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Nati Cano passed away in 2014, but his music lives on.

Nati Cano passed away in 2014, but his music lives on. Daniel Sheehy/Courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways hide caption

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Songs We Love: Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, 'Yo'

When mariachi musician Nato Cano died last year, the world lost a true cultural warrior. Hear a track from his posthumous album.

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Abhi Raju and Dijon Duenas are Abhi//Dijon.

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Song Premiere: Abhi//Dijon, 'Wait'

Dijon Duenas and Abhi Raju lay bare their emotions on the duo's latest single. Hear why their low-key R&B has quickly become an NPR Music favorite.

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Red River Dialect.

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All Songs Considered

Songs We Love: Red River Dialect, 'Amelia'

The English folk band's droning, banjo-and-strings driven "Amelia" is full of unrequited yearning and hard truths.

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The Icelandic group Nordic Affect has commissioned new works for its forthcoming album, Clockworking.

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Deceptive Cadence

New Music From Iceland Steps Back In Time

A quartet of Icelandic women imagines the clicks and whirs of a giant clock. The blend of strings and electronics mimics the interaction of humans and machines.

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Promised Land Sound's song "She Takes Me There" is on their new album, For Use and Delight, coming out in October.

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Songs We Love: Promised Land Sound, 'She Takes Me There'

With a sound that's at once more focused and wider-ranging than on its first album, Promised Land Sound shows why psychedelia is always a great aesthetic to revive.

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