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Lou Reed In Concert

Lou Reed, from a live performance at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club in 2008. Joel Didriksen/kingpinphoto flickr hide caption

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Live in Concert

Lou Reed In Concert

Hear the legendary rock artist recorded live in concert from Asbury Park's Paramount Theatre in 2008, featuring classics from The Velvet Underground as well as more recent work.

Lou Reed in Concert

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Thursday

Thursday

All Songs Considered

Paste Magazine 100 Greatest Living Songwriters

The editors of Paste magazine wondered: who are the best living songwriters around. They gathered a team of 50 musicians and writers and put together a list of the top 100.

Paste Magazine 100 Greatest Living Songwriters

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Sunday

Sunday

Music Interviews

Lou Reed and 'The Raven'

Over the past few decades, iconic musician Lou Reed has worked with a gallery of talented visual and performing artists — Andy Warhol, the Velvet Underground, his girlfriend Laurie Anderson, just to name a few. Now he's tackled what he says is his toughest challenge yet: dramatizing the works of Edgar Allan Poe in music, sound and spoken voice. Hear samples from Reed's latest CD, The Raven.

Lou Reed and 'The Raven'

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