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Episode 87
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New solo work from Daniel Lanois
Reggae meets country: Willie Nelson
Malian musical legends Touré and Diabaté
A long-awaited new CD from Son Volt
Collected rarities by Fountains of Wayne
French pop crooner Benjamin Biolay
An odd debut from Flotation Toy Warning
Score for a funeral parlor by Arcade Fire
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Best known as the producer who transformed the sounds of U2, Bob Dylan and Peter Gabriel, Daniel Lanois' latest solo CD is a collection of instrumental tunes, anchored by Lanois' pedal steel guitar. Lanois' previous solo album, Shine, was featured on All Songs Considered episode 36.
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Daniel Lanois
CD: Belladonna
Song: "The Deadly Nightshade"
Label: Anti
Listen to "The Deadly Nightshade"
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Don Was gave Willie Nelson the idea of doing a reggae album about ten years ago when Was noted similarities between Jamaican music and Nelson's outlaw country sound. On Countryman, Nelson reinterprets some of his own songs and offers a few classic reggae tunes.
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Willie Nelson
CD: Countryman
Song: "How Long is Forever"
Label: Lost Highway
Listen to "How Long is Forever"
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Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté are both from Mali; Touré a guitarist from the north and Diabaté a kora (African harp) player from the south. They say a collaboration between artists from two different regions is rare; but they find common ground in Mali's march toward independence.
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Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté
CD: In the Heart of the Moon
Song: "Kala"
Label: Nonesuch World Circuit
Listen to "Kala"
Note: This CD is currently only available as an import.
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This is Son Volt's first collection of new songs in seven years. Since their last album was released, the band has gone through a complete lineup change, with only frontman Jay Farrar remaining from the original group.
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Son Volt
CD: Okemah and the Melody of Riot
Song: "Atmosphere"
Label: Sony Legacy
Listen to "Atmosphere"
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Following the tremendous success of the 2003 CD Welcome Interstate Managers, the New Jersey power pop group offers a 2-CD collection of rare cuts and two new songs.
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Fountains of Wayne
CD: Out-Of-State-Plates
Song: "Maureen"
Label: Virgin
This song is not available for individual play because of label restrictions.
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Benjamin Biolay has been compared to the late French singer Serge Gainsbourg, though Biolay's music is darker at times and more conceptual. Biolay has collaborated with multi-lingual musician Keren Ann in the past, an artist featured on All Songs Considered episode 79. This is Biolay's third solo release.
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Benjamin Biolay
CD: A L'Origine
Song: "Même si tu pars"
Label: EMI
This song is not available for individual play because of label restrictions.
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The music is as mysterious as the group's history. The band, which clearly likes a good tale, claims frontman Donald Drusky was a former test pilot who met drummer Don LeCannes at the unveiling of his latest invention: some sort of instrument called a stair horn. LeCannes introduced Dusky to a rival inventor, Magnesi Rich, who was "translating Chinese wind shapes" with Benedict Maidsaver and Victoria Vest. The five met for dinner and, as the story goes, "discovered a common interest in astrophonics" and decided to form a band!
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Flotation Toy Warning
CD: Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck
Song: "Fire Engine on Fire Pt. 1"
Label: Misra
Listen to "Fire Engine on Fire Pt. 1"
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Arcade Fire wrote this new single specifically for the HBO TV show "Six Feet Under." It appears on this new collection along with several other new songs written for the show by artists like Jem and Interpol.
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Arcade Fire
CD: Everything Ends: Music from the HBO Original Series Six Feet Under Vol. 2
Song: "Cold Wind"
Label: Astralwerks
Listen to "Cold Wind"
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