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Tegan and Sara (Lindsey Byrnes)

Tegan and Sara’s call to arms: “The worst thing that could happen right now in the LGBT community is that we become apathetic”

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Andrew Bird (Reuben Cox)

Andrew Bird gets confessional, at last: “I really wanted to make a less whimsical, more visceral, grab-you-in-the-gut kind of record”

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Thao Nguyen of Thao and the Get Down Stay Down (Maria Kanevskaya)

“I’m just weeping and weeping”: Thao Nguyen on how Marilynne Robinson’s “Gilead” set the tone for her new album

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(John Huba)

Natalie Merchant sees right through the sexist music industry: “The patriarchy wants to dispose of women at a certain age”

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(Laura Wilson)

Josh Ritter preaches his “messianic oracular honky tonk”: “I don’t feel a huge connection to religion, except as a large accumulation of confusing, confusing stories”

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Jason Isbell (David Mcclister)

Jason Isbell’s dream to make a “ridiculous wanking guitar” album: “I have to be so damn tasteful all the time when I’m playing my own songs”

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Laura Marling (AP/Rich Fury)

“If you identify with a particular religion, you’re negating someone else’s”: Laura Marling on identity, the art world and her new electric sound

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Zola Jesus (Jeff Elstone)

Zola Jesus: I hope my music helps people who are struggling with anxiety

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Neko Case (AP/Dan Hallman)

Neko Case on reproductive rights: “If we are going to jail, the men are coming too”

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