackay/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Birds Of Chicago On World Cafe
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As Birds of Chicago, Allison Russell and JT Nero make music they call "secular gospel." Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Birds of Chicago perform live for Folk Alley. Folk Alley hide caption
Birds Of Chicago's new album, Real Midnight, comes out Feb. 19. Natalie Ginele Miller/Courtesy of the artist hide caption