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"I used metaphor a lot in earlier work to hide what it was that I was actually trying to say," Florence Welch says.

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Florence Welch Is Thankful For Her Messy Teenage Years: 'It Formed Me'

5:01am June 28, 2018

Florence Welch goes back 15 years in Florence + The Machine's new album High as Hope to detail her drunken teenage years and how she's changed with time and sobriety.

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Fans Of '90s Indie Rock Need To Hear Hello June

5:00am June 28, 2018

by Alexis Palmer

The West Virginia-based band's new single, "Mars," will bring you back to the days of Bill Clinton and MTV's 120 Minutes.

The Tannahill Weavers, who are named in tribute to poet Robert Tannahill, are featured in this week's show.

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The Thistle & Shamrock: The Songs of Robert Tannahill

9:58pm June 27, 2018

Hear the music and learn about the short life of an 18th century poet who wrote in the style of Robert Burns and composed well-loved songs that are still widely sung today.

A still from Emin Agalarov's video for "Got Me Good."

Emin Agalarov, Trump-Connected Russian Pop Singer, Trolls The World With New Video

4:26pm June 27, 2018

by Andrew Flanagan

"Got Me Good" features a surveillance operation, a President Trump lookalike, and beauty pageant contestants dancing on a hotel bed.

Brent Cowles taking over the airways at the Colorado Sound.

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Brent Cowles Shares His Favorite Songs On The Colorado Sound

3:13pm June 27, 2018

by Benji McPhail

Cowles took over the decks at The Colorado Sound for a guest DJ appearance. His set included Blake Mills, Alabama Shakes and more.

Marlon Jackson (from left), father Joe Jackson, an unidentified friend, Michael Jackson and Randy Jackson backstage at the Inglewood Forum on Aug. 26, 1973.

Joe Jackson, Strict Manager And Father To Pop Royalty, Dead At 89

2:36pm June 27, 2018

by Felix Contreras

The patriarch helped take his legendary family from Gary, Ind., to global stardom, though the disciplinarian streak he used to get them there proved controversial later in life.

Kacey Musgraves may have the breakup ballad of 2018, but "Space Cowboy" has solid sobbing company.

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Crying To 'Space Cowboy': 25 Bummer Bops For When Love Sucks

1:47pm June 27, 2018

by Beca Grimm

Kacey Musgraves may have the breakup ballad of 2018, but "Space Cowboy" has solid sobbing company. This summer, lean into the dark stuff while sipping the pink stuff.

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St. Paul And The Broken Bones Dial It Down For The Dance Floor

12:52pm June 27, 2018

by Stephen Thompson

The Alabama soul band teases a forthcoming album with a refreshing and surprisingly restrained slice of sly summer funk.

John Coltrane (right) with McCoy Tyner at New Jersey's Van Gelder studios in 1963, one day after the session that would become the newly unveiled Both Directions at Once.

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John Coltrane's 'Lost Album' Is A Window Into His Pursuit Of The Impossible

10:55am June 27, 2018

by Nate Chinen

Between his classics My Favorite Things and A Love Supreme, Coltrane recorded these sessions on a single day in 1963. 55 years later, Both Directions at Once arrives like a rare celestial event.

Dave Matthews performs a Tiny Desk Concert on June 11, 2018 (Samantha Clark/NPR).

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Dave Matthews: Tiny Desk Concert

9:35am June 27, 2018

by Stephen Thompson

The star sheds his band for a warm, winning, utterly game, happily overstuffed five-song performance of songs from across his long career.