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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.

Top row: The Monkees; Bottom row, left to right: Esmé Patterson, Matt The Electrician, Adia Victoria

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New Mix: The Monkees, Esmé Patterson, Adia Victoria, Matt The Electrician, More

1:48pm May 24, 2016

On this week's episode we've got one of the sunniest bands of all time, mesmerizing music from the Sahara and an elegy to growing old.

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Viking's Choice: Drag Sounds, 'Messy Life'

1:01pm May 24, 2016

by Lars Gotrich

Summer is almost here and you need summer jams. Time to get shakin' to Drag Sounds, with its key phrase, "Let's have a beer, and be here!"

Lucius singer, Jess Wolfe in a scene from the band's video for the song "Gone Insane."

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The Madness Behind Making The Lucius Video, 'Gone Insane'

10:59am May 24, 2016

by Robin Hilton

The visually twisted video for the Lucius song "Gone Insane" took more than 20,000 photos and a week to shoot.

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Songs We Love: Joseph, 'White Flag'

9:00am May 24, 2016

by David Christensen

With their buttery harmonies, the Portland sister trio makes the move from quiet acoustic songs to flourishing anthems.

Car Seat Headrest performs in Washington, D.C.

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Watch Car Seat Headrest, Live In Concert

11:24pm May 23, 2016

by Benjamin Naddaff-Hafrey

Will Toledo and his band performed at Black Cat in D.C. on May 23.

Hopelessness is Anohni's first solo album. It combines dance beats with a hard look at global issues.

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Anohni's 'Hopelessness' And The Power Of Speaking Out

6:00pm May 23, 2016

by NPR Staff

The former Antony And The Johnsons singer's first solo album combines dance beats with a stark look at global strife. "Raising your voice is the antidote to a sense of powerlessness," she says.