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Mountain Stage

1:33 pm

Thu June 28, 2012

The David Mayfield Parade On Mountain Stage

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The David Mayfield Parade on Mountain Stage.

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The Record

11:48 am

Thu June 28, 2012

Adulthood Can Wait: Why Justin Beiber's 'Believe' Works

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He's Only Eighteen: Justin Bieber's new album, Believe, is his fourth to hold the No. 1 spot on the Billboard album chart.

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Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 6:38 pm

The way people are talking about Justin Bieber's newly minted No. 1 album, Believe — and the transition into adulthood it's meant to represent for the young star — you'd think that he were being prepped for a monarch's throne or the Dalai Lama's robes, not a long career in pop.

A Blog Supreme

11:37 am

Thu June 28, 2012

A Cirque Du Soleil For The Senses: Five Jazz Groups From Montreal

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L'Orkestre des Pas Perdus' latest album, L'âge du cuivre, was just nominated for a Juno Award.

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Originally published on Thu June 28, 2012 2:04 pm

C'est la saison de jazz à Montreal! Starting Thursday night and running through next weekend, Francophone Canada's cultural metropolis hosts its grand prix: the Montreal International Jazz Festival. The self-proclaimed "largest jazz festival in the world" casts a musical spell over the city, across 10 outdoor stages, 15 concert halls and clubs galore with more than 1,000 shows.

The Picture Show

11:31 am

Thu June 28, 2012

Moby's Other Pet-Project: Photography

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Moby takes pictures of The Hives guitarist Nicholaus Arson in 2002.

Credit Moby / from the book 'Destroyed'

Berlin: "There's something really comforting to me about office buildings at 4 a.m., when the lights have been left on for the cleaning crew."

Credit Moby / from the book 'Destroyed'

Toronto: "I believe she is the nun of the future."

Credit Moby / from the book 'Destroyed'

Lausanne: "A sea of people. I particularly like how the form of the crowd reflects the topography."

Credit Moby / from the book 'Destroyed'

"I look at a bleak fortress like this house, with its chain-link fence and fenced-in beat-up car and I wonder, 'What goes on in here? What has gone on in here? And what will go on in here?' "

Credit Moby / from the book 'Destroyed'

"All things considered, my favorite place in L.A. Architecturally it's pretty simple, like a humble little mission chapel. ... [It's] currently an L.A. outpost of the international theosophical society ... and in its past it was ... a directors club where Orson Welles staged plays [and] a little lecture hall where Carl Jung and Aldous Huxley spoke."

Credit Moby / from the book 'Destroyed'

"Maybe some people think that the old, run-down motels and hotels are eye-sores, and are representative or indicative of the seediness and faded glamor of L.A. But I love them."

Credit Moby / from the book 'Destroyed'

New York: "There was this little sign in this weird hallway. It said, 'unattended luggage will be destroyed,' but one word at a time."

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Originally published on Thu June 28, 2012 5:48 pm

Moby doesn't like proper punctuation. But he does like taking pictures. He writes:

"i don't sleep very well when i travel. and as a result, i tend to be awake in cities when everyone else is asleep. that's where this album, and the pictures that accompany it come from."

Music

10:45 am

Thu June 28, 2012

Tia Mowry Still Inspired By Wedding Song 'For You'

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Originally published on Fri June 29, 2012 11:13 am

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VIVIANA HURTADO, HOST:

And now it's time for the occasional series we call In Year Ear. That's when guests of our program tell us what songs they listen to for a little inspiration.

Today we get the personal playlist of Tia Mowry. She is the star of the BET sitcom "The Game." She joined us recently to talk about her book "Oh Baby! Pregnancy Tales and Advice from One Hot Mama to Another." And here's what's playing in Tia Mowry's ear.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "FOR YOU")

KENNY LATIMORE: (Singing) Ooh. Ooh.

Deceptive Cadence

8:42 am

Thu June 28, 2012

Why Is There So Much Britten In 'Moonrise Kingdom'?

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The cast of Moonrise Kingdom.

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Originally published on Sun July 1, 2012 11:20 am

Music

2:26 am

Thu June 28, 2012

The Bajo Quinto: The Instrument That Will Not Go Gently

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Don Telesforo next to a bajo quinto, holding a jarana mixteca.

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Don Telesforo with Ruben Luengas.

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Originally published on Thu June 28, 2012 11:34 am

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Almost 20 years ago, a young student at the National University of Mexico went in search of a very old instrument in the mountains of the southern state of Oaxaca. Today, he has become a leading force in the revival of the instrument called the bajo quinto and the music played on it.

Ruben Luengas was working on a research project at the National School of Music in Mexico City in 1995. He wanted to focus on the music of his hometown, in the Mixtec region of Oaxaca, so he asked his 97-year-old grandmother to tell him about the music played at her wedding.

All Songs Considered Blog

5:01 pm

Wed June 27, 2012

'Big Easy Express': Three Bands, One Train, A Ton Of Music

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By Bob Boilen

Originally published on Thu June 28, 2012 7:25 am

Attention fans of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Mumford & Sons and Old Crow Medicine Show: You are bound for glory! Big Easy Express is a new film featuring all three bands and their whistle-stop journey from Oakland to New Orleans aboard a vintage train.

Thistle and Shamrock

4:20 pm

Wed June 27, 2012

Thistle And Shamrock: Solas

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Solas

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The music of Solas is always exciting perhaps because it's constantly evolving. Meet Seamus Egan and Win Horan who chat about their roles in shaping Irish-America's most influential band and share loads of their music with us.

Copyright 2012 National Public Radio. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.

Mom And Dad's Record Collection

3:21 pm

Wed June 27, 2012

Chris Thile's First Musical Memory

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Chris Thile says he was only a year old when he first heard "The Girl from Ipanema."

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Originally published on Wed June 27, 2012 8:54 pm

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It's clear Chris Thile has an ear for music: The 31-year-old mandolinist, best known for his bands Nickel Creek and Punch Brothers, has been playing music his entire life.

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