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Junot Diaz's new book is titled This Is How You Lose Her.

Guest DJ Junot Diaz: 'It Takes Guts To Be Alive'

1:19pm May 12, 2016

by Jasmine Garsd

An encore presentation of an all-encompassing conversation with award-winning author Junot Diaz. Diaz also picks an exciting assortment of bachata and urban merengue to play on the show.

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Watch Underworld Perform 'Low Burn' Live In The Studio

11:11am May 12, 2016

by Jason Bentley

The pioneering electronic band performs an emotional song from its new album for KCRW.

Bob Dylan's new album, Fallen Angels, comes out May 20.

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First Listen: Bob Dylan, 'Fallen Angels'

9:46am May 12, 2016

by Tom Moon

This is the second volume in which Dylan sings the Great American Songbook, recorded at the same time (and with the same core band) as his 2015 album Shadows In The Night.

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Car Seat Headrest Is Gloriously Morose In 'Teens of Denial'

9:11am May 12, 2016

by Ken Tucker

Will Toledo, the singer-songwriter who performs under the name Car Seat Headrest, is ambitious and passionate on his new album. Critic Ken Tucker says the record will make you want to sing along.

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Adrian Quesada of The Echocentrics, whose new album, Echo Hotel, comes out May 20.

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First Listen: The Echocentrics, 'Echo Hotel'

7:00am May 12, 2016

by Felix Contreras

Listening to Adrian Quesada's latest project is like stepping into an alternate reality — an unhurried place with time to contemplate love, loss and longtime friends.

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Rokia Traore On World Cafe

8:02pm May 11, 2016

The Malian singer explores the meaning of home in her new album, Né So. Hear the live session.

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Songs We Love: James Blake, 'I Need A Forest Fire (Feat. Bon Iver)'

2:59pm May 11, 2016

by Ann Powers

On a quietly violent new collaboration, the duo confronts their own debt to the soul of gospel music while acknowledging their inevitable distance from it.

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The Thistle & Shamrock: Tales Of The Riverbank

2:04pm May 11, 2016

Rivers run through many of our well-loved and best-known landscapes. Music, old and new, celebrates our rivers as sources of life and of timeless inspirations to song-makers.

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What's Your Favorite Song This Week?

2:02pm May 11, 2016

by Robin Hilton

There's been no shortage of new music to listen to these past couple of weeks. Have you fallen in love with a new song that you can't stop listening to?

Jacob Mafuleni and Gary Gritness, Atuka Mondhoro 808

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Recommended Dose: Our Favorite Dance Tracks Right Now

2:00pm May 11, 2016

by Piotr Orlov

This month's mix features disco-house, '80s throwbacks, some acidic Afrobeat, a mix of mbira and 808s, and a great soulful cover of Prince.