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Bono, Pharrell, Laurie Anderson And More Memorialize A... Cat

Sophie Calle, at a private concert by Pharrell Williams in Paris on May 26, 2014. Pharrell contributed to the album Souris Calle, in tribute to Sophie Calle's dead cat. Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Images hide caption

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Bono, Pharrell, Laurie Anderson And More Memorialize A... Cat

French artist Sophie Calle's cat died in 2014. To mourn him, Calle asked dozens of musicians — including Michael Stipe, The National and Jarvis Cocker — to memorialize him.

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Bono and Sheridan, 'In America'

Rock group U2 frontman, singer and songwriter Bono and film director Jim Sheridan talk about working together and the song "Time Enough for Tears" from the soundtrack to Sheridan's Oscar-nominated film, In America. Listen to an extended version of their interview with NPR's Alex Chadwick, and hear a sample of the tune.

Bono and Sheridan, 'In America'

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Oddest Musical Pairings
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Oddest Musical Pairings

If you've ever seen the infamous video of David Bowie's Christmastime duet with Bing Crosby, then you know musicians are capable of the most imaginative (and baffling) collaborations. On this edition of All Songs Considered we look at odd pairings, some brilliant, and some just so very, very wrong.

Oddest Musical Pairings

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