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Trumix.com listings available of NPR: All Songs Considered Podcasts Build your own playlists with this podcast. Great Unknowns Showcase This week's edition of All Songs Considered is full of surprises: great music from bands we'd never heard of before. They're not the easiest names to search for online: AU, Bell, Okay are a few of them. But they're all making inspired, richly diverse and beautifully produced albums. Hear the art-folk group Bowerbirds, Russian-born singer Olga Bell, the pop trio Try Me Bicycle (from our 'Second Stage' series) and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ Portishead Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley of the trip-hop group Portishead talk with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen about their new album, Third and share some of the songs that have influenced their work over the years. Hear selections from Third, along with music from Jimi Hendrix, Public Enemy, Kraftwerk and British actor and singer Noel Harrison. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ Portishead Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley of the trip-hop group Portishead talk with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen about their new album, Third and share some of the songs that have influenced their work over the years. Hear selections from Third, along with music from Jimi Hendrix, Public Enemy, Kraftwerk and British actor and singer Noel Harrison. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Elf Power, Gnarls Barkley, The Black Keys, More Former members of Olivia Tremor control return as Circulatory System: we've got a preview of new work from their upcoming album; Athens, GA neo-psych group Elf Power releases their best CD of the decade; The Black Keys get in touch with their softer side; folk singer Laura Gibson shares some old blues; Gnarls Barkley return as the 'odd couple'; West African artist Etran Finatawa has a powerful new collection of desert blues; and hip-hop chameleon Tim Fite produces his most ambitious record ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ: Colin Meloy Colin Meloy, frontman for The Decemberists, has earned legions of fans for his affecting story songs steeped in history and romance. Now on tour for his latest solo album, Colin Meloy Sings Live!, he stopped by the NPR studios to chat with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen and share some of his favorite songs. Hear music from The Smiths, Scritti Politti, British folksinger Anne Briggs and selections from Meloy's new CD. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Spring Music Preview Hear a sneak preview of CDs due out this spring, including new music from My Morning Jacket, Shearwater, Elbow, Wolf Parade, and more. All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen talks with Stephen Thompson, curator for NPR's Song of the Day, KEXP DJ Cheryl Waters, and The Current DJ Mark Wheat about the releases they're most looking forward to in the coming weeks. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | SXSW: R.E.M. Live (Single Track) Hear the band perform the title track from their new CD,'Accelerate,'recorded live at the SXSW festival in Austin, TX. The whole concert is available for streaming from the NPR.org Web site. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Video: Nellie McKay, Project Song Singer-songwriter Nellie McKay takes our challenge to write and record a song with just two days in the studio. We provide the inspiration and instruments, she provides the music. The end result was a song she calls"Cavendish."See how she did it in this video produced by All Songs Considered's Bob Boilen and NPR video producers David Gilkey and John Poole. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Raconteurs, Devotchka, Colin Meloy, More Devotchka, the band behind the popular soundtrack to Little Miss Sunshine, is back with a brilliant new album. Hear a cut from A Mad and Faithful Telling. We've also got music from Colin Meloy, frontman for the Decemberists, and his new CD of live, solo performances; music from the wildly unpredictable Man Man; new work from The Raconteurs, featuring Jack White and Brendon Benson; and Peter Fedofsky, one of more than 2,000 artists who wrote and recorded an album in one month as part of the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Problems with the Podcast? If you're not getting the whole show when you download the all songs considered podcast, first delete the bad file, then unsubscribe from the podcast and re-subscribe. Try downloading the file again and you should get the whole thing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ Ray Davies Ray Davies, former frontman for The Kinks, shares some of the songs that have inspired him over the years with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. Hear music from Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Chuck Berry and more, as well as selections from Ray Davies' latest solo album, Working Man's Cafe. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | SXSW: Summerbirds in the Cellar Summerbirds in the Cellar shares members with the moody pop-rock band Now It's Overhead, and the two bands do share similar sounds. The group spends half its time in Athens, Ga., so R.E.M. comparisons are inevitable, but there's a bit more polish to R.E.M.'s ragtag jangle. Summerbirds' latest is With the Hands of the Hunter It All Becomes Dead, an album densely layered with pulsing synths, cooed vocals, and jagged guitars. Hear the group recorded live in concert from Austin, TX as part of ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | SXSW Wrap Up All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen, NPR's Song of the Day curator Stephen Thompson and Carrie Brownstein, Monitor Mix blogger and former guitarist for Sleater-Kinney, review their week at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, TX. They discovered and saw a lot of great bands including My Morning Jacket and a dozen other acts webcast Live by NPR Music. On this edition of All Songs Considered they share their most memorable moments. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | SXSW Preview We're pretty excited about this year's South by Southwest music festival. NPR Music and All Songs Considered will be in Austin next week, blogging, broadcasting and webcasting nearly two dozen live concerts. You'll hear R.E.M., My Morning Jacket, Jens Lekman, Vampire Weekend and many more, all webcast live on NPR.org. On this edition of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen chats with NPR Music blogger and Sleater-Kinney guitarist Carrie Brownstein, and music producer Stephen Thompson abo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Raveonettes, Toumani Diabate, Punch Brothers, More On this edition of All Songs Considered: the heavy pop sounds of Dutch duo The Raveonettes; a solo kora recording by Toumani Diabate; chamber-bluegrass from the former Nickel Creek mandolin player; dark and sardonic solo recording from A.A. Bondy; genre-splitting music from 17 Hippies; and a tribute to Robert Altman's funeral by Steven Bernstein. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dengue Fever, Cowboy Junkies, Black Mountain, More On this edition of All Songs Considered: Cambodian-inspired rock from LA's Dengue Fever; revisiting the legendary Trinity Sessions by the Cowboy Junkies; pscyh-rock revivalists Black Mountain; gifted lyricist John Darnielle, A.K.A. the Mountain Goats; Baltimore's dream pop duo Beach House; and recapturing the banjo with Otis Taylor. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ Thom Yorke Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke shares some of his favorite music with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. The two talk about Radiohead's latest work, In Rainbows and listen to some of the artists Yorke admires, including German electronica group Modeselektor, rapper Madvillain, techno duo Autechre and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music from the British Isles All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen chats with Myron Bretholz and Gus Vorhees about the evolution of British and Irish folk music. Myron and Gus are both gifted musicians and aficionados of music from the British Isles. They look back at the thriving Irish and British folk music scene of the 1970s and share music from some of the artists reshaping that scene today, including Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, Eliza Carthy and John Doyle. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Band to Call Your Own Part II We continue our Band to Call Your Own series this week with more music picks from NPR listeners. It all started a couple of weeks ago on the All Songs Considered blog when we asked people to tell us about their favorite band that few people have ever heard. We got so many great suggestions we decided to feature more of the standouts this week. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Band to Call Your Own On our All Songs Considered blog we recently asked listeners to tell us about a favorite band that few people have ever heard. Think of it as "a band to call your own" -- an artist or group you love and want to keep all to yourself, even though you know it'd be cool if they got the attention they deserve. We got a lot of suggestions. On this edition of All Songs Considered we share some of the standouts. You can read about more "bands to call your own" on our blog. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | CDs We Missed: LCD Soundsystem, Amy Winehouse, more 08-09-2007 We don't always get it right when it comes to reviewing the best CDs out there. On this edition of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen talks with NPR reviewers Will Hermes, Tom Moon and Meredith Ochs about some of the gems we've missed this year. Hear music from LCD Soundsystem, Amy Winehouse, Patty Griffin, Roky Erickson and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music from Belize, Patty Larkin, Ray Davies, Lightspeed Champion, More This week features music from the late Central American artist Andy Palacio, a preview of new music from Patty Larkin, folk-driven rock from Lightspeed Champion, a return from the Kinks' Ray Davies and the British electronic pop group Hot Chip. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Music from the film 'Juno,' Ringo Starr, Paul Simon's son Harper Simon, More The remarkable singer-songwriter Kimya Dawson finally gets the attention she deserves with her music appearing in the Juno soundtrack. Paul Simon's son Harper Simon joins Cibo Matto's Yuka Honda, Sean Lennon with guest vocals from Edie Brickell for The Heavy Circles. Also, hear the mystifying sounds found on the Living Bridge, the self-proclaimed "ghettotech" of Ilya E. Monosov, and a new release from Ringo Starr. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Billie Holiday, Vampire Weekend, The Magnetic Fields, More On this edition of All Songs Considered: rare live recordings from Billie Holiday; remembering a classic from post-punk group The Jesus and Mary Chain that inspired new music from the Magnetic Fields; a new single from Peter Gabriel from his upcoming CD Big Blue Ball; the "Upper West Side Soweto" sound of Vampire Weekend; the wintry songs of Bon Iver; handmade music from Fire on Fire. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ Mark Ronson Guest DJ Mark Ronson chats with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen and shares some of the songs that have inspired his own music over the years. Ronson is known for his horn-driven production work for artists like Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen. He also makes bold remixes of music by other artists like Cold Play and Bob Dylan. Ronson's most recent album is called Version. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | NPR Listeners Pick the Year's Best CDs Tens of thousands of listeners voted in the All Songs Considered poll for the year's best CDs. It was tight for much of the race. Radiohead and Arcade Fire ran neck-and-neck for first place. But in the end, Radiohead's In Rainbows pulled ahead as an overwhelming winner for the most popular album in 2007. There were also some surprises: some of the year's most anticipated CDs (like Rilo Kiley's Under the Blacklight), or most popular albums (like Lily Allen's Alright, Still) barely made the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Project Song: Georgie James The Challenge: write and record a song in two days. Georgie James is a band on the rise. The duo makes smart, infectious pop with tight harmonies and jangling guitars -- an upbeat and innocent sound that's made its debut album (Places) a sleeper success. Georgie James visits NPR's Studio 4A for the Project Song challenge: Write and record a song in two days. The duo of Laura Burhenn and John Davis gathered at NPR's Studio 4A with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen and browsed a set of ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Holiday Music Mix It's time to gather 'round the warm glow of your computer and get cozy with some holiday fare from All Songs Considered. On this edition we travel over the snow-covered hill and dale with Swedish electronica duo The Knife. We've got a sneak preview of the upcoming Magnetic Fields album 'Distorition,' gorgeous choral harmonies from Trio Mediaeval and more. 01. Amiina: "Hilli" 02. The Knife: "Christmas Reindeer" 03. Sally Shapiro: "Anorak Christmas" 04. The New Pornographers: "The S ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | 2007: The Year in Review Host Bob Boilen talks with reviewers Carrie Brownstein, Will Hermes, Tom Moon and Meredith Ochs about the year's biggest surprises and letdowns in music. Hear their picks for the year's most innovative album, the best new band of 2007, the year's best song and more. Featured songs and artists are listed below. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Balkan Electronica, Bloc Party, Chris Walla Exclusive An exclusive preview from the solo debut by Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla; Balkan-flavored electronica from Shantel; J-pop girl group Oreska Band; A new dance pop single from Bloc Party; A curious world of sound from Britain's Tunng; The Pink Floyd-inspired Radar Brothers; Japanese electronic artist Shuta Hasunuma, from our Second Stage. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Balkan Electronica, Bloc Party, Chris Walla Exclusive An exclusive preview from the solo debut by Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla; Balkan-flavored electronica from Shantel; J-pop girl group Oreska Band; A new dance pop single from Bloc Party; A curious world of sound from Britain's Tunng; The Pink Floyd-inspired Radar Brothers; Japanese electronic artist Shuta Hasunuma, from our Second Stage. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Grizzly Bear, Emma Pollock, Shocking Pinks, More Brooklyn art-rock band Grizzly Bear revisits the creepy 1962 Phil Spector song "He Hit Me"; new music from Brazilian singer Ceu finally makes it to the U.S.; Scottish singer-songwriter Emma Pollock releases her solo debut after leaving the Delgados; New Zealand rockers Shocking Pinks pay homage to My Bloody Valentine; Philadelphia's Valerie Project score a re-imagined soundtrack to an obscure 1970 Czechoslovakian film; indie outsiders Lucinda Blackbear make beautiful, rainy day music, from ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ Ian Parton of The Go! Team All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen chats with Ian Parton, frontman for the frenetic, hip-hop-cheerleader-rock group The Go! Team. Parton shares some of his favorite songs and talks about the band's new CD Proof of Youth, out now on Sub Pop records. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | New Live Concerts Podcast This is just a brief program note to let you know about our new All Songs Considered live concert podcast. We've just launched it with a performance by Nickel Creek. Subscribe to the concerts podcast for access to all the past live shows, including Spoon, The New Pornographers, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Project Song: Stephin Merritt Project Song: Stephin Merritt - The challenge: write, record and mix a song in 2 days. Watch this video podcast with All Songs host Bob Boilen as Stephin Merritt composes and plays all the instruments on his new song The Man of a Million Faces. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | FIXED: The New Pornographers Live 10-30-2007 The New Pornographers in concert. With host Bob Boilen. Includes an interview with the band. A full set list for this performance is available at NPR.org. (This version fixes a file error with a previous release of the New Pornographers concert). Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Guest DJ Jens Lekman 10-26-2007 Swedish pop artist Jens Lekman talks about his latest CD, Night Falls Over Kortedala and shares some of his favorite recordings. Hear selections from his new album, plus songs and musicians he's loving now, like Kim Ki O and the Rapper's Delight Club. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Spoon in Concert 10-24-2007 Spoon in concert. With host Bob Boilen. Includes an interview with the band at the end of the show. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Stars in Concert 10-22-2007 Stars in concert. With host Bob Boilen. Includes an interview with the band at the end of the show. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | David Byrne, Beirut, Tender Forever, More 10-18-2007 A rare re-issue from David Byrne; Balkan Brass via the New York band Beirut; Wood spoons, laptop tunes: Tender Forever; More surprises from singer Nellie McKay; Black Flag memories from Dirty Projectors; The tainted love and fight songs of Shivaree; With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Radiohead, Neil Young, Jolie Holland, More 10-12-2007 Host Bob Boilen looks at some of the most anticipated CDs coming out before the end of the year, with NPR reviewers Meredith Ochs, Tom Moon and Robert Christgau. Hear new music from Radiohead, Neil Young, Youssou N'Dour and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | FIXED: Josh Ritter in Concert 10-10-2007 Josh Ritter in Concert. With host Bob Boilen. A set list for this performance is available online. npr.org/liveconcerts (a previous version of this podcast contained an error) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Animal Collective Live, 10-01-2007 Animal Collective in concert, with host Bob Boilen. Animal Collective makes wildly experimental sound collages its members describe as "sonic, freeform, electronic, horror, gospel, hip-hop, soul, pop madness." To some, it's more noise than music. But to the group's fans, Animal Collective is making the most inventive and playfully refreshing sounds of the year. A set list for this show is available at NPR.org. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Small Sins, More, 09-28-2007 A duet from Robert Plant and Alison Krauss; Bob Dylan remixed by DJ Mark Ronson; British folk guitarist Martin Simpson; The trippy morning face of Small Sins; Artful harmonic pop from Georgie James; The beautifully depressing Doveman. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Rilo Kiley in Concert, 09-27-2007 Rilo Kiley in concert. With host Bob Boilen. The hauntingly soulful voice of singer Jenny Lewis has drawn legions of fans to the L.A. band Rilo Kiley. Since releasing its first CD in 2001, the band has gradually abandoned its weepy pop-country sound for '80s-inspired college rock and new wave, but the incandescent passion in Lewis' voice has remained, drawing comparisons to Loretta Lynn and Neko Case. Now on tour in support of 'Under the Blacklight,' Rilo Kiley visits Washington, D.C.'s 9: ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bishop Allen in Concert, 09-25-2007 Bishop Allen in Concert. With host Bob Boilen. Bishop Allen is an upbeat, playful pop group based in Brooklyn, N.Y. Though not officially a duo, Bishop Allen features the songwriting of Justin Rice and Christian Rudder. The long-time friends formed the group in 2003 with a rotating cast of supporting members. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | John Vanderslice in Concert, 09-25-2007 John Vanderslice in concert. With host Bob Boilen. Vanderslice is one of the most imaginative, prolific and consistently rewarding artists making music today. He's released six mostly conceptual solo albums in about as many years, all of them widely praised for the way they reflect Vanderslice's curious world of sonic and musical experimentation. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Louis Prima, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Joe Henry 09-21-2007 Jazz singer and trumpeter Louis Prima; Miles Davis live from 1963; Legendary saxophonist John Coltrane; Moody, ethereal singer Pieta Brown; A rich world of sound from Joe Henry. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Apples in Stereo in Concert 09-20-2007 The Apples in Stereo in concert. With host Robin Hilton. The Apples in Stereo first emerged in the early '90s as part of the Elephant 6 collective, a group of musicians with a shared love of lo-fi, neo-psychedelic rock. Fifteen years later, the collective has disbanded, and flagship bands like Olivia Tremor Control and Neutral Milk Hotel have stopped releasing new work. But The Apples in Stereo's members play on, returning with one of 2007's most inspired and ambitious recordings. The ban ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Nick Lowe in Concert 09-18-2007 British country-pop crooner Nick Lowe in a full concert. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Jose Gonzalez, Vic Chesnutt, More 09-12-2007 Swedish art-pop singer Jens Lekman; Distinguished country crooner Nick Lowe; Broken Social Scene presents Kevin Drew; The gentle voiced, poignant Jose Gonzalez; The political and passionate Steve Earle; Southern flavored story artist Vic Chesnutt; Brilliant psychedelic pop from Rotary Downs. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The New Pornographers, The Go! Team, Bishop Allen, More 09-06-2007 The best yet from The New Pornographers; Brilliant new art-pop by Bishop Allen; Surprises from new-folk singer Josh Ritter; Punk-inspired worldbeat artist Manu Chao; The proof of youth from The Go! Team; Kenyan dance music by Extra Golden. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Jose Gonzalez in Concert 10-06-2007 Jose Gonzalez in concert. With host Bob Boilen. A set list for this performance is available online. npr.org/liveconcerts Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | PJ Harvey, Caribou, Cass McCombs, More 10-05-2007 Mathematician turned musician Dan Snaith, a.k.a. Caribou; the sound of '70s Southern California from Cass McCombs; A delightful Sunset Rubdown; Britpop singer, guitarist Richard Hawley; The quiet side of guitar rocker PJ Harvey; A tribute to Automatic for the People. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Okkervil River Live, 10-03-2007 Okkervil River in concert. Propelled by the cryptic songwriting of frontman Will Sheff, the Austin band Okkervil River makes dark, literate rock that's as explosive as it is thoughtful and intimate. Now on tour in support of one of the year's best albums, 'The Stage Names,' Okkervil River visits Washington, D.C. for a full concert. The performance from the Rock and Roll Hotel was originally webcast live on NPR.org Sept. 30. A set list for this show is available at NPR.org. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Iron and Wine Live, 10-02-2007 Iron and Wine in concert. When soft became the new loud in indie circles a few years ago, Iron and Wine quickly stepped ahead of the pack as the most arresting of the whispery new-folk artists. Led by the gentle-voiced Sam Beam, the group makes morose and mysterious music, with impressively layered harmonies and the barest instrumentation. Hear the band in a full concert, recorded live from Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club, on Sept. 29. A set list for this show is available at NPR.org. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Anoushka Shankar DJs 08-30-2007 Sitar master Anoushka Shankar spins some of her favorite songs and chats with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen about her latest CD, Breathing Under Water. Hear selections from her new album, co-produced with Karsh Kale, along with music from Anoushka's sister, Norah Jones, her father Ravi Shankar, Bjork and Massive Attack. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Rilo Kiley, Stars, Maps, more 08-23-2007 80s-inspired pop from Canada's Stars; Master sitar player Anoushka Shankar with Karsh Kale; Psychedelic folk-pop from Iron and Wine; Guitarist Bill Frisell and Floratone; Jenny Lewis returns with Rilo Kiley; A feast of frenzy from Animal Collective; My Bloody Valentine-inspired rock by Maps. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dan Deacon, Queens of the Stone Age, St. Vincent, more 08-16-2007 Upper Westside Soweto from Vampire Weekend; Metal pop from Queens of the Stone Age; Absurdist electronic artist Dan Deacon; West coast power pop by Jason Falkner; "Real" power pop from The Flamin' Groovies; Sufjan Stevens singer goes solo as St. Vincent; Soulful rock from Joan as Policewoman; Australian jazz bassist Tal Wilkenfeld. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Flight of the Conchords, Charles Mingus, More, 08-03-2007 Flight of the Conchords, Swedish pop group Sambassadeur, The Real Tuesday Weld, Fats Domino, Charles Mingus, Stephen Stills, Thurston Moore. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Swell Season live, 07-27-2007 The Swell Season in concert. Playing under the name The Swell Season, Irish singer Glen Hansard and Czech new-comer Marketa Irglova sing affecting folk-rock songs with blissful harmonies. Hear the stars of the sleeper hit musical Once recorded live in concert from Washington, D.C. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Okkervil River, John Vanderslice, Architecture in Helsinki 07-26-2007 Okkervil River, John Vanderslice, Peel, choral music from Stile Antico, Architecture in Helsinki, David Dondero and guitarist Bob Brozman. With host Robin Hilton. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Gogol Bordello, Live Concert 07-23-2007 Gogol Bordello, concert FIXED. Gogol Bordello is a spectacle. The wildly exuberant, multi-ethnic group from New York City makes frenetic music that's part punk rock, part Gypsy folk, part Cabaret. Led by Eugene H?tz, a Chernobyl survivor from Ukraine, the band is famous for its costumed live shows that often stretch for more than two explosive hours. Gogol Bordello performed at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club, in a full concert originally webcast live on NPR.org July 18. (The previous podcast ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Gogol Bordello, Live Concert 07-23-2007 Gogol Bordello, live in concert. Gogol Bordello is a spectacle. The wildly exuberant, multi-ethnic group from New York City makes frenetic music that's part punk rock, part Gypsy folk, part Cabaret. Led by Eugene H?tz, a Chernobyl survivor from Ukraine, the band is famous for its costumed live shows that often stretch for more than two explosive hours. Gogol Bordello performed at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club, in a full concert originally webcast live on NPR.org July 18. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Travis, Live Concert 07-19-2007 Travis, live in concert. Emerging in the late '90s as one of the U.K.'s most passionate and infectious rock bands, Travis helped inspire a wave of new Britpop groups that included acts like Coldplay and Keane. The band is now on tour for its most inspired album in years. They performed at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club, in a full concert originally webcast live on NPR.org July 16. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Femi Kuti Live 07-17-2007 Femi Kuti live in concert. A veritable superstar in his native Nigeria, Femi Kuti is the standard bearer for Afro-beat, the blend of American jazz and funk with African percussion and vocals pioneered by his father, Fela Kuti in the 1970s. Kuti performed at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. for a live concert webcast on NPR.org July 13. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Spoon, Interpol, The Smashing Pumpkins, 07-12-2007 Stellar new music from Austin's Spoon; Swedish minimalist electronica by The Field; A classic reissued from Laurie Anderson; Psychedelic jazz by Mushroom, Eddie Gale; New York's post-punk revivalists Interpol; A bold return for the Smashing Pumpkins. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Can Rock Save the World, 07-06-2007 Live Earth founder Kevin Wall, Paste magazine editor Josh Jackson and musician Alejandro Escovedo talk about music's role in bringing about change. They join host Bob Boilen in examining the ways rock music has helped solve problems on both a global and personal level. Below are just a few of the countless songs that have helped make a difference. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Polyphonic Spree in Concert, 07-02-2007 The Polyphonic Spree live in concert. With host Bob Boilen. With two-dozen uniformed members, The Polyphonic Spree is more like a small army than a band. True to its image, the Dallas-based group makes grand, symphonic rock with the exuberance of a heavenly choir. The band brings its epic sound to Washington, D.C. for an evening of music, originally webcast live on NPR.org Jun. 30, 2007. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Bryan Ferry, Mocean Worker: 06-28-2007 Mark Ronson, Mocean Worker, Michael Hearst, Amiina, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Bryan Ferry, Tord Gustavsen Trio. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Monday, 25 Jun 2007 Richard Thompson, live in concert. With host Bob Boilen. Richard Thompson has been making inspired music for forty years. A guitar virtuoso, early innovator of the British folk-rock movement, and one of the era's finest songwriters, his distinctive style as an artist has influenced two generations of musicians and poets. This program originally webcast live on Jun. 22, 2007 from Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 21 Jun 2007 The National, live in concert. With host Bob Boilen. The National make thoughtful, mostly melancholy rock in the spirit of Joy Division or Leonard Cohen, with singer Matt Berninger's warm baritone voice set against deftly orchestrated instrumentation that's as epic as it is intimate. Hear the group recorded live in concert from Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 14 Jun 2007 The National, The Polyphonic Spree, Travis, Lightning Dust, Patti Smith, John Lennon covered by Postal Service, Jakob Dylan and Dhani Harrison. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Wednesday, 06 Jun 2007 Summer music preview. All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen chats with NPR reviewers Robert Christgau, Meredith Ochs and Will Hermes about the CDs they're most looking forward to this Summer. Hear sneak previews of new music from Spoon, Tegan and Sara, the Beastie Boys and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 01 Jun 2007 'Sgt. Pepper's' at 40. Host Bob Boilen has a remembrance. For many fans, hearing Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band for the first time was a life-changing experience. Prior to its release in June of 1967, most of music being produced was for Top 40, AM radio play and for dance parties. Kids bought 45s and never thought of a collection of songs as a "concept album" or work of art. Sgt. Pepper's was unlike anything anyone had heard before, and the day fans first dropped the needle on thei ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 25 May 2007 Paul McCartney, Art Brut, Ryan Shaw, Ian Hunter, Dntel, Phillip Bimstein, Bokoor Band. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Monday, 21 May 2007 Andrew Bird in concert. With host Bob Boilen. Andrew Bird makes the kind of music that leaves critics groping for labels. A classically trained violinist, former swing jazz musician and now art rock virtuoso, Bird is one of the most imaginative and distinctive voices making music today. This concert from Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club original webcast live on NPR.org May 20, 2007. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Sunday, 20 May 2007 The Music of Portugal Pt II. Host Bob Boilen travels to Lisbon, the home of Fado, the yearning, languid music from the south of Portugal. Boilen speaks with DJ Henrique Amaro about the origins of Fado and how it's crept into the country's electronica and hip-hop. We also discover the flashpoint that music played in the country's 1974 revolution. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 17 May 2007 Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard live in a solo concert from Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club. Originally webcast live on NPR.org May 10. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 11 May 2007 This week's mix includes new music from The White Stripes and Rufus Wainwright, previously unreleased work from Elliott Smith, a classic reissue from Emerson, Lake and Palmer, England's folktronica group Tunng, and Battles. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Monday, 07 May 2007 Bjork, Full Live Concert. With host Bob Boilen. Hear Bjork's performance from the United Palace in New York City. N.Y., originally webcast live on NPR.org May 5. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 03 May 2007 Host Bob Boilen visits the city of Porto and meets one amazing Portuguese radio dj, Alvaro Costa. Costa takes us on a journey that includes master of the Portuguese 12-string guitar Carlos Paredes but also includes Portuguese rock, reggae electronica but also pimba, the most popular music of all. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Wednesday, 02 May 2007 Peter, Bjorn and John, Fujiya and Miyagi and Au Revoir Simone, Live Concert Sampler. With host Bob Boilen. Hear selections from the performance from the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., originally webcast live on NPR.org Apr. 30. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 27 Apr 2007 The Frames, Live Concert Sampler. With host Bob Boilen. Hear selections from The Frames' performance from the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., originally webcast live on NPR.org Apr. 26. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 19 Apr 2007 Bjork, Ibrahim Ferrer, Feist, Shearwater, Jacques Loussier Trio, Podington Bear, Blonde Redhead. With host Robin Hilton. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 13 Apr 2007 Low and Loney, Dear live in concert. Highlights with host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 12 Apr 2007 Antibalas, Tinariwen, The Besnard Lakes, Frog Eyes, Let's Go Sailing, Leah Siegel, Low. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 05 Apr 2007 Bob Boilen talks with legendary music producer Joe Boyd about his work with artists like Pink Floyd, Nick Drake and Eric Clapton in the 1960s. Joe Boyd has a new book detailing his lifelong work in the studio, on stage and what it was like to be part of musical revolution. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 22 Mar 2007 Spring music preview: Modest Mouse, Fountains of Wayne, Bright Eyes, Wilco, Tori Amos, Elizabeth Cook, Balkan Beat Box, Richard Thompson, Kings of Leon, Mavis Staples. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Wednesday, 28 Mar 2007 Nellie McKay: Highlights from her live performance from the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA, originally webcast on NPR.org Mar. 27. Nellie McKay is a singer-songwriter known for her distinctive mix of jazz vocals and torch singing with cabaret pop, rock and a rap-inspired rants. Clever and darkly comedic, McKay layers caustic lyrics over jaunty piano lines, creating a surprising juxtaposition of conflicting moods that keep the listener guessing. Download the full show online. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 30 Mar 2007 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists: Highlights from their live performance from the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., originally webcast on NPR.org Mar. 29. Download the full show online. Ted Leo first emerged on the hardcore scene of the late 1980s in the bands Citizen's Arrest, Animal Crackers and Chisel. He's since become one of the most innovative and important figures in the east coast rock scene, both as a solo artist and as the front man for The Pharmacists. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Tuesday, 20 Mar 2007 Explosions in the Sky, live in concert, recorded at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. with host Bob Boilen. Explosions in the Sky is a quartet from Austin, TX making what they call"cathartic mini-symphonies."Known for wildly intense live performances, their songs are sprawling, epic pieces that build and evolve, often over a span of ten or more minutes a track. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Saturday, 17 Mar 2007 SXSW sampler featuring live performances from Fujiya and Miyagi, The Early Years, Earl Greyhound, The Apples in Stereo, Ghostland Observatory and The Holloways. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 16 Mar 2007 SXSW Roundtable discussion featuring music by Andrew Bird, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Peter Bjorn and John, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 15 Mar 2007 The Good, The Bad and The Queen Live. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 08 Mar 2007 Guest DJ Conor Oberst. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 02 Mar 2007 Rickie Lee Jones, The Knife, Amandine, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Tuesday, 20 Feb 2007 The Arcade Fire live in Concert. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 22 Feb 2007 Guest DJ Lily Allen spins her favorites. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 08 Feb 2007 Guest DJ John Waters spins his favorite songs for Valentine's Day. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 26 Jan 2007 The Good The Bad The Queen, Explosions in the Sky, Tom Brosseau, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 01 Feb 2007 Bloc Party, Deerhoof, Panda Bear, Vieux Farka Toure, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 19 Jan 2007 The Frames, Alice Coltrane, Grizzly Bear more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 12 Jan 2007 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Modest Mouse, Lucinda Williams, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 11 Jan 2007 Metric singer Emily Haines in concert. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 05 Jan 2007 The Shins, Arcade Fire, Of Montreal, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Tuesday, 26 Dec 2006 The best from 'Song of the Day.' With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 22 Dec 2006 The Beatles remixed. HIGH BIT RATE. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 22 Dec 2006 The Beatles remixed. HIGH BIT RATE. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 14 Dec 2006 Annual holiday music mix. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Wednesday, 06 Dec 2006 NPR listeners pick the year's best CDs. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 30 Nov 2006 Guest DJ Joanna Newsom spins her favorites. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Wednesday, 22 Nov 2006 Cat Power live. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Tuesday, 21 Nov 2006 OK Go, French Kicks live. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Tuesday, 21 Nov 2006 OK Go, French Kicks live. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 16 Nov 2006 Coldplay mashed with Cuban rhythms, Bright Eyes, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Friday, 10 Nov 2006 The Who, Arctic Monkeys, The Low Lows, More. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Wednesday, 08 Nov 2006 The Black Angels, Black Keys live. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 02 Nov 2006 Guest DJ Weird Al Yankovic spins his favorites. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 26 Oct 2006 Tom Waits, Damien Rice, Lily Allen, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 19 Oct 2006 Jeff Tweedy solo, The Byrds, Jay Bennett, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Wednesday, 18 Oct 2006 Jenny Lewis concert highlights. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 05 Oct 2006 Country legend Bob Wills, Etta Baker Viva Voce, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Monday, 02 Oct 2006 Guest DJs Nouvelle Vague with music from the Cramps, Nick Cave, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 21 Sep 2006 Fall preview: Beck, The Decemberists, The Be Good Tanyas, more. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 14 Sep 2006 Guest DJ M. Ward spins his favorites. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | All Songs Considered for Thursday, 07 Sep 2006 TV On the Radio, Sparklehorse, Yo La Tengo, More. With host Bob Boilen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone |