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Tuesday April 30, 2013

1-Bit Composer Tristan Perich's Practice Space

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Music Documentaries

1-Bit Composer Tristan Perich's Practice Space

Q2

April 30, 2013 • The composer makes big music with tiny electronics. A visit with the multimedia artist reveals hundreds of bins — from a carton marked "squeezing tools" (scissors, pliers) to one simply labeled "art."

Gary Clark Jr.: How To Remember Your Roots

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Gary Clark Jr.: How To Remember Your Roots

KUT News

April 30, 2013 • Once you start sharing stages with Eric Clapton and Mick Jagger, you're no longer beholden to a zip code as a "local artist." But Clark still stops by his old public radio station every so often.

Monday April 29, 2013

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Tiny Desk

Father Figures: Tiny Desk Concert

April 29, 2013 • Brash, zany, brainy, scary and danceable, the New York quintet's music mixes rock and jazz like King Crimson at its fiercest. From the moment the band squeaks its first squawk at the NPR Music offices, it's clear that it's about to conjure up an adventure.

Father Figures: Tiny Desk Concert

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Sunday April 28, 2013

Iggy & The Stooges live from (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York City. Ryan Muir for NPR hide caption

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Live in Concert

Iggy And The Stooges, Live In Concert

WNYC

April 28, 2013 • NPR Music and WNYC's Soundcheck present a First Listen Live concert from Iggy & The Stooges. Watch the group rip through songs from its new album, Ready to Die, as well as a handful of favorites.

Iggy And The Stooges, Live In Concert

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Saturday April 27, 2013

Phosphorescent: An Understated, Epic 'Song For Zula'

Phosphorescent's Matthew Houck performs "Song for Zula" at WFUV in New York City. Claire Lorenzo/WFUV hide caption

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Phosphorescent: An Understated, Epic 'Song For Zula'

WFUV

April 27, 2013 • Don't let their stoic demeanor and sunglasses fool you: Matthew Houck and his band know how to wring every ounce of emotion out of their music. Watch Phosphorescent perform one of its best songs.

Wednesday April 24, 2013

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KCRW Presents: Dead Can Dance

KCRW

April 24, 2013 • The duo of Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry made some of the creepiest beautiful music of the 1980s. Almost 30 years and two reunions later, the two are still at it. Watch Dead Can Dance live on KCRW.

Tuesday April 23, 2013

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KCRW Presents: Phoenix

KCRW

April 23, 2013 • The French pop band has finally released a follow-up to its 2009 smash Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. Watch the group perform "Entertainment" on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic.

Monday April 22, 2013

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Tiny Desk

Omar Sosa & Paolo Fresu: Tiny Desk Concert

April 22, 2013 • Fresu's work on trumpet and flugelhorn provides a perfect foil for Sosa's introspective intersection of jazz, Afro-Cuban sounds and a chamber-music mentality. In this concert at NPR Music's offices, the duo's quietly energetic performance hangs over the crowd like a soft mist.

Omar Sosa & Paolo Fresu: Tiny Desk Concert

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Saturday April 20, 2013

Josh Ritter: Coming Out Of The Dark Clouds

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Josh Ritter: Coming Out Of The Dark Clouds

OPB

April 20, 2013 • The singer-songwriter and his Royal City Band performed a sold-out show at Portland's iconic Crystal Ballroom. During soundcheck, Ritter let in cameras from opbmusic for a rendition of "Hopeful."

Wednesday April 17, 2013

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KCRW Presents: Rhye

KCRW

April 17, 2013 • The members of Rhye wouldn't allow KCRW to record their faces during the duo's visit to KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic. But when you're dealing with a song like "Open," visuals hardly matter.

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Music Documentaries

Morton Subotnick's Practice Space

Q2

April 17, 2013 • The pioneering electronic composer responsible for Silver Apples of the Moon turned 80 years old this week. Q2 Music visited with Subotnick and his wife in the couple's Greenwich Village apartment.

Tuesday April 16, 2013

Low's Mimi Parker and Alan Sparhawk perform at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minn. Nate Ryan/The Current hide caption

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Low: Every Note In Its Right Place

The Current

April 16, 2013 • Low's Alan Sparhawk, Mimi Parker and Steve Garrington recently put on a special show for their fellow Minnesotans at St. Paul's Fitzgerald Theater. Watch them perform "Plastic Cup" and "So Blue."

Monday April 15, 2013

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Live In Concert

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Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Live In Concert

April 15, 2013 • Sinewy and powerful as ever, and backed by his longtime band, Nick Cave works the crowd like a revival preacher at half-speed during a career-spanning set at NPR Music's SXSW showcase in Austin.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Recorded Live At Stubb's

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Yo La Tengo: Tiny Desk Concert

April 15, 2013 • Yo La Tengo's sound has evolved quite a bit since Georgia Hubley and Ira Kaplan first jammed together in 1984; the feedback has subsided, replaced by a more contemplative vibe.

Yo La Tengo: Tiny Desk Concert

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Saturday April 13, 2013

Nora Jane Struthers And The Party Line: Hootenanny, Anyone?

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Nora Jane Struthers And The Party Line: Hootenanny, Anyone?

Folk Alley

April 13, 2013 • Fans of Dixie Chicks, Alison Krauss and Dolly Parton, take notice: Nora Jane Struthers embodies everything you could want in an Americana singer-songwriter. Watch her perform "Party Line."