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Our music tells us, though not always clearly, what's ahead. It always has. What is today's music saying about tomorrow?
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Our music tells us, though not always clearly, what's ahead. It always has. What is today's music saying about tomorrow?

For fans of Jackson Browne's quieter style of pop music and intimate lyrics, the L.A.-based quartet Dawes is definitely worth a listen.

The Bee Gees will forever be linked with "Saturday Night Fever," but they had been building up to that moment of stardom for years.

Steely Dan set the standard for jazz/rock/pop. Here's one band (kinda) following in those large footsteps, in the first of our "If You Like" series.

Hall and Oates. Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. Sonny & Cher. Simon & Garfunkel. Pop duos used to be popular and successful. What's changed?