Music Interviews Lou Reed and 'The Raven' April 6, 2003 • 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' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1220660/1222302" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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All Songs Considered Lou Reed, Tinariwen, The Bad Plus February 17, 2003 • A musical trainwreck from Bill Joy; The poetry of Poe as sung by Lou Reed; Rebel warriors turned musicians: Tinariwen; Vanguard electronica producer Suba; A jazz trio does Nirvana: The Bad Plus Lou Reed, Tinariwen, The Bad Plus Audio for this story is unavailable.