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Sturgill Simpson's latest album is A Sailor's Guide To Earth, out April 15 on Atlantic.

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All Songs +1: Sturgill Simpson Shares His 'Guide To Earth'

12:33pm April 15, 2016

The singer, whose major label debut, A Sailor's Guide To Earth, is out today, talks about his new sound, making an album for his newborn son and how covering Nirvana helped him find his inner teen.

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Seratones: Tiny Desk Concert

11:23am April 15, 2016

by Bob Boilen

The Louisiana band takes gospel into the garage, and what comes out is fiery rock 'n' roll. Watch Seratones perform three songs in the NPR Music offices.

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Songs We Love: Sarah Louise, 'Floating Rhododendron'

10:00am April 15, 2016

by Lars Gotrich

When we translate the natural world through instruments, we commune with it. The guitarist culls her 12-string compositions from birdsong, rivers and the sacred drone of Appalachian folk music.

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Carlos Santana Breaks Down His Band's Trailblazing Sound

5:36pm April 14, 2016

by Felix Contreras

The original Santana made music history nearly 50 years ago. As the band reunites for a short tour this spring, the guitarist tells Alt.Latino how he and his collaborators did it.

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Lucinda Williams On World Cafe

4:10pm April 14, 2016

The prolific musician sings and speaks of her late father, the poet Miller Williams, in this intimate session.

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Songs We Love: The Summer Hits, 'Maximum Bum Ride'

2:33pm April 14, 2016

by Doug Mosurock

#TBT to '90s L.A. indie-rock and a noisy pop band crooning about "doin' nothin' but gettin' stoned." Beaches and Canyons collects The Summer Hits' singles and compilation tracks for Record Store Day.

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Big Hush Turns Nirvana's 'Sifting' Into A Droney Dream

1:55pm April 14, 2016

by Lars Gotrich

Featuring the whisper-soft vocals of Chris Taylor (Pygmy Lush, pg. 99), Big Hush radically transforms the sludgy, feedback-squealing Nirvana song into a quiet, softly strummed apology.

Jamie xx, searching through shelves of used vinyl in a New York record store.

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Jamie xx And The Value of Other People's Music

12:43pm April 14, 2016

by Piotr Orlov

The easiest way to understand the music of Jamie xx, a producer and DJ whose dance-inspired beats are tempered with reserved atmospherics, is to accompany him on a crate-digging excursion.

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Watch Anderson .Paak Perform 'Am I Wrong' Live In The Studio

12:39pm April 14, 2016

by Jason Bentley

Watch the California singer, rapper and drummer perform live for KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic.

Rufus Wainwright's new album, Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets, comes out April 22.

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First Listen: Rufus Wainwright, 'Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets'

7:00am April 14, 2016

by Stephen Thompson

Wainwright and his many guests pile on the gravitas while still digging into the Bard's material with playful and provocative spirits.