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Geddy Lee on World Cafe

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How Dizzy sharpened their songwriting on the band's third record

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The sky is the limit for Rhiannon Giddens

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Arkells strip down their sound on 'Laundry Pile'

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Rosanne Cash's 'The Wheel' celebrates 30 years

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Kevin Drew contemplates the inevitability of 'Aging'

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The Beatles, pictured here in 1969, just released what's been billed as the band's final song. Bruce McBroom/© Apple Corps Ltd. hide caption

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The Beatles' 'Now and Then' is a wistful curiosity, 45 years in the making

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"I really enjoy writing the songs and performing and the other things that we do," David Byrne says of his work in Talking Heads. Jordan Cronenweth/Courtesy of A24 hide caption

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For David Byrne, Talking Heads was about making emotional sense — not literal sense

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Why Radiohead's Philip Selway put down the drumsticks on his latest album

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Turnpike Troubadours on World Cafe

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Having mounted outsized tours for decades, U2 is particularly suited to the technological wizardry of the Sphere in Las Vegas. But is the Sphere suited for more? John Katsilometes/Las Vegas Review-Journal hide caption

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Ilsey channels the Laurel Canyon spirit on her debut solo album

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Mike Mills (from left), Linda Pitmon, Peter Buck, Steve Wynn and Scott McCaughey Chris Sikich/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Why America's pastime is the perfect songwriting lens for The Baseball Project

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