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His publicist said Tuesday that Watts “passed away peacefully in a London hospital earlier today surrounded by his family.”

Begin your week with three new songs hand-picked for your playlist: Ashland band Slow Corpse, Portland soul singer Ural Thomas and the gifted songwriter Julien Baker.

Eric Earley plays a solo set from the band's thoughtful new record, "Holy Smokes Future Jokes," and talks about its origins.

Beyoncé‘s highly anticipated new project, “Black Is King” has arrived on Disney+. Deemed “a celebratory memoir for the world on the Black experience” in a press release, “Black Is King” includes a cast of notable and familiar faces, such Lupita Nyong’o, Kelly Rowland, Pharrell Williams and JAY-Z, and moves across the world — New York, Los Angeles, South Africa, West Africa, London and Belgium — to capture the performances of actors and dancers as they appear in varied tableaus.

Calexico play songs in a vineyard on the grounds of historic Edgefield in Troutdale, OR and chat with us about their new album Edge Of The Sun.