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Tiny Desk Concert with Carrie Rodriguez.

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Carrie Rodriguez: Tiny Desk Concert

9:00am May 27, 2016

by Felix Contreras

On her new album Lola, Rodriguez's bi-cultural life blossoms into a spectacular collection of stories and songs, several of which she performs in this Tiny Desk concert with guitarist Luke Jacobs.

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'Presenting Princess Shaw': The Unlikely Story Of Samantha Montgomery

6:59am May 27, 2016

by Eve Troeh

Samantha Montgomery is an elder-care worker in New Orleans who also writes and sings her own songs on YouTube. A composer in Israel spotted her and via social media, they began to work together.

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The Thistle & Shamrock: Swannanoa Memories, Part 2

4:48pm May 26, 2016

Hear more highlights from the gathering in the North Carolina mountains, captured over many years.

Quilt outside of the World Cafe performance studio.

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Quilt On World Cafe

3:44pm May 26, 2016

The Brooklyn band has solidified its psychedelic sound on its new album, Plaza. Hear a conversation and performance.

A still from The Wild Reeds' "Everything Looks Better (In Hindsight)" video.

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First Watch: The Wild Reeds, 'Everything Looks Better (In Hindsight)'

2:58pm May 26, 2016

by Bob Boilen

The sound of The Wild Reeds is the sound of three singers propelled by great rhythms and memorable songs. On "Everything Looks Better," they sing of nostalgia and the ways it tricks memories.

This week's episode of Alt.Latino features a song from Buyepongo.

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Thelma & Luis: An Alt.Latino Road Trip With Attitude

2:34pm May 26, 2016

by Felix Contreras

The lure of the open road was too much to resist this week, so Alt.Latino turns the volume up on a collection that includes Central American heavy metal, Cuban guitar jazz and Brazilian DJs.

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Fox/Soper Duo Opens Portals To Neon Realms In 'I' Video

1:00pm May 26, 2016

by Lars Gotrich

The synth/drum duo whirs and explodes like Sun Ra leading a psychotropic industrial punk band. Faces melt and blizzards dissolve ice mountains in Soper's video.

Lapsley performs live in the studio for KCRW.

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Watch Lapsley Perform 'Love Is Blind' Live In The Studio

12:40pm May 26, 2016

by Jason Bentley

The Liverpool singer performs a ballad from her debut album for KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic.

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Songs We Love: Claude VonStroke, 'Who's Afraid Of Detroit (Octave One Remix)'

11:48am May 26, 2016

by Piotr Orlov

A instant community anthem upon its release 10 years ago, the driving tech-house track is reworked by the brotherly Detroit duo that inspired Claude VonStroke.

Michael Chioldi (far left) as Baron Scarpia in a January production of Puccini's Tosca by the newly reformed New York City Opera.

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The Resurrected New York City Opera's Ambitious New Season

11:31am May 26, 2016

by Tom Huizenga

From the ashes of bankruptcy, can a rebooted company relive its glory days? Its new general director discusses the past, present and future.