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

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All Songs Considered

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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Shel Silverstein's 'Runny Babbit' Tales

A new book of children's poems and illustrations features the fun of mixed-up words from Shel Silverstein. And a new CD collects some of the late author's songs, including "A Boy Named Sue," performed by Johnny Cash.

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New Album Pays Tribute To Shel Silverstein, The Songwriter

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New Album Pays Tribute To Shel Silverstein, The Songwriter

The author-illustrator is most famous for books such as Where The Sidewalk Ends, but he also had a gift for songwriting. Silverstein penned songs for artists including Dr. Hook and Marianne Faithful, and perhaps most famously, was responsible for Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue." Now, musicians Bobby Bare, Sr. and Bobby Bare, Jr. have curated a tribute album, in memory of their friend, entitled Twistable, Turnable Man.

New Album Pays Tribute To Shel Silverstein, The Songwriter

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All Songs Considered

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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