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Watch Moby's full Morning Becomes Eclectic performance at KCRW.com

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Watch Moby Perform 'Falling Rain And Light' Live In The Studio

10:59am April 20, 2018

by Jason Bentley

A champion of electronic music long before it surfaced from New York's underground dance scene, Moby's latest record reaches for the vastness of the human experience with that same frenetic energy.

Lion Babe performs at 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Weekend 1 on April 15, 2018 in Indio, Calif.

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Beyond Beychella: The Rise Of Women Of Color On America's Biggest Festival Stage

9:56am April 20, 2018

by Sidney Madden

With a history-making show from Beyoncé and inclusion of more women on the lineup than ever, Coachella 2018 has set the stage for minority women to excel.

Sleep's surprise-released The Sciences, their first album in (at least) a decade-and-a-half.

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Of Course Sleep Released Its New Album, 'The Sciences,' On The Stoner Holiday

9:21am April 20, 2018

by Lars Gotrich

Over a decade-and-a-half after Dopesmoker, the stoner-metal band makes good on its "amalgamated effort of decades of riff immersion."

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Songs We Love: The Record Company, 'Life To Fix'

9:01am April 20, 2018

by Bruce Warren

This has got seventh-inning stretch stadium rock anthem written all over it.

Monroe isn't shy about her accomplishments on Sparrow; the singer admits to blasting the album in her car.

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'I'm Gonna Listen To Myself Again': Ashley Monroe On Singing Through Pain

5:11am April 20, 2018

The country singer and her producer Dave Cobb discuss working through trauma and pairing classic country influences with larger-than-life orchestration to create Sparrow.

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John Moreland performs a Tiny Desk Concert on March 27, 2018 (Morgan Noelle Smith/NPR).

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John Moreland: Tiny Desk Concert

5:00am April 20, 2018

by Bob Boilen

When you hear John Moreland's sweet voice, it's hard to believe he spent years singing in punk, metal-core and hardcore bands. He plays acoustic guitar now, but his songs are still full of passion.

Kanye West returned to Twitter this week to post aphorisms... and announce several new albums, including one from Pusha-T (left).

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That's A Wrap: Kanye's Koans, K-Dot's Prize, Drake's 'Scorpion,' J. Cole's 'K.O.D.'

10:45pm April 19, 2018

by Rodney Carmichael

Hip-hop has been everywhere this week, with the genre's biggest stars teasing surprise album releases — oh, and winning historic Pulitzer Prizes.

Rappers Farid Bang and Kollegah, performing on stage during the Echo Awards show in Berlin on April 12.

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Charges Of Anti-Semitism Roil German Music Awards

6:08pm April 19, 2018

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The hip-hop duo of Farid Bang and Kollegah, whose lyrics have been described as anti-semitic, won the Germany equivalent of a Grammy, prompting several to return their own awards in protest.

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Sam Baker On Mountain Stage

3:29pm April 19, 2018

During the Austin songwriter's second appearance on Mountain Stage, he performs a career-spanning set.

Vocalist and accordion player Jorge Hernández engages the crowd of inmates in the main yard of Folsom State Prison.

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50 Years After Johnny Cash, Los Tigres Del Norte Perform At Folsom Prison

2:41pm April 19, 2018

by Felix Contreras

The norteño band became the first major Latin band to play at Folsom Prison since Johnny Cash did in 1968.

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