NPR: All Songs Considered: Episode 62

From May 11, 2004:

Archived Show: Episode 62

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Featured: Arto Lindsay

Lo-fi indie folk from Miami's Iron and Wine
Avant-garde jazz pianist Marilyn Crispell
Polynesia's 126-member Tahitian Choir
Light indie pop from Camera Obscura
An album never meant to be: Ric Menck
Israeli Beatle pop from the Rockfour

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Arto Lindsay is known for blending the sounds of Brazil with American noise pop. We last featured his work on Episode 20.

Featured: Arto Lindsay

CD: Salt
Song: "Personagem"
Label: Righteous Babe

Listen to "Personagem"

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Iron and Wine is the work of Samuel Beam, a cinematography instructor at Miami college. Reminiscent of Elliot Smith or Nick Drake, Beam writes delicate, hushed songs and records his musical treasures with a four-track at home.

Iron and Wine

CD: Our Endless Numbered Days
Song: "On Your Wings"
Label: Sub Pop

Listen to "On Your Wings "

Emerging as a free-jazz pianist in the '80s, Marilyn Crispell today focuses more on harmony and melody, making dark jazz some have described as "haunted."

Marilyn Crispell Trio

CD: Storyteller
Song: "The Storyteller"
Label: ECM

Listen to "The Storyteller"

This vocal group comes from the Tahitian island of Oparo, which is also known as Rapa. Only 330 people live on the island and nearly half of them are in this choir.

Tahitian Choir

CD: Rapa Iti
Song: "Ratou Ki Ota"
Label: Solitude Records

Listen to "Ratou Ki Ota"

From Glasgow, Scotland, Camera Obscura borrow heavily from another Glasgow group: Belle and Sebastian with sweet, light chamber pop tunes.

Camera Obscura

CD: Under Achievers Please Try Harder
Song: "Suspended from Class"
Label: Merge

Listen to "Suspended from Class"

Best known as the drummer for Velvet Crush, Ric Menck never intended to release his solo work as an album, but has compiled a dozen of his best jangle-pop singles for this CD.

Ric Menck

CD: The Ballad of Ric Menck
Song: "Perfect Day"
Label: Aktion Music

Listen to "Perfect Day"

Rockfour has been called Israel's answer to the Beatles. We last featured their work on Episode 24.

Rockfour

CD: Nationwide
Song: "You Said"
Label: Rainbow Quartz

Listen to "You Said"

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