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Members of the Brooklyn Youth Chorus perform in Bryce Dessner's Black Mountain Songs at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

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In 'Childhood's Retreat,' A Boy Climbs A Tree To View The Man He's Become

9:00am March 29, 2017

by Tom Huizenga

The collaborative spirit of Black Mountain College — once home to the likes of John Cage and Willem de Kooning — lives on in a theatrical song cycle performed by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus.

Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips is World Cafe's guest for Tuesday, March 28.

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The Flaming Lips On World Cafe

5:57pm March 28, 2017

by David Dye

Frontman Wayne Coyne says he thrives in environments that combine art and chaos. Hear that conversation, plus live performances of songs from Oczy Mlody.

Tenor Scott Joiner and mezzo-soprano Viktoria Falcone try to find love via Tinder in a still from Connection Lost: The Tinder Opera.

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'The Tinder Opera' Creators Hope You Swipe Right On Online Opera

5:55pm March 28, 2017

by Naomi Lewin

"Connection Lost: The Tinder Opera" is an 11-minute video dramatizing a young man's quest for love via the popular dating app. It marks an effort to adapt a 400-year-old art form to modern media.

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Drake Beats Drake: How Rap's Sensitive Giant Smashed Records With 'More Life'

2:06pm March 28, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

Drake set streaming records last week, an album chart record on Monday and singles chart records today. How'd he do it?

Irma Thomas contributes "Crazy Love" to the Instant Love series, which features famous love songs that were originally sung by men about women, reimagined with female vocalists.

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Songs We Love: Irma Thomas, 'Crazy Love'

2:00pm March 28, 2017

by Benjamin Naddaff-Hafrey

Thomas turns the Van Morrison classic into pure NOLA R&B, emphasizing the wonderful impracticality of unconditional love.

Adele performs at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, on March 18.

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Adele Doesn't Know If She 'Will Ever Tour Again' — But Let's Weigh The Options

1:45pm March 28, 2017

by Stephen Thompson

On stage in Australia and New Zealand, the singer has hinted at retirement in recent days. Naturally, it's time for a little idle speculation.

Clockwise from upper left: Sufjan Stevens with James McCalister, Perfume Genius, Gorillaz, The Family Crest

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New Mix: Sufjan Stevens, Gorillaz, Perfume Genius, More

1:13pm March 28, 2017

This week's essential mix includes a profoundly moving elegy to a lost sister from Hippo Campus, an electro-pop dance track from Sufjan Stevens' latest project, new music from Gorillaz and more.

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Two Inch Astronaut's new album, Can You Please Not Help, comes out June 2.

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Two Inch Astronaut Is Back Already, Shares Some Real-Talk With 'Snitch Jacket'

1:13pm March 28, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

Only a year since the last one, the D.C. post-punk band already has album number four in the bag. Hear the weirdly catchy first single from Can You Please Not Help.

A still from PWR BTTM's "Answer My Text" video.

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PWR BTTM Confronts Smartphone Loneliness In Its Video For 'Answer My Text'

11:09am March 28, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

This song's for all the dirtbags that took their sweet time to text back.

Pokey LaFarge performs on Mountain Stage.

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Watch Pokey LaFarge Perform 'Hard Times Come And Go' Live On Mountain Stage

11:00am March 28, 2017

by Joni Deutsch

The St. Louis multi-instrumentalist leads his six-piece band in a set recorded live in Charleston, W.Va.