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Michael Kiwanuka Rejected Pop And Landed A TV Theme Song

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Pilgrimage Music Festival's Founders, At ACL 2017

Co-founders explain their brand's emphasis on authenticity and live performance, and how the inspiration of other successful festivals influenced them.

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Nov 15, 2017 - 9:43 am

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The Wild Reeds Joke About Who Is The Wildest

Accompanied by drums and bass, the remarkable harmonies of three women make this a band Rolling Stone categorized as "Need To Know."

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Oct 15, 2017 - 9:02 pm

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Punch Brothers Believe Festivals Are Crucial For Bluegrass

Reacting with their audience as their material unfolds is essential to the tradition in bluegrass that the group carries into the present day and revitalizes.

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Oct 15, 2017 - 9:00 pm

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Americana's Mandolin Orange Use The Past To Color The Present

Innovators in Americana, the pair self-produces to ensure the purity of their evocative sound that reminds listeners of the past while calling their minds to the present day.

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Oct 15, 2017 - 8:57 pm

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Siedah Garrett On "Man In The Mirror" 30 Years Later

Michael Jackson's 'Bad' came out in 1987 and now 30 years later Garrett looks back over the behind-the-scenes process that resulted in a great hit.

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Oct 15, 2017 - 7:31 pm

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As A Mother, Making Music Means More For Melanie Fiona

Writing her verse for "Fool For You" in the drive to the studio and hopping into a session with Cee Lo Green won her two GRAMMY Awards.

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Oct 13, 2017 - 3:12 pm

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Hurray For The Riff Raff: True Folk From The NY Projects

The Recording Academy's New York Chapter interviewed Alynda Segarra at Newport Folk Festival in 2017. Her Hurray For The Riff Raff persona celebrates people-power, as well as her background growing up Puerto Rican in New York City projects.

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Oct 13, 2017 - 2:27 pm

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Denver's Nathanial Rateliff Believes In Folk Music's Calling

A broader "rebirth" is what he believes folk music needs but he celebrates contemporary protest songs that relate to present-day issues and ask what we'll do about them.

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Oct 13, 2017 - 2:14 pm

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Nikki Lane Got Aggressive And It's Been Non-Stop Ever Since

It was 2014 when Lane started to take the business side of music more seriously, and she's been causing audiences to take her music seriously everywhere she goes.

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Oct 13, 2017 - 2:09 pm

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Rhiannon Giddens Goes Back In Time To Help Us See Our Present

Fascinated by history and by the music and times of black Americans' past, this multi-instrumental multi-talent finds way to instill lives lived into her songs.

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Oct 13, 2017 - 2:05 pm

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Art Rockers Warpaint On Their Sound, L.A. And Being On Stage

The four women of Warpaint have created a psychedelic musical universe that is minimal, brash and atmospheric.

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Oct 13, 2017 - 1:56 pm

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Declan McKenna, "First On" At Lolla, On Set-Listing And Flow

Winner of Glastonbury Festival's Emerging Talent Competition in 2015 and a charming young singer/songwriter, his 2017 album is extending his range and gaining fans.

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Oct 13, 2017 - 1:52 pm

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London Grammar's Electronic Sound Makes Their Albums Hits In Britain

Together the trio found their way to a sound that caught on, especially spurring their two albums to great sales in their native Britain.

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Oct 13, 2017 - 1:44 pm

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Royal Blood Get A Big Rock Sound As A Drum And Bass Duo

Enjoying the festival scene and playing new songs from their 2017 album, the pair are grateful for their wide recognition, and hope their live gear works as intended.

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Oct 13, 2017 - 1:39 pm

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Highly Suspect Rose From Cover Band To Original Hit-Makers

Massachusetts group started at local joints playing hits and then steadily progressed to be a trio of hitmakers with their own songs.

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Oct 13, 2017 - 1:33 pm

Michael Kiwanuka Rejected Pop And Landed A TV Theme Song