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Moby's new memoir, Porcelain, is a tale of dance clubs, DJs, and New York City in the 1990s.

In 'Porcelain,' Moby Searches For Validation And Finds Unlikely Success

9:00am May 26, 2016

by NPR Staff

The electronic musician's new memoir traces his journey from Connecticut suburbs to New York City raves. It's a tale of dance clubs, DJs and Manhattan in the 1990s full of self-deprecating humor.

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First Listen: Fantastic Negrito, 'The Last Days Of Oakland'

7:00am May 26, 2016

by Jason Heller

Angry, righteous and redemptive, The Last Days Of Oakland celebrates survival, as Xavier Dphrepaulezz infuses his songs with hard-bitten perspectives on life, love, art, commerce, class and society.

Paul Simon's latest album, Stranger To Stranger, is due out June 3.

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First Listen: Paul Simon, 'Stranger To Stranger'

7:00am May 26, 2016

by Tom Moon

After 13 solo albums, Simon still views pop as a language of exuberant dances and polyrhythmic upheavals. Even now, his music pulses with the feeling of invention.

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Hip-Hop Group Adds Rhymes To The 'Morning Edition' Theme Song

6:20am May 26, 2016

David Greene and Renee Montagne share a hip-hop rendition of the Morning Edition theme. A hip-hop group by the name of Jazzy Triggs took the theme, added a beat and dropped some rhymes on top.

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Songhoy Blues On World Cafe

4:20pm May 25, 2016

With Music In Exile, the forward-thinking desert-blues band raises awareness of war in its home country, Mali. Hear an interview and performance.

Xenia Rubinos' new album, Black Terry Cat, comes out June 3.

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First Listen: Xenia Rubinos, 'Black Terry Cat'

4:12pm May 25, 2016

by Felix Contreras

Rubinos returns fully formed, with her musical vision still finding ways to meld the unexpected, the familiar and, in songs like "Mexican Chef," the fiercely political.

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Songs We Love: Mara Hruby, 'In The Wee Small Hours'

2:21pm May 25, 2016

by Erika Ramirez

The singer-songwriter faces her fears with a jazz standard about a love that once was. "[I] couldn't think of having a more proper goodbye to that home and chapter of my life than this video."

Robert Ellis's new album, Robert Ellis, comes out June 3.

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First Listen: Robert Ellis, 'Robert Ellis'

2:02pm May 25, 2016

by Ann Powers

On his fourth solo album, the Americana singer-songwriter considers the tilted fulcrum of a dissolving marriage in order to confront the allure and the cost of restlessness.

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Viking's Choice: Owen, 'Lost'

1:05pm May 25, 2016

by Lars Gotrich

After starting a band with young proteges and touring a successful American Football reunion, Mike Kinsella has a new sense of purpose on a lush, lively new album, his ninth under the name Owen.

Bob Dylan as seen on the cover of Barney Hoskyns' Small Town Talk.

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Author Barney Hoskyns On Bob Dylan And 'Small Town Talk'

4:44pm May 24, 2016

To celebrate Dylan's 75th birthday, hear about his special relationship with Woodstock, N.Y., the subject of Hoskyns' book.