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Videos of the Day – week of 11/6/17

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Videos of the Day – week of 11/6/17

11/6 – this charity track was the #1 selling song in the US a couple weeks ago. As the situation in Puerto Rico remains dire, here’s the story behind Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 1st Top 40 hit

11/7 – the new Haim video explores the distance between country line dancing & coordinated wedding dancing, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

11/8 – Maggie Rogers has a new song & video out!  Looks like she’s been having fun touring the world for the 1st time this year…

11/9 – leader of Kill Rock Stars’ fiery garage-rock ensemble Summer Cannibals, Jessica Boudreaux goes in a more pop-synth sonic direction for her debut solo album, No Fury, which came out Friday.  Here’s the 1st single.

11/10 – Where Belle & Sebastian meets Joni Mitchell, The Weather Station just released their (her) acclaimed 4th album last month.  You may have heard her recently on E-Town…here’s the latest video.

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