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    A Great Unknowns Showcase: Bowerbirds, Bell, Port O'Brien, Okay, AU, and More

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    May 8, 2008 - This week's edition of All Songs Considered is full of surprises: great music from bands we'd never heard of before. They're not the easiest names to search for online: AU, Bell, Okay are a few of them. But they're all making inspired, richly diverse and beautifully produced albums. Hear the art-folk group Bowerbirds, Russian-born singer Olga Bell, the pop trio Try Me Bicycle (from our 'Second Stage' series) and more.

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    A Great Unknowns Showcase: Bowerbirds, Bell, Port O'Brien, Okay, AU, and More

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    Port O'Brien

    Album: Wind and the Swell
    Song: Bird Flies By
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      • CD: Wind and the Swell
      • Artist: Port O'Brien
      • Label: American Dust
      • Released: 2007
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    Bell

    Album: EP
    Song: Housefire
     
     
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    Bowerbirds

    Album: Hymns for a Dark Horse
    Song: Hooves
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      • CD: Hymns for a Dark Horse
      • Artist: Bowerbirds
      • Label: Burly Time
      • Released: 2007
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    Okay

    Album: Huggable Dust
    Song: My
     
     
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    Amber Rubarth

    Album: New Green Lines
    Song: You Will Love This Song
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      • CD: New Green Lines
      • Artist: Amber Rubarth
      • Label: Sounden
      • Released: 2008
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    Try Me Bicycle

    Album: Voicings
    Song: Big Small
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      • Artist: Try Me Bicycle
      • Label: Try Me Bicycle
      • Released: 2007
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