j'adore npr

These five things convinced me to sign-up for the npr music newsletter:

1. Bon Iver on 'Blood Bank.'

2. Exclusive First Listen: M. Ward's 'Hold Time.'

3. Stooges Guitarist Ron Asheton Dead At 60.

4. The best African music* of 2008.
*and check this out.

5. La Rocca: Americana, by way of Ireland.