NPR: All Songs Considered: Episode 65

From July 6, 2004:

Archived Show: Episode 65

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Featured: David Darling & Wulu Bunun

Reinventing an old hymn with Just Cause
A great unknown mandolinist: Don Julin
Neo-psychedelia from Devendra Banhart
New York singer/songwriter Nina Nastasia
The beautifully eerie music of Jesse Sykes
Dream rock from the Secret Machines

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Cellist David Darling performs with Taiwain's Wulu Bunun. The people who live on this remote island sing unusual eight-part harmony modeled after the sounds of nature.

Featured: David Darling and the Wulu Bunun

CD: Mudanin Kata
Song: "Ku-Isa Tama Laug"
Label: Riverboat Records

Listen to "Ku-Isa Tama Laug"

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This group of New York City musicians reinterprets traditional songs of justice and freedom, including "We Shall Overcome" and "John Henry."

Just Cause

CD: Standards
Song: "Going to Study War No More"
Label: Water Street Music

Listen to "Going to Study War No More"

Mandolinist Don Julin has recorded in a broad a range of styles and genres, from rock to gospel and jazz. This tune has been heard between news stories on All Things Considered.

Don Julin

CD: Tractor
Song: "Breathe"
Label: Pygmy Twylite Records

Listen to "Breathe"

To purchase this CD, visit the artist's official Web site.

Devendra Banhart has jokingly been called the "Man of La Mantra;" his songs have a magical, mystical quality. Listen to this spare and intimate tune from a new collection called Rejoicing in the Hands.

Devendra Banhart

CD: Rejoicing in the Hands
Song: "Poughkeepsie"
Label: Young God Records

Listen to "Poughkeepsie"

Touch and Go Records is reissuing this 2000 debut from Nina Nastasia - a collection of emotional, atmospheric and often hypnotic songs.

Nina Nastasia

CD: Dogs
Song: "Oblivion"
Label: Touch and Go Records

Listen to "Oblivion"

Jesse Sykes joined with former Whiskeytown guitarist Phil Wandscher in 1999 to form the Sweet Hereafter. This is their second release - a beautiful and heartbreaking album that's been called a soundtrack to lonliness.

Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter

CD: Oh, My Girl
Song: "You Are Not Gotten Here"
Label: Barsuk

Listen to "You Are Not Gotten Here"

On their debut release, The Secret Machines are part Led Zeppelin, part Flaming Lips with classic rock rhythms and an indie sensibility.

The Secret Machines

CD: Now Here is Nowhere
Song: "Now Here is Nowhere"
Label: Reprise

Listen to "Sad and Lonely"

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