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I guess although I’ve always dealt in fantasy and metaphor when I came to writing, that meant the songs this time were dealing much more in reality. Ceremonials was so fixated on death and water, and the idea of escape or transcendence through death, but the new album became about trying to learn how to live, and how to love in the world rather than trying to escape from it, which is frightening because I’m not hiding behind anything but it felt like something I had to do. — Florence Welch talks about “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful”

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Calexico - Falling From The Sky

Calexico’s new album ‘Edge of the Sun’ will be available on April 14.

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Houndmouth http://flic.kr/p/rXTVYR Houndmouth, Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA. 4/4/15

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Truth, found in Austin, TX

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"i had all & then most of you, some, & now none of you."

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Thousands of musicians across the USA competed for a chance to perform at NPR Music’s Tiny Desk. Now we’re proud to announce the winner: Fantastic Negrito.

Fantastic Negrito calls himself a musician reborn. As a young man, the Oakland singer taught himself to play just about every instrument he could get his hands on. But after making a record that failed to take off, he felt his confidence and artistry suffer; disenchanted with music, he simply quit. The years that followed brought major life changes: a near-deadly car accident and the resulting coma, intense rehabilitation, marriage and the birth of his son. Now, renewed creative energy has spawned the musical project that is Fantastic Negrito. He chose the name, he says, as a “celebration of blackness.”

Captured at a makeshift desk in an Oakland freight elevator, this soulful, unbridled performance of “Lost In A Crowd” stood out among nearly 7,000 entries. Learn more about the process of picking a winner: n.pr/1FBWsYq 

Additional band members: The Chilean (Tomas Salcedo), Youngstar (Nathan Pedley) and Ruthie Price

Video filmed by R. Field

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Running For Cover // Ivan And Alyosha

we’ve been trying with each other to unravel the age old story, but i’m starting to think there’s a reason that we don’t understand.

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Gregory Alan Isakov is brilliant. And this song Amsterdam never fails to bring a smile to my face.

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Houndmouth - Sedona (Official Video)

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heartbeats- Jose Gonzales

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Milky Chance - Stolen Dance (live on triple j)

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© 2014 Jillian Barthold

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See the Shout Out Louds go speed dating in their new video for “Illusions.”

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If I could fly, then I would know

What life looks like from up above and down below

I’d keep you safe, I’d keep you dry

Don’t be afraid, Cecilia, I’m the satellite

And you’re the sky

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Lucette feat. Sturgill Simpson & JD Wilkes - Bobby Reid