John Moreland: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

April 20, 2018 | Bob Boilen -- When you hear John Moreland’s sweet voice, it’s hard to believe he spent years singing in punk, metal-core and hardcore bands. You can still hear that passion in his music, only now it’s punctuated by his acoustic guitar. At the Tiny Desk, Moreland gave nod toward the more visceral side of his music when, about a minute into “Old Wounds,“ he sang, “if we don’t bleed, it don’t feel like a song.“ It’s a line I could imagine Steve Earle singing. In fact, John Moreland’s dad was