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New Mix: Exitmusic, Harold Budd, Laura Veirs, More

New Mix: Harold Budd, Laura Veirs, Exitmusic, More

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This week on All Songs Considered, youth and age find a way to meet in the middle. A still-kicking Tony Bennett teams up with the still freakishly young Lady Gaga on his new Duets II; Laura Veirs, who was very pregnant the last time she visited NPR, celebrates her new motherhood with a children's album; and Harold Budd, the wizened experimental composer who announced his retirement from music years ago, reemerges with one of the most beautiful albums of his career. Also on this episode: Exitmusic and Milagres, two New York bands with a fondness for echoing drums and spooky falsetto.

For a limited time, head to our First Listen series to hear new albums from Tony Bennett, Harold Budd and A.A. Bondy in their entirety.

New Mix: Exitmusic, Harold Budd, Laura Veirs, More

The Lady Is A Tramp feat. Lady Gaga

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From 'Duets II'

By Tony Bennett

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The Sea

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From 'From Silence'

By Exitmusic

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Halfway

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From 'Glowing Mouth'

By Milagres

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Little Lap Dog Lullaby

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From 'Tumble Bee'

By Laura Veirs

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Haru Spring

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From 'In the Mist'

By Harold Budd

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Stuff

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From 'Nasty, Brutish, and Short'

By Pujol

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The Heart Is Willing

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From 'Believers'

By A.A. Bondy

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A New Day

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From 'Black Foliage: Animation Music'

By The Olivia Tremor Control

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