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Hear a performance from Hayes Carll at AMERICANAFEST

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Hayes Carll is a Texas singer-songwriter with an easygoing, everyman style of storytelling that's earned him comparisons to John Prine and Townes Van Zandt.

Hayes Carll on World Cafe

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Hayes Carll On Mountain Stage

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Mountain Stage

Hayes Carll On Mountain Stage

In September, Hayes Carll stopped by Mountain Stage with songs from his latest album, You Get It All.

Hayes Carll On Mountain Stage

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Hayes Carll Tells Stories That Reflect The World Around Him

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World Cafe

Hayes Carll Tells Stories That Reflect The World Around Him

Early on Carll focused more on telling other people's stories than his own. Now, he has a sweet collection of new songs called What It Is where he tells his own.

Hayes Carll On World Cafe

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Station Breaks: The Best New Songs From NPR Music Stations

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Station Breaks: The Best New Songs From NPR Music Stations

Our second-ever Station Breaks features a wholesome serenade from Holy Pinto, a high-octane boogie rock from Quaker City Night Hawks and Sierra Ferrell's quirky and dark love testimonial.

Hayes Carll On World Cafe

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World Cafe

Hayes Carll On World Cafe

XPN

The experiences of divorce and raising a son inform the Texas singer-songwriter's new music.

Hayes Carll On World Cafe

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Songs We Love: Hayes Carll, 'The Love That We Need'

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Songs We Love

Songs We Love: Hayes Carll, 'The Love That We Need'

On the first song off his new album, Texas' latest, greatest, Grammy-nominated songwriting troubadour drops his droll wit for a heavier tone.

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Mountain Stage

Hayes Carll On Mountain Stage

Steeped in the same Texas tradition as Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark and Ray Wylie Hubbard, songwriter Hayes Carll specializes in clever humor, which abounds in both his songs and his stage banter. Here, he performs songs from his latest album, Trouble in Mind.

Listen Now: Hayes Carll On Mountain Stage

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Hayes Carll On Mountain Stage

Texas native Hayes Carll blends traditional folk with a rock 'n' roll sound on his newest release, KMAG – YOYO (And Other American Stories). He brings his irreverent storytelling to West Virginia's most famous stage for the third time.

Hayes Carll On Mountain Stage

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Hayes Carll, In Concert

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Concerts

Hayes Carll, In Concert

XPN

The Texas singer lays claim to the only self-released record to ever top the Americana music charts. Listen to a live performance from the folk troubadour at WXPN's World Cafe Live.

Hayes Carll, In Concert

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Music Reviews

Hayes Carll: Rowdy Rock Finds A Sensitive Side

Hayes Carll made a stir in Americana music with his self-released 2004 album, Little Rock. Music critic Robert Christgau says that Carll has matured some since then, and that maturity sounds good on him. Carll is good for a laugh, but Christgau says his sensitive side puts his new album, Trouble In Mind, over the top.

Hayes Carll: Rowdy Rock Finds A Sensitive Side

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World Cafe

Hayes Carll: Texas Poet's Dream

XPN

Hayes Carll is a dry-witted folk musician whose unassuming music comes to life with amusing anecdotes in his latest album Trouble In Mind. Hear Carll in studio with host David Dye in this World Cafe session.

Hayes Carll in Studio on World Cafe, 7/3/08

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Concerts

Ryan Bingham, Hayes Carll in Concert

XPN

Bingham's songs are gritty and dense, reflecting an overall mood of loneliness and hardship, while opener Hayes Carll is a dryly witty 28-year-old whose humble, melodic folk tunes are often infused with humorous anecdotes. Hear both perform a concert from WXPN and World Cafe Live.

Ryan Bingham, Hayes Carll in Concert

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Hayes Carll, Finding 'Trouble' Where He Can

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Fresh Air music critic Ken Tucker reviews Trouble in Mind, the new album from country singer Hayes Carll. The 32-year-old Texan says his music is inspired by Beat poetry, Bob Dylan and singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt.

Hayes Carll, Finding 'Trouble' Where He Can

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The Breeders' Scrappy 'Mountain Battle'

Esquire music critic Andy Langer discusses the week's new album releases, including albums from The Breeders, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Hayes Carll, Ike Reilly, and Man Man.

The Breeders' Scrappy 'Mountain Battle'

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