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Logic of a Dream by Explosions In The Sky, live at the 9:30 Club for NPR Music Front Row

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Sharon Van Etten: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (2010)

Peace Signs

Save Yourself

One Day

For You

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Sharon Van Etten: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Comeback Kid

You Shadow

Seventeen

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Robin Hilton of NPR includes Chris Staples in his Top 10 Albums of 2016!

“these songs gradually reveal the wisdom it takes to understand the past is rarely as grand as we once imagined and that spiritual and emotional growth require letting go.” Check out the full list here!

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Rivers jumped on NPR’s All Songs Considered as a guest DJ. Listen as he talks life and music alongside Robin Hilton. 

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From the interesting, deliberate chords at the outset, to any given point in this song, I was intrigued by every second of this song from @nprobin’s Top 10 Albums of 2015 list. I have a feeling I’ll be posting a few more songs of the day from Mr. Hilton’s excellent list.

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Music can provide a space for healing, feeling and thought. Following the terrorist attacks in Paris, including at a show in that city's Bataclan concert hall, we were compelled to play music with a meditative tone, songs that allow space and time for reflection. A tune Bob Boilen found himself playing all weekend was by Hiya Wal Âalam, a band featuring members from Tunisia, Palestine and Sweden. It's culture-blending music and perfectly pensive. Robin Hilton's choice of a song by pianist Goldmund gave him some space for moments of solace as the news unfolded this weekend.

NPR Music writer Ann Powers calls in to talk about the inspiration behind her Twitter hashtag #livemusicheals. She remembers her own special live music moment with the uplifting Malian singer Oumou Sangaré and Robin shares his life-affirming experience at a Sufjan Stevens show. A song from Eagles of Death Metal closes our show with humor and heart, reminding us that even in tragedy, music can provide joy.

All Songs Considered: Music For Healing

Credit: Courtesy of the artists

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CBC, NPR, BBC, RTÉ and triple j choose the songs you need to hear right now

Host: Robin Hilton, co-host of NPR Music’s All Songs Considered Song you need to hear: "You’re Out Wasting," Andy Shauf

I've got new music from an artist named Andy Shauf, a singer-songwriter from Saskatchewan. He's most often compared to the late singer Elliott Smith, and you'll understand why when you hear Shauf's voice. But that voice is not the only thing that Shauf shares in common with Smith: his music has a lot of the same themes. They're story-driven songs about people with simple dreams that never seem to come true, and there's a lot of heartache and disappointment at every turn. And — also like Smith — Shauf plays nearly every instrument on his new record, called The Bearer of Bad News. He wrote and recorded it in his parents' basement, and he came up with what I think will definitely be a top-10 record for me this year.