NPR: All Songs Considered: Episode 74

From November 16, 2004

Archived Show: Episode 74

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Featured: Bright Eyes

The pre-teen sister duo Smoosh
Self-professed has been William Shatner
Dream pop veterans Luna
A reissued classic from Cream
Bluegrass revivalist Alison Krauss
Great unknown mandolinist Sam Bartlett
Ambient rock pioneer, producer Brian Eno
Socially conscious anthem rock from U2

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Bright Eyes is the vehicle for singer/songwriter Conor Oberst, an Omaha native and prolific songwriter. This track was initially released on an EP and will be part of a full-length CD due in early 2005.

Featured: Bright Eyes

CD: Take It Easy (Love Nothing)
Song: "Take It Easy (Love Nothing)"
Label: Saddle Creek

Listen to "Take It Easy (Love Nothing)"

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This is from another Bright Eyes EP released in 2004 and will also be featured on yet another full length CD scheduled for release in early 2005.

Bright Eyes

CD: Lua
Song: "Lua"
Label: Saddle Creek

Listen to "Lua"

Smoosh are two sisters from Seattle. Chloe is just 10 years old and Asya is 12. They write and perform their own songs and have already found themselves opening for well-known acts like Pearl Jam and Death Cab For Cutie.

Smoosh

CD: She Like Electric
Song: "Pygmy Motorcycle"
Label: Pattern 25 Records

Listen to "Pygmy Motorcycle"

Best known as Captain Kirk from the TV sci-fi classic "Star Trek," William Shatner on this album shares some of his original poetry set to music and performs several cover tunes, including this song by the band Pulp.

William Shatner

CD: Has Been
Song: "Common People"
Label: Shout

Listen to "Common People"

Members of Luna say this is their last album. It comes after more than a decade of making quintessential dream pop - atmospheric rock with languid, sonic landscapes.

Luna

CD: Rendezvous
Song: "Malibu Love Nest"
Label: Jetset

Listen to "Malibu Love Nest"

This remastered release of Cream's classic Disraeli Gears comes amid rumors of a reunion tour for the classic British rockers.

Cream

CD: Disraeli Gears
Song: "Tales of Brave Ulysses"
Label: Polydor

Listen to "Tales of Brave Ulysses"

This is Alison Krauss' 10th album with Union Station on Rounder Records, a label she first signed with when she was just 14 years old.

Alison Krauss and Union Station

CD: Lonely Runs Both Ways
Song: "Gravity"
Label: Rounder

Listen to "Gravity"

Sam Bartlett is a little-known but gifted mandolin player from Indiana with an equally gifted backup band.

Sam Bartlett

CD: Evil Diane
Song: "Rumblestrip"
Label: Stuntology Music

Listen to "Rumblestrip"

Contact the artist (samnabby@bluemarble.net) to purchase this CD.

Experimental rock pioneer and producer Brian Eno first released this ground-breaking album in 1973. This debut solo release after leaving Roxy Music is now being rereleased.

Brian Eno

CD: Here Come the Warm Jets
Song: "Baby's On Fire"
Label: Astralwerks

Listen to "Baby's On Fire"

After a period of experimenting with electronics - and nearly a quarter of a century since their first release - U2 on their latest CD return to the straight ahead rock sound from their earliest days.

CD: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Song: "Love And Peace or Else"
Label: Universal

Listen to "Love And Peace or Else"

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