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Friday October 30, 2015

Dave Gahan & Soulsavers perform live at MSR Studios for WFUV. Gus Philippas/WFUV hide caption

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Favorite Sessions

Dave Gahan & Soulsavers, 'Shine' (Live)

WFUV

October 30, 2015 • The Depeche Mode singer and the production duo fill Manhattan's MSR Studios with a 10-piece band.

Ryley Walker performs live at the Woods Stage at the 2015 Pickathon festival. Bruce Ely/Pickathon hide caption

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Favorite Sessions

Ryley Walker, 'Summer Dress' (Live)

OPB

October 30, 2015 • Watch the psychedelic-folk guitarist play an extended version of "Summer Dress," recorded live at the 2015 Pickathon festival.

Thursday October 29, 2015

Natalia Lafourcade, 'Hasta La Raíz' (Live)

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Favorite Sessions

Natalia Lafourcade, 'Hasta La Raíz' (Live)

KCRW

October 29, 2015 • The Mexican indie-pop singer performs "Hasta La Raíz" live in an L.A. studio.

Tuesday October 27, 2015

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The Suffers: Tiny Desk Concert

October 27, 2015 • Led by the irrepressible Kam Franklin, the 10-piece Houston soul band can barely fit all its horns, guitars, percussion and energy behind a single desk.

First Watch: Natasha Kmeto, 'I Thought You Had A Boyfriend'

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All Songs TV

First Watch: Natasha Kmeto, 'I Thought You Had A Boyfriend'

October 27, 2015 • Kmeto's synth-washed track is a romance steeped in mixed signals, but it's hot, too. The black-and-white video's body-positive array of dancers and models only steams up the affair.

Monday October 26, 2015

Destroyer performs live on KEXP. Melissa Wax/KEXP hide caption

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Favorite Sessions

Destroyer, 'Times Square' (Live)

KEXP

October 26, 2015 • Watch Dan Bejar's band perform "Times Square" live in the studio.

Friday October 23, 2015

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Beauty Pill: Tiny Desk Concert

October 23, 2015 • In Beauty Pill's music, life whirs with plunderphonic glee and riffs are funky from the inside out. Watch the D.C. band adapt its deeply textured songs without removing anything vital.

Adele Says 'Hello' In First Video From Her New Album '25'

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All Songs Considered

Adele Says 'Hello' In First Video From Her New Album '25'

October 23, 2015 • The soaring first song from what the Grammy-winning, multi-platinum singer calls a "make-up album" is an apology to a past lover for "everything that I've done."

Thursday October 22, 2015

Arturo O'Farrill Continues The Conversation With Cuba

Arturo O'Farrill leads the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra in concert. David Garten/Courtesy of Afro Latin Jazz Alliance hide caption

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Jazz Night In America

Arturo O'Farrill Continues The Conversation With Cuba

WBGO and Jazz at Lincoln Center

October 22, 2015 • An economic blockade between the U.S. and Cuba didn't prevent jazz from traveling between the countries. But what if the dialogue could flow freely? The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra wanted to find out.

Arturo O'Farrill Continues The Conversation With Cuba

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Favorite Sessions

Mew, 'Satellites' (Live)

KCRW

October 22, 2015 • Watch the Danish dream-rock band perform "Satellites" live in the studio.

Tuesday October 20, 2015

Laura Marling performs live in The Current's studios. Leah Garaas/The Current hide caption

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Favorite Sessions

Laura Marling, 'How Can I' (Live)

The Current

October 20, 2015 • It's just the English songwriter and her guitar in this acoustic performance of "How Can I."

Monday October 19, 2015

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Tiny Desk

Paolo Angeli: Tiny Desk Concert

October 19, 2015 • The Sardinian guitarist has a whole toy shop aboard his instrument, from hammers and pedals to springs and a couple of cell-phone ringers.

Mike Krol performs live in the KEXP studio. Renata Steiner/KEXP hide caption

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Favorite Sessions

Mike Krol, 'Left Out' (Live)

KEXP

October 19, 2015 • Watch a live performance of "Left Out" that captures the punkish brevity of Krol's new album Turkey.

Friday October 16, 2015

Tiny Desk Concert with Oh Pep! Jun Tsuboike/NPR/NPR hide caption

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Tiny Desk

Oh Pep!: Tiny Desk Concert

October 16, 2015 • The band's clever, thoughtful, infectious, harmony-filled music fits in everywhere from Nashville to its hometown of Melbourne.

Thursday October 15, 2015

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Favorite Sessions

BORNS, 'Electric Love' (Live)

KCRW

October 15, 2015 • Watch psych-pop singer-songwriter Garrett Borns perform live in the KCRW studio.