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If you love independent music and love digging deep for rare tracks by your favorite bands, then "Live at KDHX, Volume 9" is the compilation you've been waiting for.

KDHX has been hosting live music in-studio since the day we began broadcasting on 88.1 FM, nearly 24 years ago. Recently, we developed a system for volunteers to produce video of these sessions -- giving the public a peek into the studios of KDHX.

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Live at KDHX, Vol. 8 isn’t just a music anthology. It’s a 22-track mixtape, selected with care, sequenced with love, and remixed and mastered to capture all the warmth and intimacy of the Magnolia Avenue Studios. And needless to say, it rocks (and swings and twangs and grooves) with the spirit of independent radio in St. Louis, 88.1 KDHX.

Celia isn't just a kid's entertainer -- she's fronted rock bands big and small, and also performed solo, acoustic for adult audiences -- but she has a special knack for making a never-condescending connection with children.

Like a magpie drawn to shiny baubles, a listener can be lured to Islands for its off-kilter world with glittery beats tucked inside catchy hooks. Dynamic front man Nick Diamonds and guitarist Geordie Gordon brought their pleasantly strange musical stylings to town with an acoustic stop at KDHX.

Winners of the 2009 Telluride Bluegrass Competition, the HillBenders are on the leading edge of the "new" newgrass scene. Splitting the difference between polished bluegrass and free-spirited acoustic blues and rock, the Springfield, Mo.-based band journeyed Down Yonder for a live session.

Between bathos and pathos, soul and smarts, rock and folk, the songs and sound of Frightened Rabbit have a tendency to get inside your head and never leave. That's what great pop music does, and the band illustrates the axiom during a live session at KDHX.

Experimenting within the boundaries established by post-rock stalwarts Explosions in the Sky and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, St. Louis band Huntergatherer balances the solemnity of the genre with swelling action and brooding intensity.

Longtime leader of Chicago rock band Dolly Varden, Steve Dawson expanded his sonic and lyrical range with the solo album Sweet Is the Anchor in 2004, and now, with I Will Miss the Trumpets and the Drums, he's continuing to explore the possibilities of solo recording.

With a rock anthem-style that is both catchy and head-bang worthy, the Whigs have rocketed from college band-next door to overnight stardom.

Zach Hill is a self-taught drummer, but his home schooling is insanely advanced. Genres and styles -- from math rock to free jazz to metal to experimental rock -- barely hint at his mad skills. Hill paid a visit to KDHX for a smashing and thrashing live performance.

Texas is known for giving rise to scores of influential artists in a host of genres, but bluegrass isn't among them. Cadillac Sky may be changing all that. Fusing the harmonies and rhythmic power of bluegrass with the reckless drive and expressive songwriting of rock & roll, the band paid a visit to KDHX for a live performance.

Slip into a dreamlike trance to the eerily methodical rhythm of St. Louis artist Cassie Morgan and the Lonely Pine. The duo showcased its distinctive sound and songs from the new album Weathered Hands, Weary Eyes during a live session at KDHX.

Graceful, gentle and yet spirited, 3 Penny Acre combines the unplugged sounds of bluegrass with a slightly more contemporary edge of Americana and singer-songwriter folk.

A veteran progressive pop band from Chicago, Cheer-Accident somehow manage to combine an uptempo, danceable sound, with a post-punk, art-damaged sensibility.

Simon and Garfunkel were one of the most significant pop acts of the '60s, but their influence has waned. Enter the Northwoods, who seem to have an unwritten mission to update the sweet and sensitive pop style.  

There are super groups and then there are superb groups. Consider the Notable Haberdashers both. This 7-piece St. Louis band puts their twang where their ten-gallon hats are. It's the sound of honky tonk, Western Swing and classic hillbilly music as only the veterans can play it.

Not only does Richie Kihlken refuse to limit himself to a single genre; the man refuses to be anchored to one instrument as well. The self-proclaimed "original cover artist" showcased his innovative one-man-band live in the studios of KDHX.

When you're the granddaughter of Woody Guthrie and the daughter of Arlo Guthrie, expectations run, expectedly, high.

When a band gets acronymized, you know they've made some kind of mark. B.R.M.C., Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, have left a scar-deep imprint on rock music by combining Brit boldness with back-to-basics roots: primal blues, hard guitars, old leather and a ferocious performance style. Even stripped down and acoustic, the band can tear your head off.

Punk is many things to many people, but to the Humanoids it's all about the rock -- hard, fast and out of control. Hear them demolish the Magnolia Avenue Studio during a live performance for the
Space Parlour: Live in St. Louis Series.

What do you get when you take three budding singer-songwriters from Austin, Texas and consolidate them into one band? The short answer is simple: Band of Heathens. More specifically though, you end up with an extremely versatile Americana outfit whose musicianship is just as impressive as their lyrics and delivery.

The Blind Eyes evolved out of retro garage band the Gentlemen Callers to become one of Saint Louis' most reliable indie rock outfits. The group brings its upbeat, hook-laden pop to the Magnolia Avenue Studios of KDHX as part of the Space Parlour: Live In St. Louis Series.