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

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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

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

  • Artist: Bell
  • Album: EP
  • Song: Housefire
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  • "Housefire"
  • Album: EP
  • Artist: Bell
  • Released: 2008
 
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Bowerbirds

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

  • Artist: Okay
  • Album: Huggable Dust
  • Song: My
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  • "My"
  • Album: Huggable Dust
  • Artist: Okay
  • Label: Absolutely Kosh
  • Released: 2008
 
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Amber Rubarth

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

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

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Hymns for a Dark Horse

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  • Album: Hymns for a Dark Horse
  • Artist: Bowerbirds
 

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