Nov 14th, 2008 · We've come up with many excuses to have artists come in and perform Tiny Desk Concerts at the workspace of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. Some are too quiet to be well-served by traditional live concerts, while others are little-known staff favorites who wouldn't ordinarily receive a large-scale webcast presentation. Usually, it's just an opportunity to bring in artists who, for one reason or another, haven't gotten as much of our attention as we'd like to give them.
Keywords: artists · desks · Traditional · concert · webcast · Songs Considered · Bob Boilen · Shearwater · emAll · Tiny Desk Concerts · workspace
Nov 10th, 2008 · We receive several hundred CDs a week at All Songs Considered and do our best to listen to a bit of everything. But there's only enough time and space on the show to cover a tiny fraction of them. That means a lot of great albums get missed. Fortunately, as we compile our ballot for the year's best CDs, NPR listeners have been helping us find some of those buried and overlooked musical gems. On this edition of All Songs Considered we share some of those picks: the best of the CDs we missed this year, including music from Flobots, Department of Eagles, Human Highway, and more.
Keywords: CD · music · album · fraction · Songs Considered · Eagles · compilation · Space · emAll · Human Highway · Flobots
Oct 13th, 2008 · So much to hear. So little time. You can spend your entire life devouring music, both new and old, and barely scratch the surface of all there is to discover. NPR reviewer and author Tom Moon is trying to make it a little easier for music fans with his new book: 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List. On this edition of All Songs Considered, we talk with Tom about his new book and listen to some of the incredible music he select, as well as some of the ones we think he missed.
Keywords: Tom · music · recordings · discovering · Tom Moon · incredible · Songs Considered · emAll · em1000 · Hear Before You Die · Life List
Sep 29th, 2008 · Okkervil River frontman Will Sheff shares some of his favorite (and fairly obscure) music with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. The two talk about Okkervil River's latest album, The Stand-Ins and listen to some of the songs Sheff has loved and been inspired by over the years. Hear music from soul singer Lorraine Ellison, the 1960s Jamaican group Carlton and the Shoes, former teen idol-turned introspective singer Dion, and The Penetrators — a 1970s band some would call punk, others would call garage rock.
Keywords: shoe · music · River · Singer · soul · 1970 · songs · Teen · frontman · album · Okkervil · Okkervil River
Sep 22nd, 2008 · All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen looks at some of the most anticipated CDs due out this fall, with reviewers Tom Moon, Will Hermes, and Meredith Ochs. Hear a sneak preview of TV On the Radio's spectacular new album, Dear Science, plus the latest and reportedly final album from The Streets, a sultry new CD from Lucinda Williams, more bootleg recordings from Bob Dylan, the comically cool Eagles of Death Metal, Blitzen Trapper, Jolie Holland, and more.
Keywords: science · CD · music · Preview · Hermes · album · Tom Moon · Bob Dylan · Meredith Ochs · Songs Considered · Bob Boilen · Bootlegs
Sep 4th, 2008 · Thao Nguyen makes captivating music. Her songs are raw and infectious, her voice has a distinctive swagger, and she's a remarkably nimble guitarist. Nguyen's songs come from very real and jarringly honest places. The singer-songwriter stopped by NPR's offices recently to give an intimate performance at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen.
Keywords: officer · desks · music · Captive · Singer · songs · songwriter · concert · rawness · guitarist · Songs Considered · Bob Boilen
Sep 2nd, 2008 · Were the 1980s the worst years for music? NPR listeners seem to think so, according the results of our poll. When asked to pick the best year for music, nearly everyone skipped the '80s entirely. On this edition of All Songs Considered, host Bob Boilen looks back at the decade of synth pop, hair metal, and hardcore with Stephen Thompson, editor of Song of the Day, Robin Hilton, All Songs Considered producer and host of Second Stage, and Carrie Brownstein, writer for the Monitor Mix blog.
Keywords: music · Writer · 1980 · songs · hair · Blog · Songs Considered · Bob Boilen · hardcore · Stephen Thompson · Carrie Brownstein · synth
Jul 11th, 2008 · What's that noise? Do you hear it? It sounds like maybe a spoon in a garbage disposal. Oh, wait, it's just NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich playing death metal through his headphones again. 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 — some hard and loud, some ethereal and restrained. Hear music from Harvey Milk, Sebmo, Extra Life, Jacaszek and more.
Keywords: deaths · artists · OH · music · Disposal · NPR Music · ethereal · Garbage · Songs Considered · Bob Boilen · vikings · headphones
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