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Songs We Love: Drive-By Truckers, 'Surrender Under Protest'

9:30am June 21, 2016

by Ann Powers

The band fully enters the present political moment with a mighty song inspired by civil rights activists' campaign to remove the Confederate flag from the South Carolina Statehouse.

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Music Review: 'Woman At The End Of The World,' Elza Soares

6:06pm June 20, 2016

Michelle Mercer reviews a new album about the darker side of Brazilian life by a samba legend — Woman at the End of the World by Elza Soares.

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Kaytranada's song "Bullets (feat. Little Dragon)" is featured on this week's episode of Metropolis.

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Metropolis: 6/18/16

5:37pm June 20, 2016

KCRW's Jason Bentley spins music by Sade, Maceo Plex and Kaytranada in this week's two-hour EDM mix.

Onstage at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, students perform an original song inspired by Revolutionary Era history.

'Hamilton': A Story Of US

4:09pm June 20, 2016

Meet the high school students who, inspired by the hit Broadway musical, are rapping, singing and re-enacting American history lessons in their own way.

Tomi Lunsford at EastSide Manor Studios in Nashville, Tenn.

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Nashville Sessions: Tomi Lunsford

3:59pm June 20, 2016

by Ann Powers

For every insurgent new country star, Nashville boasts a dozen musicians who've perfected their art over many years. Hear a session with one such exceptional, undersung talent.

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World Cafe Next: The Mystery Lights

3:30pm June 20, 2016

The Queens garage-rock band inaugurates Daptone Records' new rock imprint, Wick Records.

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Brandy Clark: Tiny Desk Concert

2:18pm June 20, 2016

by Jacob Ganz

The country singer-songwriter has a rare gift for making any room feel warmly human. Watch Brandy Clark perform three songs from her new album, Big Day In A Small Town.

Neko Case, k.d. lang, and Laura Veirs visited OPB in Portland to perform a First Listen Live of their new album, case/lang/veirs.

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First Listen Live: Watch Neko Case, k.d. lang And Laura Veirs Perform Their New Album

1:13pm June 20, 2016

by Dave Christensen

The songwriting supergroup performs their new album, case/lang/veirs, in its entirety at OPB in Portland. Watch the concert right here.

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Viking's Choice: Touché Amoré, 'Palm Dreams'

1:00pm June 20, 2016

by Lars Gotrich

Coming from a post-hardcore band that's always worn a heart on its sleeve, "Palm Dreams" is wide-eyed in its heartache, brought on by a perspective found only in loss.

A still from Karl Blau's "That's How I Got To Memphis" video.

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Songs We Love: Karl Blau, 'That's How I Got To Memphis'

9:42am June 20, 2016

by Bruce Warren

The Washington singer-songwriter reworks a Tom T. Hall classic with warmth and respect. In the video, Blau picks up hitchhikers here and there, until he becomes one himself.