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Mavis Staples, whose titanic career spans the civil rights movement, Soul Train and solo work with Curtis Mayfield, Prince and Jeff Tweedy, closed the 2014 Newport Folk Festival on Sunday, July 27.

Sometimes the kids you hear on records for kids aren't really kids. In fact, there's a crew of adult singers in Nashville that specializes in sounding young — very young.

On this week's All Songs Considered, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis collaborate with fellow Seattle band Fences, plus new music from Frazey Ford, Spider Bags, Zola Jesus, GOAT and more.

The shambling folk-rock sing-alongs of this Portland group are infused with communal spirit and heart-filling inspiration. Ages and Ages performed at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival on Sunday, July 27.

A selection of 25 deep, joyful, rewarding albums from every genre, out of every corner of the world, from the first six months months of 2014, picked by NPR Music.

Ages And Ages' jubilant plea for unity and understanding on the song "Divisionary" was made for a massive group singalong. The band's latest video finally delivers it, complete with a kids choir.

Today at 4 p.m. Eastern, everyone in the U.S. is invited to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner." It's a Smithsonian tribute to the bicentennial of the anthem, a product of the War of 1812.

The band makes the kind of music that can restore your faith in humanity — for at least as long as it takes you to watch this uplifting performance in the NPR Music offices.

Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent recently brought their rousing folk-rock anthems to the KEXP studios. Watch the duo perform the dark "Shank Hill St." live on the air.

Remembering a time in America when chameleon coiffures and sand baths were all the rage.