KQED Arts & Culture: Music

May 13, 2008
Music Review : Port O'Brien: All We Could Do Was Sing

Port O'Brien, claimed by both the Bay Area and the Central Coast as their own, has been continuously growing in popularity as their music moves beyond the college radio curcuit and across the country. The band's indie-infused folk tunes are painfully catchy, tugging at heart strings and boot straps alike.

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May 11, 2008
Spark : Yoshi's, Hijos del Sol, Diamano Coura

Meet a local legend, young muralists, and West African dancers.

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May 06, 2008
Music Review : The Dodos: Visiter

For the past several years, guitarist Meric Long and drummer Logan Kroeber -- collectively The Dodos -- have been criss-crossing the country, delivering audiences the propulsive folk-rock sound that has made them one of 2008's most acclaimed bands.

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NPR Topics: Music
Listen to new music, podcasts, live concerts and studio sessions. Watch video sessions. Read interviews with musicians and music reviews. NPR covers the best new songs from rock, pop, folk, jazz, urban, world and classical music.

The Woods: 'Baleen Plate Lullaby'
For their self-titled, debut release, Tallahassee, Fla. band The Woods decided to package all the CDs in the pages of old books. With an initial "pressing" of just 40 discs, the group glued together the pages of used thrift-store books, cut a hole for the CDs and stamped the band's name on the cover with a typesetting machine. It's the same kind of inspired care they took with the music itself. The Woods is an enchanting collection of songs rooted in acoustic folk music, with pleasantly unpredictable turns toward more experimental soundscapes.

Meredith Monk: Of Posterity and 'Impermanence'
Monk has spent four decades challenging audiences and winning awards with her unusual fusion of song, theater, dance and film. Lately, she's begun to consider how her work will last after she's gone. Her latest CD, Impermanence, attempts to address that question.

Kaki King: Guitar Phenom Goes Pop
Two years ago, acclaimed guitarist Kaki King announced that she would tour with a full band. For an artist who made her name as a solo instrumentalist, it marked her move into pop territory. King plays two new songs from her album Dreaming of Revenge in a session with host David Dye.

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