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Andrew Bird's new album, Are You Serious, is out now.

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On Andrew Bird's Latest, Real Life Takes The Reins

5:15pm April 17, 2016

by NPR Staff

"All my songs are personal on some level; it's just a matter of how much that personal thing is buried." Bird says that on the new album Are You Serious, his private world has bubbled to the surface.

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Songs We Love: Carly Rae Jepsen, 'Run Away With Me (Patrick Stump Remix)'

12:53pm April 16, 2016

by Daoud Tyler-Ameen

The Fall Out Boy frontman delivers a whip-smart remix that dares to treat Jepsen as more than a meme.

My bubba is Guðbjörg "Bubba" Tómasdóttir and My Larsdotter.

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On 'Big Bad Good,' My Bubba Finds A Way To Be Quiet In A Loud World

8:45am April 16, 2016

by NPR Staff

"We wanted to explore that quality of a newly born song and try to catch it," My Larsdotter says of the new album, which blends the duo's Scandinavian heritage with bluegrass, country and blues.

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Owner Bob Koester at the Jazz Record Mart in Chicago, which closed last month.

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A Remembrance For Chicago's Jazz Record Mart

8:45am April 16, 2016

by Howard Mandel

People from all over the world went to visit the record store, which has closed after more than 60 years. In an age of online shopping, customers remember it as a unique brick-and-mortar experience.

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Cate Le Bon's fourth album, Crab Day, was released April 15.

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'The World Is Absolute Nonsense': The Cosmic Quest Of Cate Le Bon

7:00am April 16, 2016

by Paula Mejia

Welsh songwriter Cate Le Bon's stage name is a joke that went too far. For years, she celebrated her birthday on the wrong day. Like her life, her new album, Crab Day, is freewheeling but focused.

Why Do Some Pop Songs Become American Bar Classics?

7:21pm April 15, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to writer Kenny Herzog about why some songs turn into American bar classics.

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Across The Blue Ridge #16 - Cultural Crossroads: David Grisman & Del McCoury On Tour

4:48pm April 15, 2016

by Paul Brown

Mandolinist and tunesmith David Grisman has established broad appeal among acoustic music lovers with his deft combination of Django Reinhardt-inspired jazz, Grateful Dead-infused rock, bluegrass a

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The Flaming Lips in a still from the group's new video for 'Space Oddity'

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Watch The Flaming Lips Cover David Bowie's 'Space Oddity'

4:46pm April 15, 2016

by Jackson Sinnenberg

The Flaming Lips turn a classic Bowie number into a touching, psychedelic memorial.

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Guest Dose: DJ JNETT

4:35pm April 15, 2016

by Piotr Orlov

"It went from my mother saying 'turn it down' to my kids saying 'turn it down,'" says Janette Pitruzzello, a 47-year-old mother of two who doubles as one of Melbourne's top DJs.

The Lumineers perform for World Cafe at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia.

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The Lumineers On World Cafe

3:13pm April 15, 2016

Hear the hit-making folk-rock band perform songs from its new album, Cleopatra.