Bright Eyes frontman Conor Oberst is a gifted and prolific songwriter, accomplishing more by the age of 14 than many artists do in a lifetime. Now 27 years old, he and his band are about to release their 6th album, titled Cassadaga. Oberst chats with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen about the new CD and shares some of his favorite songs by other artists like Lou Reed, Bjork and Jackson Browne.
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Jumping Someone Else's Train
Jumping Someone Else's Train
from Staring at the Sea: The Singlesby The Cure
NOTE: This is a partial track. Warner Brothers, which owns the rights to this song, refused to let us play the full cut.
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From Silver Lake
from Jackson Browneby Jackson Browne
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Lost in Space
from Hawks and Dovesby Neil Young
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Four Winds
from Four Winds (EP)by Bright Eyes
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April the 14th, Pt. 1
from Time (The Revelator)by Gillian Welch
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Smoke Without Fire
from Four Winds (EP)by Bright Eyes
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Unravel
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Sally Can't Dance
from Sally Can't Danceby Lou Reed
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Cartoon Blues
from Four Winds (EP)by Bright Eyes
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