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Weekend LISTening: Thanksgiving Family Jams

Clockwise from upper left: Arcade Fire by Guy Aroch, Tegan And Sara, Shovels & Rope by Leslie Ryann Mckellar, HAIM by Tom Beard
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Clockwise from upper left: Arcade Fire by Guy Aroch, Tegan And Sara, Shovels & Rope by Leslie Ryann Mckellar, HAIM by Tom Beard

If you're like many Americans, chances are your Thanksgiving plans involve a healthy dose of family time. Maybe you're thankful to sit around the table with relatives you love, or maybe you'll be thankful when the holiday is over and they leave. Either way, here are 10 musical families you might not mind talking tofurkey with.

Bonus: Scroll to the bottom (or just click here) for a complete Spotify playlist featuring family bands. It's guaranteed to get you through that road trip to your in-laws' place in the suburbs, or just drown out any dinner-conversation-turned-political-debate.

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Talia Schlanger hosts World Cafe, which is distributed by NPR and produced by WXPN, the public radio service of the University of Pennsylvania. She got her start in broadcasting at the CBC, Canada's national public broadcaster. She hosted CBC Radio 2 Weekend Mornings on radio and was the on-camera host for two seasons of the television series CBC Music: Backstage,as well as several prime-time music TV specials for CBC, including the Quietest Concert Ever: On Fundy's Ocean Floor. Schlanger also guest hosted various flagship shows on CBC Radio One, including As It Happens, Day 6and Because News. Schlanger also won a Canadian Screen Award as a producer for CBC Music Presents: The Beetle Roadtrip Sessions, a cross-country rock 'n' roll road trip.