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This program originally posted on May 19th, 2003.

From May 19th, 2003:

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Dublin's singer/songwriter Damien Rice
Brazilian super trio Tribalistas
Remembering '60s pop group, Love
A great unknown band from LA: The 88
Dobro and slide guitarist Carl Weingarten
Simon Rattle's Beethoven Symphonies
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Released more than a year ago in his native Ireland, Damien Rice's debut album has just made it to the US.


Damien Rice

Watch All Songs ConsideredWatch: Delicate
from the CD O (Nonesuch)

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Recorded in secrecy over a three-week period, Tribalistas brings together three of Brazil's most popular artists.


Tribalistas

Watch All Songs ConsideredWatch: Carnavália
from the CD Tribalistas (Blue Note)

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Listen to Michele Mercer's review of Tribalistas from All Things Considered.


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A folk-rock, psychedelic group from the '60s, Love originally released this track on the LP Forever Changes in 1967.


Love

Watch All Songs ConsideredWatch: Alone Again Or
from the CD The Best of Love (Elektra)

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From Los Angeles, The 88 are a thoroughly modern group with a sound rooted in the 1960s British Invasion.


The 88

Watch All Songs ConsideredWatch: Kind of Light
from the CD Kind of Light (EMK)

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All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen frequently uses this track as a button while directing All Things Considered.


Carl Weingarten

Watch All Songs ConsideredWatch: Hand In The Sand
from the CD Escapesilence (Multiphase Records)

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Part of a new recording of the complete Beethoven Symphonies, the 7th often elicits extreme reactions from listeners who both love and hate it. Conductor Simon Rattle calls it "a very, very dangerous piece."


Simon Rattle

Watch All Songs ConsideredWatch: Symphony No. 7
from the CD Beethoven Symphonies (EMI)

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Watch a video documentary on the making of Simon Rattle's Beethoven Symphonies.
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Check out the in-depth feature on Simon Rattle's Beethoven Symphonies from NPR's Performance Today.




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