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Guitar Prodigy Julian Lage Finds His Sweet Spot With 'Arclight'

1:20pm April 11, 2016

by Kevin Whitehead

Lage mixes jazz, blues and swing on his new trio album with Scott Colley and Kenny Wollesen. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead says that Lage really hits his stride in Arclight.

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Snakehips' song "Money On Me (feat. Anderson .Paak)" is featured in this week's episode of Metropolis.

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Metropolis: 4/9/16

1:15pm April 11, 2016

Hear music from DJ Shadow, Vaults, Gorillaz and more in this week's two-hour EDM mix from KCRW's Jason Bentley.

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Watch Daughter Perform 'Doing The Right Thing' Live In The Studio

11:45am April 11, 2016

by Jim Beckmann

The spare, moody, folk-influenced dream-pop trio plays live in the studio for KEXP.

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Viking's Choice: Jackie Lynn, 'Alien Love'

11:31am April 11, 2016

by Lars Gotrich

Under her alter ego Jackie Lynn, Circuit Des Yeux's Haley Fohr exists in an alternate world where outlaw country dreams of synth wires and her moaning baritone narrates the seediest story ever told.

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Songs We Love: Yung, 'Uncombed Hair'

11:04am April 11, 2016

by Marissa Lorusso

Opposites attract in the Danish band's music. "This one," frontman Mikkel Holm Silkjær says, "is dedicated to bad things and good people."

Anthony Gonzalez of M83. The band's latest album, its first since 2011, is called Junk.

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On 'Junk,' M83's Anthony Gonzalez Reconnects With His Past

5:32pm April 10, 2016

by NPR Staff

"I'm a very nostalgic person," the French musician says. "I just keep looking backwards all the time." The new album draws on the sounds of his roots in more ways than one.

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Alt.Latino Gets Experimental

12:27pm April 10, 2016

Felix Contreras and Jasmine Garsd, the hosts of NPR's Alt.Latino podcast, share three new songs from incredible female artists, ranging from groovy to sultry, to experimental.

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Tarica June walks through Washington, D.C. in her video for "But Anyway," a song examining gentrification in her hometown.

A D.C. Rapper's Love Song To A Gentrifying Hometown

9:30am April 10, 2016

by NPR Staff

Tarica June wrote "But Anyway" in response to quickening change in District. What she didn't expect was the wave of positive feedback — especially from other gentrifying cities across the country.

Hayes Carll and Allison Moorer perform live for Folk Alley.

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Watch Hayes Carll And Allison Moorer Perform An Intimate Duet

9:00am April 10, 2016

by Linda Fahey

The two Americana singers tackle a sweet ballad from Carll's new album, Lovers And Leavers, at the 30A Songwriters Festival in Florida.

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South African Musician Johnny Clegg On Touring The American South

5:29pm April 09, 2016

South African musician and artist Johnny Clegg has traveled the world, but never toured the southern U.S. He's on a North American tour right now, promoting peace and racial healing.