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Wednesday

Discussion: The Year in Music, 2013

Top row, left to right: Laura Marling, Lorde, Mike Milosh of Rhye; middle row: Ty Segall, James Blake, Valerie June; bottom row: Khaela Maricich and Melissa Dyne of The Blow, Earl Sweatshirt, Lou Reed. Courtesy of the artists hide caption

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All Songs Considered

Discussion: The Year in Music, 2013

Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton are joined by Ann Powers and Stephen Thompson to discuss the themes of the year, the albums that won us over and the musicians we lost.

Discussion: The Year in Music, 2013

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All Songs Considered: The Year In Music, 2013

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Best Music Of 2013

All Songs Considered: The Year In Music, 2013

Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton are joined by Ann Powers and Stephen Thompson for a special edition of All Songs Considered that brings together the themes of the year.

All Songs Considered: The Year In Music, 2013

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Friday

Tuesday

Never Back Down: Fresh Air Remembers Lou Reed

"[Lou Reed] really saw the beauty of life, and wanted to be a person who could live in that beauty as often as possible," longtime publicist Bill Bentley says. Karl Walter/Getty Images hide caption

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Music Interviews

Never Back Down: Fresh Air Remembers Lou Reed

Fresh Air

"In Lou Reed's world, when you were Lou's friend you knew it," his longtime publicist Bill Bentley tells Terry Gross. Fresh Air dedicates an entire hour to the transgressive and transcendent Velvet Underground co-founder, with music and commentary by original Velvets John Cale and Maureen Tucker.

Never Back Down: Fresh Air Remembers Lou Reed

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Sunday

Lou Reed, Beloved Contrarian, Dies

Lou Reed onstage in London in 1975 playing a transparent, Plexiglass guitar. Reed died Sunday. He was 71. Denis O'Regan/Getty Images hide caption

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The Record

Lou Reed, Beloved Contrarian, Dies

An American rock musician born in Freeport on Long Island, N.Y., Lou Reed epitomized New York City's artistic underbelly in the 1970s, with his songs about hookers and junkies. Reed was 71.

Lou Reed, Beloved Contrarian, Dies

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Wednesday

Tuesday

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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Monday