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This Week's Show
It's Gonna Get Sweaty: A Maryland Deathfest Preview
Get your skull goblets out: Bob Boilen previews some of the bands at this year's Maryland Deathfest.
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First Listen
First Listen: Regina Spektor, 'What We Saw From The Cheap Seats'
Spektor is an oddball sentimentalist whose words summon universal feelings of love, hope and desire.
Tiny Desk Concerts
Yann Tiersen: Tiny Desk Concert
Tiersen's rich, liltingly eccentric pop music is constructed from lots of sweet, intricate pieces.
Live In Concert
From World Cafe Live, Spiritualized In Concert
Hear a live set from the neo-psychedelic band, which crafts a grand combination of rock and gospel.
Live On May 31: Regina Spektor In Concert
Watch the warmly eclectic singer perform old and new songs live at Le Poisson Rouge in New York.
Spiritualized In Concert
Watch the English space-rock band in performance at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
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