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Hear The First Ever 'All Songs Considered' Podcast, From 2005

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Hear The First Ever 'All Songs Considered' Podcast, From 2005

Fifteen years ago this week, All Songs Considered launched its first ever podcast episode. Hear how it sounded.

Hear The First Ever 'All Songs Considered' Podcast, From 2005

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New Music Friday For July 13: Seven Albums You Should Hear Now

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New Music Friday For July 13: Seven Albums You Should Hear Now

Our quick run through the best new albums out this week includes Wiz Khalifa's long-awaited followup to Rolling Papers, a brighter outlook for Dirty Projectors, the calming sounds of Luluc and more.

New Music Friday: July 13

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The Cowboy Junkies On Mountain Stage

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The Cowboy Junkies On Mountain Stage

Hear the long-running band perform songs from its four-album "Nomad Series," live in West Virginia.

The Cowboy Junkies On Mountain Stage

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Cowboy Junkies On Mountain Stage

Cowboy Junkies' landmark record The Trinity Session made the band members cult heroes, and they've continued to release moody albums filled with original material and interpretations of classic country and gospel songs.

Listen Now: Cowboy Junkies In Concert

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Cowboy Junkies On Mountain Stage

The moody folk-pop band has visited Mountain Stage eight times since 1992. But for this go-'round, Cowboy Junkies went back even further, reinterpreting material from the group's classic 1988 album The Trinity Session.

Cowboy Junkies in Concert on Mountain Stage - 06/09/2009

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Family Ties Bind Cowboy Junkies' New Album

After 20 years and 11 albums, the Cowboy Junkies are looking inward. Their latest album focuses on the big events in their lives over the years — marriage, settling down and starting families of their own.

Family Ties Bind Cowboy Junkies' New Album

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Cowboy Junkies: Tiny Desk Concert
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Cowboy Junkies: Tiny Desk Concert

Make a list of bands with integrity, still highly respected and still making music after 25 years, and that list will have Cowboy Junkies near the top. The band remains prolific, tender and poignant, as evidenced by this performance at the NPR Music offices.

Cowboy Junkies: Tiny Desk Concert

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Regina Spektor, Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood Does Avant-Garde Classical, More

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Regina Spektor, Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood Does Avant-Garde Classical, More

Hear new music from Spektor's upcoming album, a collaboration between Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood and Polish avant-garde composer Krzysztof Penderecki, and more.

Regina Spektor, Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood Does Avant-Garde Classical, More

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New Music: James Blake, Yuck, Cowboy Junkies

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New Music: James Blake, Yuck, Cowboy Junkies

This week's episode o features the Swedish sisters in First Aid Kit covering a blues classic, an ode to Vic Chesnutt from Cowboy Junkies, and more musical discoveries.

New Mix: James Blake Sings, Cowboy Junkies On Vic Chesnutt, And More

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New Music From Panda Bear, The Walkmen

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New Music From Panda Bear, The Walkmen

On this edition of All Songs Considered, we've got preview cuts from two of 2010's most anticipated albums: Panda Bear's Tomboy and The Walkmen's Lisbon.

New Music From Panda Bear, The Walkmen

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Cowboy Junkies: To China And Back

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Cowboy Junkies: To China And Back

The band's new album, Renmin Park, was inspired by songwriter Michael Timmins' three-month stay in rural China. The record features an adventurous combination of the group's laid-back sound with traditional Chinese music, modern rock and Timmins' own field recordings.

Cowboy Junkies: To China And Back

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Dengue Fever, Cowboy Junkies Revisited, Black Mountain, More

On this edition of All Songs Considered: Cambodian-inspired rock from LA's Dengue Fever; Baltimore's dream pop duo Beach House; and recapturing the banjo with Otis Taylor.

Dengue Fever, Cowboy Junkies Revisited, Black Mountain, More

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Death Cab for Cutie, Sam Cooke, John Vanderslice

New music from Death Cab for Cutie; Remembering 9-11 with John Vanderslice; The madcap music of Shel Silverstein; Country rebels The Highwaymen; A 1963 live recording by Sam Cooke and more.

Death Cab for Cutie, Sam Cooke, John Vanderslice

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