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Bob Boilen's Top Concerts This Week: John Paul White, Kate Tempest And More

From Nelsonville, Ohio to the London poetry of Kate Tempest (in Washington, D.C.), it was a week of deep conversations, larks and formative fun.
This magic evening, which I was fortunate enough to host with My bubba, Adam Torres and John Paul White ended with the first song John Paul White ever sang into a microphone, 'Stand By Me'.

(You can find a playlist of the artists I saw this week at the bottom of this piece.)

This past weekend my concert adventures brought me to the town of Athens, Ohio, just adjacent to the smaller town of Nelsonville, where I. It was there that I got to ask one of my new favorite singers , the Scandinavian duo and the brilliant songwriter about the music that's changed them. Adam picked "Suzanne" by , and My bubba performed 's "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go."

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