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World Cafe
9:50 am
Tue June 19, 2012

Nils Lofgren On World Cafe

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Nils Lofgren specializes in high-energy blues-rock.
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Nils Lofgren has built a stellar reputation as a masterful guitarist in both solo and collaborative endeavors, and his extensive discography showcases a unique brand of high-energy blues-rock.

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First Listen
9:35 am
Tue June 19, 2012

First Listen: Kevin Saunderson, 'KMS 25th Anniversary Classics'

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Detroit producer Kevin Saunderson was part of techno's first wave in the 1980s.
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Kevin Saunderson
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Originally published on Thu July 12, 2012 4:06 pm

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Kevin Saunderson worked as a security guard in a Detroit hospital when he started KMS Records in 1987 — humble beginnings for a man who would come to be known as one of the godfathers of techno.

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Mountain Stage
9:24 am
Tue June 19, 2012

Foster And Lloyd On Mountain Stage

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Radney Foster (left) and Bill Lloyd perform together for the first time since 1991.

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The reunited country-pop pioneers in Foster & Lloyd return to Mountain Stage with songs from their first album together in more than 20 years, It's Already Tomorrow. With an influential sound that drew as much from The Beatles as Buck Owens, Bill Lloyd and Radney Foster rose to fame in the late '80s, during a remarkable period of creativity in country music.

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Monkey See
9:15 am
Tue June 19, 2012

Silverdocs: How Journey Found A New Lead Singer And Made Friends In Manila

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Arnel Pineda became the lead singer of Journey in late 2007.
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Originally published on Tue June 19, 2012 12:49 pm

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Deceptive Cadence
8:29 am
Tue June 19, 2012

Finding The Right Teacher For Your Music-Loving Kid

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How do you match your child with someone competent, trustworthy and inspiring?
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Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 3:45 pm

With the current school year wrapping up and our thoughts turning to how to make next year even better, we're teaming up with our friends at From the Top to create "The Young Person's Guide to Making Music." All this week, we're tackling topics for music-loving kids and their families, from how to choose the right instrument to vanquishing the audition monster, with lo

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