You know how the old adage goes: "What Would Lou Reed Do?" OK, so nobody really says that - except for Kevin Morby, who says that mantra gave him the confidence to experiment more as he worked on his fourth album, City Music. Morby bills it as a mixtape dedicated to all the cities he can't seem to shake, but there's a whole lot of New York in there - from Reed and the Velvet Underground to Patti Smith to a song that references all four of The Ramones by name. HEAR THE COMPLETE SESSION AND MORE ON NPR MUSIC HERE