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I'm Not Entirely Clear How I Ended Up Like This, the latest album from Berlin-based Michael Knight, is a jumble of unexpected twists. For starters, Michael Knight is not a person but rather a large collective of musicians fronted by lead singer Richard Murphy. Then there's the fact that I'm Not Entirely Clear How I Ended Up Like This is a two-disc release, with its second disc featuring instrumental-only versions of all the songs on the first.

On her latest album, Little Wild One, Osborne reunites with the all-star writer-producer team that shaped her Grammy-winning debut, Relish. Well-versed in many genres, she easily navigates between roots-rock, gospel and country on a collection that pays tribute to her New York City home.

While some of the first 43 presidents have become larger-than-life figures, others are all but forgotten. In a new collection called Of Great and Mortal Men, songwriters Christian Kiefer, Jefferson Pitcher and Matthew Gerken have composed original songs that span three CDs and more than 220 years of American history.

The La's only recorded one album, but the self-titled disc from 1990 features one infectious guitar-pop gem after another, including the classic, oft-covered hit "There She Goes." The group's main songwriter, Lee Mavers, notoriously fired multiple band members and producers because, according to Mavers, none of them got it.

Romanian singer Sanda Weigl learned traditional songs from the gypsies living around her home when she was a child. Today, she sings these songs across the U.S. as part of a Romanian cultural outreach campaign, but the singer's life remains larger than the Gypsy lore reflected in her songs.

Censored Colors, the latest from experimental rock foursome Portugal. The Man, is certainly a lot to digest in a single listen. Thankfully, the music on the Portland-based group's third full-length album in as many years is fascinating enough to warrant those repeated spins.

When Deerhoof released "Fresh Born" as downloadable sheet music, fans had the opportunity to record their own interpretation. As with the many covers born from the project, Deerhoof gives a little more edge to the song in a session KEXP recorded at the CMJ Music Festival.

William Bolcom's searing opera, based on a play by Arthur Miller, is a sometimes bleak yet always vivid drama set in the Italian-American community of Red Hook, Brooklyn, in the 1950s.

Hatfield's 10th album as a solo artist showcases her ability to draw on her own emotional experiences in her songwriting. In a session with World Cafe host David Dye, Hatfield performs songs from her new CD, How To Walk Away.

Widely regarded as one of the best guitarists of all time, blues legend B.B. King is still recording at age 82. Music critic Milo Miles reviews King's newest album, One Kind Favor.