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Episode 88
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Nashville singer/songwriter Doug Hoekstra
Québécois singer and cellist Jorane
A medley from The Celtic Fiddle Festival
Classical for the banjo: Tim Wiedenkeller
New and different music from Philip Glass
Malian musicians Amadou & Mariam
Music for yoga and exercise: TJ Rehmi
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Sufjan Stevens wrote and recorded this tune exclusively for NPR as part of an All Things Considered feature looking at the way Stevens goes about writing music. Hear the story by Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister and read more.
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Sufjan Stevens
Song: "The Lord God Bird"
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Download instructions: PC users, right-click and select "save target as." Mac users control-click and "save link as."
Hear a cut from Sufjan's previous album on Michigan from All Songs Considered's Best songs of 2003 list.
We originally featured Sufjan Steven's album Michigan on All Songs Considered's Open Mic.
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Doug Hoekstra is a Nashville singer/songwriter originally featured on All Songs Considered episode 40 in August 2003.
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Doug Hoekstra
CD: Six Songs
Song: "Diminishing Returns"
Label: WingDing Records
Listen to "Diminishing Returns"
For more on this CD, including purchase information, visit the artist's official Web site.
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Jorane is a French Canadian singer and cellist who likes to challenge expectations for the instrument by covering songs like Donna Summer's disco hit "I Feel Love." For this collection - a mix of cover and original tunes - Jorane collaborated with a handful of other artists like Lisa Germano.
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Jorane
CD: The You and the Now
Song: "Stay"
Label: Six Degrees
Listen to "Stay"
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Three world-class fiddlers make up this group, The Celtic Fiddle Festival: Irish fiddler Kevin Burke, French fiddler Christian Lemaitre and French Canadian André Brunet. The track featured here is a medley of Québécois tunes.
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The Celtic Fiddle Festival
CD: Play On
Song: "La Belle / Le Step à Ti-Phonse / Reel à Toto"
Label: Green Linnet
Listen to "La Belle / Le Step à Ti-Phonse / Reel à Toto"
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Originally from southern California, Tim Wiedenkeller now lives in Arizona where he writes and performs new classical works for the banjo. He also performs on a 7-string guitar/banjo hybrid called a "sevan."
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Tim Wiedenkeller
CD: Milagros
Song: "Morro Glenn"
Label: Self-Released
Listen to "Morro Glenn"
For more on this CD, including purchase information, visit the artist's Web site.
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This work was originally commissioned for the 2004 Summer Olympics and features a diverse group of backing artists from all over the world, including Africa, China and Brazil. This cut features Foday Musa Suso performing on a kora, a kind of African harp.
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Philip Glass
CD: Orion
Song: "The Gambia"
Label: Orange Mountain Music
Listen to "The Gambia"
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Amadou and Mariam are husband and wife. They met at the Institute for the Blind in Bamako, the capital of Mali, in the 1960s. At the time, Amadou was a guitarist and Mariam a singer. The two married, had three children and toured the continent, producing several albums along the way. For this album they paired with producer Manu Chao.
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Amadou and Mariam
CD: Dimanche à Bamako
Song: "M'Bifé/M'bifé balafon"
Label: Nonesuch
Listen to "M'Bifé/M'bifé balafon"
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Guitarist TJ Rehmi is one of several artists featured on this collection of meditative tunes meant for yoga or exercising. The collection was compiled and remixed by world music DJ Pathaan.
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TJ Rehmi
CD: Tandava
Song: "You Are We Am I (Remix)"
Label: Sounds True
Listen to "You Are We Am I"
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