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Rural Life Played Beautifully On Miracle Temple

Mount Moriah is southern, geographically, but more importantly stylistically. It’s in their name that they share with countless Baptist churches standing stoically around the region. It’s in the...

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NPR Music Presents: Dave Grohl At SXSW

Dave Grohl has become the unofficial Mayor of Rock 'n' Roll: a gregarious ambassador who wins armloads of Grammys and even directed a music documentary. Live on March 14, NPR Music will stream and...

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Orchestral Pop Flows On The Deserters

Rachel Zeffira has already received plenty of attention for her debut album The Deserters from British media, as it’s been out in Europe for a few months. The Londoner also has some credibility as half...

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Stornoway Sail Metaphorical Sea Of Life's Journey

Stornoway take their name from the Scottish seaport town, a place that the Oxford band admits to having never visited when they chose it. They liked it because it seemed distant, and the nautical...

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Majestic, Alien Sounds Descend From The Besnard Lakes

The Besnard Lakes have a reputation for dwelling in cool fog. Their music is hazy and it slowly rolls along the surface. On their fourth album Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO the Montreal band...

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Album Review: Young Galaxy's Ultramarine

The early songs of Young Galaxy are slow-burners, lots of feedback and echo and space. But even then, they’ve always sounded like they secretly wanted to accompany the end credits of a John Hughes teen...

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Album Review: The Uncluded's Hokey Fright

Kimya Dawson is a quirky lo-fi folk singer and Aesop Rock is a dexterous and dense rapper. The two have collaborated before, but Hokey Fright is their first full length album together.This pairing...

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Album Review: Patrick Sweany's Close To The Floor

Patrick Sweany began his musical journey in acoustic blues, but quickly stepped over to electric sounds and was never shy about incorporating soul and R&B. His latest record is titled Close To The...

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NPR Music Presents: The Newport Folk Festival

The Newport Folk Festival at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, RI is consistently one of the most enjoyable and entertaining music festivals of the Summer. This year's festival will feature...

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Album Review: Jet Black Raider

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Phil DeFlume Unearths Strange Tales On With Water

Phil Helfrich has always had a knack for sharing offbeat stories. As a Community Outreach Specialist for the Missouri Department of Conservation he educated people on Missouri wildlife through many...

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KSRA Warps Studio Wizardry Into Heartfelt Pop

Rachel Thomas performs under the name KSRA, a stylized play on the phrase “Que sera, sera.”

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Album Review: A Hero's Lie

Grey Reverend is the musical project of L.D. Brown, a singer-songwriter with a strong jazz background. He began playing saxophone at the age of 9 and when he was 22 he studied jazz guitar under the...

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NPR Music Presents: Arcade Fire In Concert

One of the independent scene's most successful bands is set to release their fourth album, Reflektor, a dance-infused effort produced in part by James Murphy of the monumental alternative dance band...

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NPR Music Presents: Cut Copy In Concert

The Australian synth-pop group will be performing in New York City to launch NPR Music's offering of Metropolis, an electronic music program produced by member station KCRW.Cut Copy have been making...

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Our Favorite Music Of 2013

2013 is coming to a close and once again, more great music than can possibly be listened to has been released. We're sharing our favorites of the year. Hopefully you will find sounds that you will love...

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A Breath Of Fresh Air Is Coming To KRCU's Schedule

In early February we conducted a survey about KRCU programming. We invited participants through on-air announcements, social media, and directly asked KRCU Circle members by letter. We’re thrilled with...

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Rob Sheffield On Lessons Learned From Karaoke

Rob Sheffield is a contributor to Rolling Stone, regularly shows up to discuss pop culture on VH1, and is an author who writes about music and the connections people make with each other through music....

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Acting Out! To Perform Night Of The Living Dead

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KRCU Airs Overlooked Songs For The Holidays

Drawing from the vast archives of our music library, and in the spirit of holiday specials from The Elliot Potter Show, we're poised to bring you two hours of music that's strange, inexplicable,...

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