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• RIP Ray Manzarek of The Doors (listen to songs from their Live at The Spectrum show in 1970)

  Raymond Daniel Manczarek, Jr., known to most as Ray Manzarek, co-founder and keyboardist of The Doors from 1965 to 1973, has passed away. He was 74 and died from bile duct cancer in a clinic in Rosenheim, Germany. On May … Read More

• Listen to Katie Crutchfield of Waxahatchee and Allison Crutchfield of Swearin' cover Grimes via Rookie Mag
• Non-COMM Recap: Pete Yorn and J.D. King brought The Olms to World Cafe Live

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• Non-COMM Recap: Pete Yorn and J.D. King brought The Olms to World Cafe Live

  

  Pete Yorn and J.D. King developed their new project The Olms out of a shared love of 60s psych pop (The Byrds, The Beatles) and extended periods of studio collaboration, and brought the live band that resulted to the Non-COMM … Read More

• Non-COMM Recap: The country sounds of Marie Miller (photos, audio, setlist)
• Non-COMM Recap: Feisty funtimes with Kopecky Family Band (photos, audio, setlist)

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• Listen to Katie Crutchfield of Waxahatchee and Allison Crutchfield of Swearin' cover Grimes via Rookie Mag

  This is a pretty awesome track from the fun and talented Crutchfield sisters. For Rookie Mag’s “Theme Song” series, Katie (of Waxahatchee) and Allison (of Swearin‘) reinvented Grimes’ bubbling synthesizer racer “Oblivion” as a guitar-rock song, underscoring the 60s pop … Read More

• Non-COMM Recap: Pete Yorn and J.D. King brought The Olms to World Cafe Live
• Non-COMM Recap: The country sounds of Marie Miller (photos, audio, setlist)

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• Non-COMM Recap: Pete Yorn and J.D. King brought The Olms to World Cafe Live

  

  Pete Yorn and J.D. King developed their new project The Olms out of a shared love of 60s psych pop (The Byrds, The Beatles) and extended periods of studio collaboration, and brought the live band that resulted to the Non-COMM … Read More

• Non-COMM Recap: The country sounds of Marie Miller (photos, audio, setlist)
• Non-COMM Recap: Feisty funtimes with Kopecky Family Band (photos, audio, setlist)

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• Alice Russell and her tremendous voice wowed the Free at Noon crowd (photos, audio)

  

  English soul singer Alice Russell brought down the house at today’s WXPN Free at Noon concert. Russell and her band are on tour in support of her latest LP To Dust. Check out a gallery of photos from the performance … Read More

• Free At Noon recap: Kurt Vile and the Violators (photos, audio from the show)
• Recap: Audio, photos and set list from Bobby Long's Free At Noon at The Kimmel Center

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• The Week So Far: Eight must-read stories on The Key

  

  Lancaster’s The Stray Birds perform “Dream in Blue” for Folk Alley’s backstage sessions [link] Sellersville progressive hip-hop group I&I record an adventurous Key Studio Session [link] Get a free song from Florida’s rootsy Roadkill Ghost Choir in My Morning Download … Read More

• Tonight's Concert Picks: Ben Folds Five at The Tower, James Iha at World Cafe Live, Balmorhea at Johnny Brenda's, Los Lonely Boys at the Strand, and Chuck Prophet at the Tin Angel
• Listen to James Iha's new album Look To The Sky in full at Team Coco (playing World Cafe Live in October)

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