All Songs Considered

Monday June 24, 2002

Our Show

Beth Orton, Marianne Faithfull, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

June 24, 2002 • New music from Marianne Faithfull; techno folk from Britain's Beth Orton; A great unknown from Minnesota: Metaphor; the Kirtan chanting of Bhagavan Das; and Sufi music from Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

Beth Orton, Marianne Faithfull, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

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Monday June 3, 2002

Our Show

Tom Waits, Arto Lindsay, Bryan Ferry

June 3, 2002 • The Tuku music of Oliver Mtukudzi; Classical guitarist John Williams; A Spanish classic from David Russell; The stunning and brash Arto Lindsay; One of two new CDs from Tom Wait and more.

Tom Waits, Arto Lindsay, Bryan Ferry

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Monday May 13, 2002

Our Show

The Frames, Kronos Quartet, Patti Smith

May 13, 2002 • Barbershop like you've never heard before: The Gas House Gang; music on a leaf from The Kronos Quartet; another great unknown: Dromedary; a dreamy instrumental from The Frames and more.

The Frames, Kronos Quartet, Patti Smith

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Monday April 29, 2002

Our Show

Ryan Adams, Michelle Shocked, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

April 29, 2002 • The revolutionary Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; One last waltz with The Band; Former Whiskeytown frontman Ryan Adams; New music from Michelle Shocked and more

Ryan Adams, Michelle Shocked, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

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Monday April 15, 2002

Our Show

Vic Chesnutt, Clem Snide, Antibalas

April 15, 2002 • Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats; the amazing world of Joe Meek; motor-boating with Vic Chesnutt; a career-making hit from Clem Snide; Loudon Wainwright as the last man on earth and more.

Vic Chesnutt, Clem Snide, Antibalas

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Monday April 1, 2002

Our Show

Artie Shaw, Cafe Tacuba, Elvis Costello

April 1, 2002 • A new collection of songs from Artie Shaw; the Hasidic New Wave's Afro-Semitic Diaspora; Buena Vista Social Club's bassist, Orlando Cachaito López and more.

Artie Shaw, Cafe Tacuba, Elvis Costello

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Monday March 18, 2002

Our Show

Blue Man Group, Lambchop, Built to Spill

March 18, 2002 • The Blue Man Group; Scotland's Shooglenifty; the Loombas and Persian love poems; Nashville's strangest group: Lambchop; great unknown, Amelia White; and the dreamy guitar of Built to Spill.

Blue Man Group, Lambchop, Built to Spill

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Monday March 4, 2002

Our Show

Wilco, Johnny Cash, Norah Jones

March 4, 2002 • The original man in black: Johnny Cash; alt-Country from Uncle Tupelo; the wait is over for new Wilco; Muswell Hillbilly and The Kinks, and more.

Wilco, Johnny Cash, Norah Jones

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Wednesday February 6, 2002

Our Show

Haydn, Debashish Bhattacharya, Nick Lowe

February 6, 2002 • Sleepwalking with Santo and Johnny; the child prodigy Debashish Battacharya; Fernando, a great unknown artist and more.

Haydn, Debashish Bhattacharya, Nick Lowe

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Friday January 11, 2002

Our Show

The Folk Music Revival of 2001

January 11, 2002 • On this edition of All Songs Considered we look at some of the artists responsible for 2001's folk music revival. Featured artists: Gillian Welch, Ralph Stanley, Jimmie Rodgers and more.

The Folk Music Revival of 2001

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Saturday December 1, 2001

Our Show

Bjork, Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen

December 1, 2001 • On this edition of All Songs Considered: Secret messages from Bach; The imaginary world of Bjork; Sublime harmonies from Music Boxes and more.

Bjork, Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen

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Monday October 1, 2001

Our Show

Jeff Buckley, Tom Verlaine, Rokia Traore

October 1, 2001 • African stories from Rokia Traore; legendary Timbuktu artist Ali Farka Toure; the fingers and thumbs of Adrian Legg and more

Jeff Buckley, Tom Verlaine, Rokia Traore

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Tuesday September 11, 2001

Our Show

September 11, 2001

September 11, 2001 • As NPR covered the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington DC, it was music that gave listeners time to reflect, to digest the events and the impact.

September 11, 2001

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Wednesday August 1, 2001

Our Show

Marsalis on Monk, Gillian Welch & Alison Krauss, Radiohead

August 1, 2001 • Wynton Marsalis, Raymond Scott, Roger Eno joins Kate St. John and more.

Marsalis on Monk, Gillian Welch & Alison Krauss, Radiohead

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Monday July 2, 2001

Our Show

Lucinda Williams, Tortoise, David Byrne

July 2, 2001 • The passionate sounds of Lucinda Williams R.L. Burnside sings of hard times and bad luck and more.

Lucinda Williams, Tortoise, David Byrne

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