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Eno And Byrne: Together Again After 27 Years

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August 11, 20083:31 PM ET

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Twenty-seven years ago, Brian Eno and David Byrne made a record like no other: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. Now, nearly 30 years later, they're about to release a follow-up. We've got a sneak preview. Also on this edition of All Songs Considered: a surprising collaboration between reggae legend Lee "Scratch" Perry and Andrew W.K. Also, Van Dyke Parks and Inara George (singer for The Bird and The Bee) team up for an unusual record of baroque-styled pop songs. And we've got new music from Earlimart and The Avett Brothers, as well as live music from She and Him and Jim James of My Morning Jacket.

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Eno And Byrne: Together Again After 27 Years

Cover of David Byrne and Brian Eno's Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

Strange Overtones

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Brian Eno / David Byrne

Song: Strange Overtones
from Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
by Brian Eno / David Byrne

Shine

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Lee "Scratch" Perry

Song: Shine
from Repentance

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Song: Repentance
Album: Repentance
Artist: Lee "Scratch" Perry
Label: Narnack
Released: 2008

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Idaho

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Inara George/Van Dyke Parks

Song: Idaho
from Invitation

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Song: Invitation
Album: Invitation
Artist: Inara George/Van Dyke Parks
Label: Everloving
Released: 2008

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Cover of Miss Murgatriod and Petra Haden's Hearts and Daggers

Hummingbird

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Miss Murgatroid/Petra Haden

Song: Hummingbird
from Hearts and Daggers

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Song: Hearts and Daggers
Album: Hearts and Daggers
Artist: Miss Murgatroid/Petra Haden
Label: File Under Music
Released: 2008

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God Loves You the Best

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Earlimart

Song: God Loves You the Best
from Hymn and Her

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Song: Hymn and Her
Album: Hymn and Her
Artist: Earlimart
Label: Shout! Factory
Released: 2008

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One Magic Trick

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She and Him w/ Jim James

Song: One Magic Trick
from Live at the Newport Folk Festival

Tear Down the House

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The Avett Brothers

Song: Tear Down the House
from Gleam II

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Song: Gleam II
Album: Gleam II
Artist: The Avett Brothers
Label: Ramseur
Released: 2008

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