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2:48 am
Thu June 21, 2012

Fred Hammond: A 'Phenomenon' On The Gospel Chart

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Gospel singer Fred Hammond has cranked out a chart-topping single.
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Originally published on Thu June 21, 2012 5:21 am

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All Songs Considered Blog
6:13 pm
Wed June 20, 2012

The Drop: UZ Sets A Trap

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Originally published on Wed June 20, 2012 6:59 pm

There's an overwhelming amount of electronic music available on the web, and every week a new crop emerges. Countless remixes, edits and mashups make their way through the web every day. It's a lot to sift through; everyone could use a little help.

The music I'm obsessed with this week is an EP called Trap S--- by a producer named UZ.

We don't know much about UZ — I spoke with him over email, but his alias was about all the guy would reveal about himself. The name of his EP is a profane piece of slang that the producer traces back to hip-hop.

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Wednesdays Become Eclectic
5:39 pm
Wed June 20, 2012

KCRW Presents: Ane Brun

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Originally published on Wed June 20, 2012 7:50 pm

During a recent video to the KCRW studios, Ane Brun danced her way through a performance of her single "Do You Remember," her hands waving in the air as if she were conducting the song.

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Live At The Village Vanguard
2:27 pm
Wed June 20, 2012

Marc Ribot Trio: Live At The Village Vanguard

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From left, Marc Ribot (guitar), Chad Taylor (drums) and Henry Grimes (bass) performed at the Village Vanguard in New York City on Wednesday, June 27, 2012.
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... then switched over to violin during Ayler's "Spirits."
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Chad Taylor made a name for himself in the 1990s as part of the Chicago Underground Duo and Trio, with cornetist Rob Mazurek and guitarist Jeff Parker.
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Henry Grimes, who once performed with Ayler, Don Cherry and Charles Mingus, made one of the most remarkable comebacks in jazz history when he returned to the scene after 35 years in 2002.
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Ribot's trio covered songs from Albert Ayler and John Coltrane, both of whom recorded legendary albums at the Vanguard.
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From left, Marc Ribot (guitar), Chad Taylor (drums) and Henry Grimes (bass) performed at the Village Vanguard in New York City on Wednesday, June 27, 2012.
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Chad Taylor chills out before Wednesday night's opening set.
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Marc Ribot had a famous visitor pay his respects back stage at the Vanguard: Elvis Costello.
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Henry Grimes backstage.
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Henry Grimes spent the night's opening song, Albert Ayer's "Bells," on bass ...
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Originally published on Thu June 28, 2012 8:40 pm

The guitarist Marc Ribot has played in just about every conceivable setting in New York City. But through his involvement in punk bands, funk and soul groups, film scoring, the noise community, session work with rootsy singer-songwriters, South American and Caribbean folkloric projects, the contemporary classical scene and all the other experiments, he's also long held a love of jazz, from its hairiest to most clean-shaven expressions.

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Field Recordings
1:14 pm
Wed June 20, 2012

Metric In A Non-Synthetic Situation

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Metric performs a Field Recording backstage at Sasquatch! Music Festival at the Gorge Amphitheater in George, WA on May 26, 2012.
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Metric performs for a Field Recording backstage at Sasquatch! Music Festival at the Gorge Amphitheater in George, WA on May 26, 2012.
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By Amy Schriefer

In a matter of minutes, Metric singer Emily Haines and guitarist James Shaw went from rocking in front of thousands of fans on the main stage of the Sasquatch Music Festival to hiking through a rumored thicket of rattlesnakes overlooking the Columbia River. The duo gamely made the trek for an acoustic performance of "Synthetica," the title track from Metric's new record.

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