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Joaquin Diaz says he didn’t choose the accordion — the accordion chose him.

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It’s not as if Jets Overhead thought the songs from their forthcoming Bystander EP weren’t good enough to appear on their 2009 record, No Nations. Even though the six songs are B-sides from the album’s recording session, lead singer Adam Kittredge (far left) says it was the strength of the tunes that caused the band to set them aside, not their weakness.

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It seems appropriate that “Mustt Mustt” makes not one, not two, but three appearances on Kiran Ahluwalia’s new record. After all, it was the song that brought the Indo-Canadian musician and the legendary Tuareg band Tinariwen together in the first place.

When Jon Cohen’s tour bus pulls into town this Friday, it will be a sight to behold. The bus is massive, capable of holding dozens of people with plenty of room for instruments in the storage bins underneath; the vehicle’s polished chrome and comfortable seats would make even the most established entertainers jealous. The bus, however, does not belong to Cohen — he will be pulling in on a Greyhound, his transportation of choice for the entirety of the tour thus far.

I’ve long been fascinated with religion and the ways in which the best of intentions can become so completely screwed up.