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Pete Mancini Pays Tribute To The Byrds With 'Sweethearts Of The Rodeo'

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Pete Mancini Pays Tribute To The Byrds With 'Sweethearts Of The Rodeo'

The alt-country singer shares a vibrant love letter to the album that marked Gram Parsons' golden moment with The Byrds in 1968.

Pete Mancini, 'Sweethearts of The Rodeo'

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The Harmonies Run Deep In The Secret Sisters' 'Tennessee River Runs Low'

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The Harmonies Run Deep In The Secret Sisters' 'Tennessee River Runs Low'

Alabama's humid sense of wonder runs through The Secret Sisters' third album, You Don't Own Me Anymore. Visual folk artists Butch Anthony and John Henry Toney appear in the duo's new video.

The Secret Sisters, 'Tennessee River Runs Low'

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In 'Childhood's Retreat,' A Boy Climbs A Tree To View The Man He's Become

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In 'Childhood's Retreat,' A Boy Climbs A Tree To View The Man He's Become

The collaborative spirit of Black Mountain College — once home to the likes of John Cage and Willem de Kooning — lives on in a theatrical song cycle performed by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus.

Childhood's Retreat

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Hear Phantoms' Flirty New Single 'Just A Feeling,' Featuring Vérité

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Hear Phantoms' Flirty New Single 'Just A Feeling,' Featuring Vérité

The Los Angeles duo makes escapist, vocal-heavy dance music inspired by the city's surreal nightlife. Vérité sings on the deep and flirty new single.

Phantoms, 'Just A Feeling (feat. Vérité)'

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Tiny Vipers Returns With First Album In 8 Years, Shares Synthetic Hymnal 'K.I.S.S.'

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Tiny Vipers Returns With First Album In 8 Years, Shares Synthetic Hymnal 'K.I.S.S.'

"Laughter came out of this awkward place of losing myself." After her last album, Jesy Fortino went back to school to become a civil engineer. Her new album sounds like nothing she's done before.