Friday, June 6, 2014

NPR Music - You Must Hear This

FIELD RECORDINGS

Coffee And Mambo With Sergio Mendoza Y La Orkesta


NPR Music takes Mendoza and his band to a backyard in Austin for coffee and a brilliant mix of "indie mambo," cumbia, ranchera and psychedelia. From there, a little caffeine-fueled party breaks out.
MUSIC INTERVIEWS

Bob Mould's Beautiful, Ruinous Life In Punk


With Hüsker Dü, Mould helped invent alt-rock, and he's kept innovating ever since. "For so many years, I ran away from my own sound," he says. At 53, he's caught up to himself.
FAVORITE SESSIONS

KCRW Presents: Chet Faker


Nick Murphy, a.k.a. Chet Faker, is a self-described Twitter addict whose career took off after his cover of Blackstreet's "No Diggity." Watch him perform his hit "1998" on Morning Becomes Eclectic.
MUSIC NEWS

Chart-Topping 'Chapel Of Love' Turns 50


In 1964, a teenage girl group from New Orleans proved to be The Beatles' biggest competition, knocking the Fab Four out of the No. 1 spot on the charts.

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