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Every week, 88Nine music director Erin Wolf shares a sonic gem she found using her nearly 20 years of new-music exploration experience. You can hear all her discoveries live on 88Nine at 10 p.m. every Monday on <\/i>What\u2019s All This: Adventures in New Music<\/u><\/b><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n On his latest single, \u201cBadlands,\u201d Missouri-raised singer-songwriter Kevin Morby sings: “Kansas City is not the badlands, but it’s my badlands.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s the third preview of his upcoming release, Little Wide Open<\/i>, and Morby gives a lot of love to his homeland as he sings: \u201cWelcome to the Midwest \/\/ Where the sky knows best \/\/ And you\u2019ll finally get some rest \/\/ \u2019Til the tornado sirens start harmonizing \/\/ And I can\u2019t tell if I\u2019m in heaven or if I\u2019m in the badlands.\u201d<\/p>\n To emphasize the seasonal\/topical tornadic appeal, Amelia Meath of Sylvan Esso and Justin Vernon of Bon Iver harmonize with Morby to create a vocalization of tornado sirens. Hopefully, those are the only ones we\u2019ll hear for a while, and they\u2019ll be part of Little Wide Open<\/i> when it comes out May 15 (with Morby dropping by the Argo<\/u><\/a> a few weeks later, June 1).<\/p>\n You can use the player at the top of the page to hear \u201cBadlands\u201d as part of this episode, and make sure you tune into 88Nine at 10 p.m. every Monday for another installment of What\u2019s All This: Adventures in New Music<\/i>.<\/p>\nBest new indie music this week<\/h2>\n
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