NPR: All Songs Considered: Episode 39

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Archived Show: Episode 39

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New music from Bruce Cockburn
Norah Jones' songwriter Jesse Harris
Dreamy Brazilian pop from Celso Fonseca
Violin virtuoso Andrew Bird
New bluegrass from Blue Highway
Post punk from New York's Interpol

Featured: Barry and Holly Tashian

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In a career spanning 30-years, Canadian singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn has tried everything from Christian folk to political rock. This more introspective album
is his 27th release.

Bruce Cockburn

CD: You've Never Seen Everything
Song: "Put It In Your Heart"
Label: True North/Rounder

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Listen to the All Things Considered review of You've Never Seen Everything.

Visit Bruce Cockburn's official Web Site.

Jesse Harris wrote much of the songs on Norah Jones' Grammy- winning album, Come Away With Me, including the song "Don't Know Why." On this album, Harris picks up the pace and adds a little distortion, but keeps his breezy, contemplative melodies.

Jesse Harris & the Ferdinandos

CD: The Secret Sun
Song: "How?"
Label: Blue Thumb Records

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Read more on Jesse Harris and his work with Norah Jones from the NPR homepage.

Visit Jesse Harris' official Web site.

Celso Fonseca has been a producer and session musician for more than 20-years, but this is his first international solo release. Considered a keystone of the Brazilian music scene, Fonseca has a smooth, sensual voice backed by minimalist acoustic instrumentation.

Celso Fonseca

CD: Natural
Song: "Butéco 2"
Label: Six Degrees

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Listen to the All Things Considered review of Natural (includes review of Tribalistas).

A violinist, singer and songwriter from Chicago, Andrew Bird has long been infatuated with music from the '20s and '30s. On this collection of songs, Bird tosses all that aside for an album filled with mystery, making music that could only be from this century.

Andrew Bird

CD: Weather Systems
Song: "I"
Label: Righteous Babe

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See the original All Songs Considered feature on Andrew Bird from March, 2000.

Visit Andrew Bird's official Web site.

Veteran bluegrass artists Ricky Skaggs, Earl Scruggs and Alison Krauss appear on this gospel CD, shaped by the sounds of Tennessee and southwest Virginia.

Blue Highway

CD: Wondrous Love
Song: "Wondrous Love
Label: Rounder

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Visit Blue Highway's official Web site.

Barry and Holly Tashian are a husband and wife folk duo with harmonies reminiscent of
the Everly Brothers.

Featured Slideshow:
Barry and Holly Tashian

CD: At Home
Song: "We Could"
Label: Copper Creek

Watch the slideshow

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Visit the Tashian's Web Page on Copper Creek Records.

The gloomy dirges of Interpol sound a lot like the Joy Division. This song originally appeared on Interpol's album, Turn On the Bright Lights.

Interpol

CD: Yes New York
Song: "NYC"
Label: Wolfgang Worden

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Visit Interpol's official Web Site.

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