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  • #5043 New Releases, August 2025

    Hear new music by Chicago-based composer trio of violist Whitney Johnson, cellist Lia Kohl, and violinist Macie Stewart; guitarist Steve Gunn, and Mauritanian griot Noura Mint Seymali.  Aug 29, 2025

    #5043 New Releases, August 2025
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    Weekly Music Roundup: Trombone Shorty, Silvana Estrada, and Grandbrothers

    This week, Trombone Shorty celebrates New Orleans’ resilience; Mavis Staples announces a new album, and Spoon makes a surprise return. Also, music by Silvana Estrada and Grandbrothers. Aug 29, 2025

    Weekly Music Roundup: Trombone Shorty, Silvana Estrada, and Grandbrothers
  • #5041, With Composer Jeffrey Brooks: The Memory Palace

    Minneapolis-based composer Jeffrey Brooks (a longtime associate of new music champions Bang On A Can) presents new aural atmospherics involving the Stein-o-caster from his latest album. Aug 27, 2025

    #5041, With Composer Jeffrey Brooks: The Memory Palace
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    Inuk Singer-Songwriter Elisapie Transforms Her Heritage

    The singer Elisapie is an Inuk musician, filmmaker, advocate, and writer who has become a nationally-celebrated figure in Canada – her portrait appears on a postage stamp in that coun... Aug 21, 2025

    Inuk Singer-Songwriter Elisapie Transforms Her Heritage
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    Adrian Quesada Revives Dramatic Vintage Latin Pop, With Guest Vocalists

    Adrian Quesada is probably best known as one of the two co-founders of the psychedelic soul band Black Pumas, but the guitarist and producer has also been part of Grupo Fantasma, Brow... Aug 28, 2025

    Adrian Quesada Revives Dramatic Vintage Latin Pop, With Guest Vocalists
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    Guitar-Oriented Rock Band We Are Scientists' Twist on Nostalgia, In-Studio

    Named after being mis-identified while returning a uHaul, the pop’n’roll band We Are Scientists has been making melancholic, nostalgic, and melodic songs, familiar and fun, for some 2... Aug 18, 2025

    Guitar-Oriented Rock Band We Are Scientists' Twist on Nostalgia, In-Studio

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