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Return to Forever returns to the stage

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The jazz-rock superstar group from the 1970s broke ground in the jazz world and changed its sound for years to come.
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Meet the Eels

Mark Oliver Everett from the band The Eels talks about why he has always had a rotating band, and how sick he is of self-reflection....
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Peabody Award-Winner 'Whole Lotta Shakin'

PRI's documentary series traces the roots of rockabilly and celebrates it stars -- Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly and others....
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Mo'Rockin Project blends oud and jazz

Yassir Chadley, an oud player, recently teamed up with acclaimed jazz trumpet player Kahlil Shaheed. They call themselves the Mo'Rockin Project....
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The rise and fall of Jamaica's music scene

The 1960s and '70s were the heyday of the cool music scene in Jamaica. This report looks at the rise and fall of the scene....
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Global Hip Hop

Chinese rapper Wang Xiaolei looks to Jay-Z as a model and brings a taste of China to the hip hop world....
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Will the music disappear?

Folklorist Art Rosenbaum and 80-year old singer Mary Lomax talk with Faith about a new collection of old songs, 'The Art of Field Recording Volume 1."...
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The Orb

Original Orb members get back together on a new CD of hallucinogenic grooves and surreal landscapes called "The Dream." ...
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Record producer & musician T-Bone Burnett

Record producers are not often household names, but T-Bone Burnett comes close....
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Al Jarreau 'Love Songs'

On 'The Tavis Smiley Show,' Grammy Award-winning jazz maven Al Jarreau talks about his latest album release....
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