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Tucker, a founding member of the band Sleater-Kinney, is back with a new group, The Corin Tucker Band, and an album called 1,000 Years. Rock critic Ken Tucker says the record has an "air of heavy but often beautiful melancholy."

The Decemberists' albums have been characterized by a wide variety of styles, from indie-rock minimalism to art-rock expansiveness. Rock critic Ken Tucker says the band's new album, The King Is Dead, is its best album so far.

Pacheco was a prolific songwriter and musical arranger whose work helped fuel the careers of Celia Cruz and Ruben Blades.

The former member of influential noise rock band Sonic Youth talks about her first solo album since the band's breakup in 2011.

Ian Parton used to be the band's sole member, but his love of horns, hip-hop samples and female singers means the group keeps getting bigger. Proof of Youth, the band's second album, is just as fun as Thunder, Lightning, Strike, but stronger and louder.

Bassist Andy Noble and vocalist Black Wolf are leaders of the Milwaukee-based soul band Kings Go Forth. They're also part of an international soul revival that includes Duffy and Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings. Kings Go Forth's debut album, The Outsiders Are Back, looks to hip-hop for inspiration.

Formed in the late '90s by guitarists and singer-songwriters Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley, the Drive-By Truckers hit a peak of critical success with its 2001 release Southern Rock Opera. Critic Ken Tucker says their latest album, The Big To-Do, is "head-clearingly refreshing."

After more than four years without a new album, the glam-rock band has released Night Work. The record is both playful and sexual, as evidenced by the provocative Robert Mapplethorpe photo on the CD cover, and continues to build on Scissor Sisters' go-go club foundation.

Brownsville's darkwave duo joins TPR Music and dives into San Antonio Post-Punk for a special episode of Digging SA.

Muldaur's new double CD, His Last Letter, traces the musical influences of his life, and is arranged for, and performed with, Dutch chamber musicians. Originally broadcast December 2009.