A Secret Identity Revealed, The 'Footloose' Soundtrack Stripped Bare, More
The electronic artist known as Podington Bear spent all of 2007 releasing three new songs a week via a podcast. Podington Bear's real identity was a closely guarded secret. But that secret was recently blown when Hush records released a new box set of Podington Bear's music. Hear how it happened. We've also got music from the gentle-voiced singer, Doveman. He turns the dance-pop song "Let's Hear It For The Boy," from the Footloose soundtrack, into a slow dirge. The Nebraska band Tilly and The Wall returns with a new album featuring more tap dancing rhythms. They sound just as fresh and inventive as ever. Also on the show: a baroque viola piece, Teddy Thompson, the gifted son of Richard and Linda Thompson, Swedish singer Sarah Assbring, also known as El Perro Del Mar, and a nearly flawless new album from Germany's 20-year rock veterans, The Notwist.
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A Secret Identity Revealed, The 'Footloose' Soundtrack Stripped Bare, More
Pot Kettle Black
Tilly and the Wall
- Song: Pot Kettle Black
- from O
Elephants on Parade
Podington Bear
- Song: Elephants on Parade
- from Box Set
Turning the Gun on Myself
Teddy Thompson
- Song: Turning the Gun on Myself
- from Piece of What You Need
...Plainte..., for viola d'amore
Garth Knox
- Song: ...Plainte..., for viola d'amore
- from D'Amore
Let's Hear it For the Boy
Doveman
- Song: Let's Hear it For the Boy
- from Footloose
Glory to the World
El Perro del Mar
- Song: Glory to the World
- from From the Valley to the Stars
Good Lies
The Notwist
- Song: Good Lies
- from Devil, You + Me