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November 16, 2010 "Getting Ready for Christmas Day" features a sample from an American Christian preacher and gospel artist, Rev. J.M. Gates, from 1941. It's from Simon's new album, So Beautiful or So What, which comes out in the spring of 2011.

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November 1, 2010 Bob Boilen reviews the new documentary about Merritt, Strange Powers. He says the film will make longtime fans love the artist even more, while others new to his music may be left scratching their heads.

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October 26, 2010 Minutes from CMJ: All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen shares his New York music festival experience in a burst of 27 one-minute videos.

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October 19, 2010 A week ago today we launched our new All Songs Considered 24/7 Music Channel.  Since then, we've gotten a number of notes from listeners asking about all the different ways they can tune in.  Bob Boilen offers some tips.

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October 19, 2010 NPR Music's "Tiny Desk Concerts" took a field trip last week: to Capitol Hill, for a special performance for lawmakers by the band Lost in the Trees.

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October 6, 2010 The Keytar is the single most obnoxious instrument in modern music. It was the worst part of a keyboard (plastic and monophonic), married to the even worse part of a guitar (no guitar strings, no body).

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September 29, 2010 A fan of All Songs Considered writes in with a special request: What albums would you give to a 13 year-old to help get him or her through their adolescence?  Host Bob Boilen offers a few of his favorite records from his youth.

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September 21, 2010 All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen shares a classic from his personal record collection.  It may not sound like it now, but The Human League song "Being Boiled" was pretty exotic when it was released in the late '70s.

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August 13, 2010 The All Songs Considered intern comes clean about the music everyone loves to hate.

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August 3, 2010 NPR Music intern Alex Spoto worked his way into an interview with the band at a recent performance at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club, only to find himself playing with the band on stage.

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July 30, 2010 Hear Alex Ebert on his amazement with the band's success and its connection to fans. The sprawling, 10-person traveling band plays jubilant sing-a-long songs and sits in jam circles with fans at just about any show.

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July 27, 2010 This is the poster for the Gorillaz performing in Damascus, Syria this week.  If you think it's cool and you wish you could have been there to see the performance, stay tuned to NPR Music!

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July 22, 2010 All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen looks at the ways music can affect a person, and wonders whether musicians making the music hear songs differently than passive listeners.

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July 22, 2010 Hear dozens of sets from the legendary festival during our live webcast with WFUV and Folk Alley. This year's lineup features both old favorites and young unknowns, from heavy-metal bluegrass to Nigerian-inspired hip-hop and reggae.

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