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FIRST LISTEN First Listen: Thelonious Monk, 'Paris 1969' The pianist's first visit to France and the 3,000-seat Salle Pleyel concert hall ended in disaster. Fifteen years later, after he became an international star, Monk returned to the same stage with his own band, planning a surprise. Stream the album

WORLD CAFE Metric On World Cafe Vocalist-keyboardist Emily Haines and guitarist James Shaw discuss how the evolution of Toronto's music scene helped foster the band's success. Hear the two perform a stripped-down set of songs from Metric's latest album,Synthetica, for this Sense of Place feature. Hear the session

LIVE IN CONCERT Sound Opinions Presents Savages, Live In Concert Watch the post-punk band's live concert at Chicago's Lincoln Hall in its entirety, presented by Sound Opinions. Watch the concert

THE MIX Northern Soul: When Britain Raved To R&B Fifteen years before the first East London warehouse party, young Brits congregated in dancehalls and partied all night to rare American R&B music. Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Northern Soul all-nighter with a 24/7 channel devoted to the best R&B you've likely never heard. Stream the mix

DECEPTIVE CADENCE Act Like You Know: Benjamin Britten Britain's artistic idol would be 100 this Friday. We've got your cheat sheet to his music and life. Read this story