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From July 22nd, 2002:
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Welcome to a special edition of All Songs Considered.
On this episode, we dig through our archives to bring you some of our favorite artists and albums featured on All Songs during the past two years.
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The Gillham Park Orchtet (yes, "orchtet" not "ochtet") recorded and performed in Kansas City, MO in the late 1990s.
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Gillham Park Orchtet
Watch: Lost in the Stars
from the CD songs From the Velvet Anvil
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From All Songs Considered Episode 3
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Twenty five years after his death, Nick Drake's music is more popular than ever.
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Nick Drake
Watch: Pink Moon
from the CD Way to Blue (Ryko)
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From All Songs Considered Episode 4
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Cartoonist R. Crumb plays the claw-hammered-style banjo and sings in this group from Paris. If you like music from the 1920s, you'll enjoy this unique sound.
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R. Crumb
Watch: The Fox Mussette
from the CD World Mussette (Sketch Records)
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From All Songs Considered Episode 7
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Nicknamed the "Gentle Giant," Israel Kamakawiwo'ole has a tender voice with a giant sound. He gained international fame with this featured selection: A medley of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
and "What A Wonderful World."
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Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Watch: Over the Rainbow
from the CD Facing Future (Mountain Apple)
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From All Songs Considered Episode 7
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Since the breakup of The Talking Heads in 1991, David Byrne has released a half a dozen solo albums, written
books, and shown his photography at several exhibits. His latest release is Look Into the Eyeball.
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David Byrne
Watch: The Great Intoxication
from the CD Look Into the Eyeball (Virgin Records)
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From All Songs Considered Episode 8
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Radiohead have been compared to Pink Floyd, U2 and the Beatles. But their sound is distinctly modern and inimitable.
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Radiohead
Watch: Pyramid Song
from the CD Amnesiac (Capitol)
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From All Songs Considered Episode 9
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Lead singer Albert Kuvezin produces a remarkable and seemingly unnatural sound, using a technique known as "throat singing."
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Yat Kha
Watch: Chorumal Bodum
from the CD Aldyn Dashka (Self Produced)
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From All Songs Considered Episode 10
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Vespertine is Bjork's first release since winning a "Best Actress" award at the Cannes Film Festival for her staring role in the Lars Von Trier film "Dancer in the Dark."
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Bjork
Watch: Aurora
from the CD Vespertine (Elektra)
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From All Songs Considered Episode 11
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Orchestra Baobab first released this album on cassette in the early '80s. It was widely pirated by devout fans and is now available for the first time on CD.
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Orchestra Baobab
Watch: Utrus Oras
from the CD Pirates Choice (Nonesuch)
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From All Songs Considered Episode 13
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Wilco's previous label refused to put out this album, saying it was too weird. Fortunately for fans, Nonesuch picked it up and plans to release it April, 2002.
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Wilco
Watch: I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
from the CD Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch)
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From All Songs Considered Episode 14
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Lambchop are part of the Nashville music scene with a sound that veers from twangy country to ambient, alt/art rock.
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Lambchop
Watch: Autumn's Vicar
from the CD Is A Woman (Merge Records)
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From All Songs Considered Episode 15
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Since his first release, Costello has continued to completely change his sound. He's composed and conducted children's songs, collaborated with chamber music orchestras, and wrote an entire CD of songs with Burt Bacharach.
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Elvis Costello
Watch: When I Was Cruel
from the CD When I Was Cruel (Island Records)
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From All Songs Considered Episode 16
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A master of Hawaiian slide guitar, Bob Brozman collaborates with René Lacaille on this largely instrumental album he calls "world blues."
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Bob Brozman
Watch: Place d' Youville
from the CD DigDig (Riverboat/World Music Net)
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From All Songs Considered Episode 18
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A great dreamy guitar record from an unknown group from Ohio, Things Shaped In Passing can be heard often between stories on NPR's All Things Considered.
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Six Parts Seven
Watch: Now Like Photographs
from the CD Things Shaped in Passing (Suicide Squeeze Records)
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From All Songs Considered Episode 18
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In 1979, Patti Smith waved goodbye to rock and roll, only occasionally appearing on a handful of albums since. Now she's back with a retrospective of her work called, Land.
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Patti Smith
Watch: Free Money
from the CD Land (Arista)
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From All Songs Considered Episode 19
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New York song writer Dan Messe puts an ad in the paper for a singer and finds "the most beautiful voice" he's ever heard. Sally Ellyson sings here on Rabbit Songs, a gorgeous debut from the group, Hem.
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Hem
Watch: When I Was Drinking
from the CD Rabbit Songs (Bar None)
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From All Songs Considered Episode 22
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