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This captivating group, spawned from the ashes of the band Sound Team, mixes nostalgic '60s and '70s music with refreshing modern sounds. Combining subtle folk with electronics, keyboards and Brian Wilson-esque harmonies, Sunset has created a deeply compelling sound.

For decades, singer songwriter Geoff Muldaur has been reinterpreting blues and jazz of the '20s and '30s. Today, we'll play some of the tracks from Muldaur's new album, Texas Sheiks, and he'll perform some songs live. Muldaur's band, also called Texas Sheiks, is currently on tour.

Although Real Estate's debut album was released in November, it still feels like a breezy summer night. With just a pinch of catchy pop, the band plays melodic arrangements without making the hooks overly apparent.

It's true: Bill Frisell wears glasses, dresses casually and is modest and soft-spoken in person. But instead of stepping into a phone booth to put on a cape, he straps on his trusty Fender Telecaster and strides onstage at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater with his trio.

Listening to the tightly knit harmonies, soaring fiddle and complex string arrangements of The Lovell Sisters, it might surprise some people to learn that these siblings are each well under 30. With the much-anticipated release of their second studio album this past April, enthusiasm for the trio is growing internationally.

The music of Rodrigo y Gabriela combines delicate flamenco and metal-influenced lead guitar with stunningly percussive rhythmic strumming. Their covers of Metallica and Led Zepplin showcase their melding of hard rock and classical Spanish styles. But most of their music is original, and all of it instrumental.

On a wet, chilly October afternoon, the prodigiously talented young jazz pianist Eldar visited the KPLU performance studio in Seattle. He immediately warmed everyone up with his outgoing personality and stunning solo piano work.

In classical-music terms, "New Music" is always complicated to define. Yes, it's the current manifestation of the classical tradition, but these days, the edges of so-called New Music tend to bleed into the realms of ambient music, indie rock, jazz and even folk. So, rather than get bogged down in picky rules, Q2's Nadia Sirota simply opts for the 10 records from the past year that she can't stop playing.

Vic Chesnutt was paralyzed from the waist down at the age of 18, but he's still a massively productive songwriter. Chesnutt has fifteen albums under his belt and his songs have been covered by Madonna, Smashing Pumpkins, and R.E.M. His new album, At The Cut, is a collaboration with Guy Picciotto of the band Fugazi.

There are no second acts for supervillains, especially if they manage to conquer the world. In the early part of the century, 50 Cent rose to fame as hip-hop's resident antihero, and has been witnessing diminishing commercial returns ever since. The winkingly titled Before I Self Destruct is a statement of non-statement; it finds 50 Cent quietly settling comfortably into his niche.