Stephen Thompson http://krvs.org en The Good Listener: For Music-Festival Rookies, A Survival Guide http://krvs.org/post/good-listener-music-festival-rookies-survival-guide We get a lot of mail at NPR Music, and amid the American Girl catalogs we never ordered is a slew of smart questions about how music fits into our lives — and, this week, how first-time music-festival attendees can survive and thrive in an overwhelming setting.<p><strong>Kendall Levinson writes: "Any advice for a young person going to his or her first music festival this summer? Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:30:00 +0000 Stephen Thompson 27376 at http://krvs.org The Good Listener: For Music-Festival Rookies, A Survival Guide The National: Tiny Desk Concert http://krvs.org/post/national-tiny-desk-concert The first thing you might notice about this video is the change in surroundings: NPR recently moved to a new building, and though we worked to make the Tiny Desk as visually similar as possible to the old space — a process <a href="http://www.npr.org/event/music/187282451/ok-go-a-tiny-desk-concert-in-223-takes">we recently documented</a> with the help of <a href="http://www.npr.org/artists/15397557/ok-go">OK Go</a> — the ceilings are higher, the square footage more generous and the surfaces lavishly unsullied. Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:28:00 +0000 Stephen Thompson 27170 at http://krvs.org The National: Tiny Desk Concert The Good Listener: How Do You Describe The Music You Love? http://krvs.org/post/good-listener-how-do-you-describe-music-you-love <p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJyf5NqiMNE</p><p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXXc25vtuxk</p> Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:03:00 +0000 Stephen Thompson 26917 at http://krvs.org The Good Listener: How Do You Describe The Music You Love? The Good Listener: What's More Important, Lyrics Or Music? http://krvs.org/post/good-listener-whats-more-important-lyrics-or-music <p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wty8UYT6PGw</p><p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et_lDyRymrw</p> Thu, 30 May 2013 16:54:00 +0000 Stephen Thompson 26477 at http://krvs.org The Good Listener: What's More Important, Lyrics Or Music? We Get Mail: What's A Modern Music Snob To Do? http://krvs.org/post/we-get-mail-whats-modern-music-snob-do <p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrEJmvuKSwo</p> Thu, 23 May 2013 16:28:00 +0000 Stephen Thompson 26040 at http://krvs.org We Get Mail: What's A Modern Music Snob To Do?