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What started as a plan among friends to throw a great party has blossomed into a celebration of local music that now enters its seventh year.The Northside…

Singer-songwriter Chuck Prophet has released a steady stream of critically acclaimed albums in the past 17 years, notably as guitarist with the band Green on Red. He performs songs from his new album Soap and Water in NPR's Studio 4A.

When Edie Brickell & New Bohemians had a hit in 1989, the band performed "What I Am" on Saturday Night Live, where Brickell spied singer Paul Simon. Now she's teamed up with her stepson, Harper Simon, to form The Heavy Circles, an indie-rock band with dark harmonies.

The Glaswegian folk-pop band's ninth album feels light on its feet, but without sacrificing the thoughtful, careful precision for which Stuart Murdoch and his collaborators are known.

On our latest show, host Bob Boilen shows off his new-found ability to throat-sing, while introducing us to a brand new sound from the duo Wye Oak.

There's nobody named Peggy Sue — or even a Margaret or a Susan, for that matter — in the British folk-rock band. But there is a young trio comfortable with plugging in and evoking macabre moods. Singers Rosa Slade and Katy Young explain.

The Boston band's second album provides a perfect soundtrack for thoughtful, beautiful times. Gem Club reveals new intricacies on In Roses, which sounds more resplendent with more ambient passages. The voices and cello merge and weave together perfectly.

Millennial social anxiety pairs with breezy, effortlessly cool surf-rock on Alvvays, and the combination is irresistible. The Toronto band's beach-pop seems to come straight from the California shore.

This week's All Songs Considered features Bon Iver's "Hey, Ma," released just this week, French Vanilla's sax-driven throwback "Suddenly," and more. It'll leave you asking, "What's a porn crumpet?"

Marty Balin was a co-founder and lead singer of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship. At their height both bands were among the hottest in America. Balin has died at age 76.