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There really was no precedent for Maybelle Carter, who learned to play from her own mother and spent much of her life teaching her children — as well as generations of country stars that followed.

The owners of the Red Dog mine in northwest Alaska will pay a fine rather than pipe treated wastewater past a village, which the company says is not…

Writers from across the public radio map pick the best songs they've heard this year.

The Beach Boys' co-founder, songwriter and producer transformed pop music into high art and became America's answer to The Beatles' Lennon and McCartney in the process.

House and Senate budget negotiators yesterday reached agreement on one part of the state budget before them. They agreed to fully fund the per-student…

Fugazi's Brendan Canty and Joe Lally have combined with D.C. guitarist Anthony Pirog for a power trio with an eye towards punk reinvention.

Snail Mail's sleepy songs have a way of waking you up. Watch the band perform music from its quietly stunning Habit EP, plus a new song played solo by Lindsey Jordan.

The British pop-punk band writes songs from the perspective of social misfits, while remaining devoted to providing a voice for anyone who's felt like an outsider.

On its new album, the Philly rock band rattles the rafters with grace, power and concision. These are songs by and for the alienated, out-of-place, searching and otherwise disconnected.

The Virginia metal band's third album transcends era and genre, thanks to the group's ear for deceptively infectious songwriting — not to mention Dorthia Cottrell's gutsy, hypnotic voice.