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FKA Twigs
FKA Twigs
FKA Twigs

“Everything I’ve previously done with my body, all the training and dancing, has led to this point.”

 
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Plastic Ants
Plastic Ants
Plastic Ants

In 2009, singer-guitarist Robert Cherry formed Plastic Ants, a heady indie rock act that makes restrained, moody music that sounds influenced by classic British acts such as David Bowie and Roxy Music.  Currently based in Cinci...

 
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Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon photo by Jared Slomoff
Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon photo by Jared Slomoff
Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon photo by Jared Slomoff

"There are overdubs, but it’s still more like you’re in a cafe or a living room with these two guys."

 
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Carlos Vives by Photo Credit: Andrés Oyuela
Carlos Vives by Photo Credit: Andrés Oyuela
Carlos Vives by Photo Credit: Andrés Oyuela

"Much of the joy that has made Colombian music famous comes from the spirituality of those ancient cultures."

 
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Lydia Loveless by Megan Toenyes
Lydia Loveless by Megan Toenyes
Lydia Loveless by Megan Toenyes

“Recording brought things back into focus. I couldn’t back out of playing and explaining my songs and vision.”

 
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Joe Wong photo by Sam Macon
Joe Wong photo by Sam Macon
Joe Wong photo by Sam Macon

"I still remember buying 'The Soft Bulletin' on CD at Newbury Comics in Boston and listening in awe until the AA batteries in my Discman died.

 
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Baby Queen
Baby Queen
Baby Queen

"I realized that I love dark, complex lyrics over a really happy-go-lucky chord progression."

 
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Open Mike Eagle by Kim Newmoney
Open Mike Eagle by Kim Newmoney
Open Mike Eagle by Kim Newmoney

"Before the world went to shit I was already in the middle of a few personal crises.”

 
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Jeff Tweedy How to Write One Song
Jeff Tweedy How to Write One Song
Jeff Tweedy How to Write One Song

“The feeling I get when I write — the sense that time is simultaneously expanding and disappearing — that I’m simultaneously more me and also free of me — is the main reason I wanted to put my thoughts on songwriting down in bo...

 
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Billy Pilgrim photo by Michael McLaughlin
Billy Pilgrim photo by Michael McLaughlin
Billy Pilgrim photo by Michael McLaughlin

"I don’t want to live in fear anymore."