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Autumn in Full Swing!

October 21, 2018 - 5:00pm

Autumn is in full swing! Sheila Shigley hosts a musical celebration of pumpkins, fall colors, sizable squirrels, bountiful harvests, and more.

Norman welcomes harpist Jennifer Lynn DeRoche to the WPR Performance studio. She is a freelance harpist, harp teacher in Madison and harp program director for the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras. She grew up in the Milwaukee area and graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison with a degree in instrumental and general music education.

Cellist Zuill Bailey

October 18, 2018 - 12:00pm

Norman talks to Grammy Award-winning cellist Zuill Bailey who will be performing the Elgar Cello Concerto in a program entitled "Epic Romance" with the Madison Symphony Orchestra on October 19-21 at the Overture Center. He is a graduate of the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University and the Juilliard School, and has appeared with major orchestras throughout the world. He is currently a professor of cello at the University of Texas at El Paso.

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First Listen: Oh Pep!, 'I Wasn't Only Thinking About You...'

October 18, 2018 - 4:00am

It's right there in the title: I Wasn't Only Thinking About You... To anyone who might assume a song or two could be about them, Oh Pep! offers an album-wide truth: relationships are never clear-cut. The Australian duo's musically disparate, thematically cohesive sophomore record cuts to the core of these...

First Listen: Laura Gibson, 'Goners'

October 18, 2018 - 4:00am

Laura Gibson made her name in music's eerily quiet places, through creaky whispers and dusty, inward-facing laments. She's always sung with deep restraint and deeper warmth, all the better to draw you in and compel you to don headphones and drown out the world. But she's also grown bolder as...

Watchdog Group Finds Spooky Spotify Ad Is Too Scary For Kids, Causes 'Distress'

October 17, 2018 - 3:30pm

Halloween is exactly two weeks away but Spotify launched a campaign to scare people back in June. Unfortunately, for the music-streaming company, their efforts were too frightening. On Wednesday, a British advertising watchdog group ruled that a minute-long Spotify advertisement featuring Camila Cabello's "Havana" and a creepy, self-animated harlequin-type doll,...

New Mix: Sharon Van Etten, SOAK, Miya Folick & More

October 16, 2018 - 7:41am

This week's episode of All Songs Considered sees NPR Music's Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton reunited to pop some popcorn and reflect on the years they've spent on and off the show. A driving single with a pulsing beat stretches Sharon Van Etten's voice to new heights, while J.S. Ondara's...

October Request Show!

October 14, 2018 - 5:00pm

It’s the monthly listener request show. Plus, hear tunes from Pete Seeger, Dar Williams, Johnny Cash, and Katie Dahl.

Through Slavery, Segregation And More, 'La Bamba' Has Been The Sound Of Survival

October 14, 2018 - 4:24pm

This story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem . Sixty years ago this month, a 17-year-old Mexican-American kid in California released a single that quickly climbed to the Top 40. In 1987, an East...

'SNL' Spoofs Kanye West, Welcomes Back Paul Simon

October 14, 2018 - 12:14pm

For the third week in a row, Saturday Night Live devoted significant time to Kanye West, opening the third episode of its 44th season with a re-enactment of the rapper's bizarre speech at the White House. SNL cast member Chris Redd donned a Make America Great Again hat to portray...

Episode 116: In Protest, Indecent, And In America

October 13, 2018 - 11:00am

Musician Marc Ribot reflects on his "Songs of Resistance" album. Cult movie director John Waters introduces us to some of his visual art. Comedian Maeve Higgins shares her thoughts on being an extraordinary Irish immigrant.

Musician Marc Ribot Looks To The Past For Answers To The Present

October 13, 2018 - 11:00am

Marc Ribot is one of the world’s most acclaimed guitarists. Over the course of his 40-year career he’s worked with Elvis Costello, Elton John and Norah Jones. His latest album "Songs of Resistance: 1942 to 2018," features protest songs ranging from World War II to the present.

The Flow of Forro'

October 13, 2018 - 10:00am

The sound of Forro' has the unique feel of zydeco, European folk and Brazilian music all rolled into one.

Soundbed: Tk 10. Jackson Do Pandeiro: Pot-Pourri - Quadro Negro/Babá De Cachorro/Cabo Tenório/Mundo Cão/Rosa 9:12 Casuarina Latin Think Global: Acoustic Brazil

#1267 10.13.18 Live Broadcast

October 12, 2018 - 1:00pm

Live Broadcast features: 10.13.18 Live Broadcast also features: Edwin Bonilla, Deva Premal & Miten, Ramzi Aburedwan, Razia Said, Ronn McFarlane, Satish Vyas, La Bottine Souriante, Anais Mitchell, Ammar 808, Cedric Watson, Martin Simpson, Saz’iso, Mehdi Rostami and Adib Rostami, the Orlando Consort. (playlist subject to changes without notice) Soundbed: Tk...

Guest DJ José Feliciano Is An Alt.Latino Icon

October 11, 2018 - 1:57pm

For those that don't know their Latin music history as well as they should, it's easy to write off José Feliciano as just the guy who wrote and sang that Christmas song "Feliz Navidad." Maybe they'd be aware that he also wrote and performed the theme song to 1970's NBC...

Pete Wentz Stars In Video For New Weezer Song, 'Can't Knock The Hustle'

October 11, 2018 - 8:43am

Weezer has finally released its first new song from the band's upcoming full-length The Black Album. "Can't Knock The Hustle," featured in a comical new video staring Fall Out Boy 's Pete Wentz, is a hooky mix of funk, disco and Latin pop. "Hasta luego," frontman Rivers Cumo sings on...

First Listen: Becky Warren, 'Undesirable'

October 11, 2018 - 4:01am

One of art's greatest qualities is its ability to give voice to the voiceless. When rendered in song, little-heard stories can find broad audiences, bridging gaps and building connection between disparate communities and lines of thought. The phrase "now more than ever" is wildly overused these days, but songs of...

Concerts And Tickets And Music... Oh, My!

October 7, 2018 - 5:00pm

We hear a concert performance by Joe Jencks, a ticket giveaway, and music from Paul Simon, Eliza Gilkyson, Listening Party and Taj Mahal.

#1265 10.6.18 Live Broadcast

October 6, 2018 - 1:00pm

Soundbed: Climbing Up a Mountain 3:59 Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott Other Songlines CD #91 (April/May 2013) Live Broadcast features: Aidan O’Rourke & Kit Downes, Andrew Mill, Kries, Banda Maravilha, Rocqawali, Etran Finatawa, Guillaume Barraud Quartet, Celtic Lute player Ronn McFarlane, Hollie Cook, music from Greece, Esma Redzepova, Aladair Roberts,...

Singer Sam Phillips' 'World On Sticks' Explores Lost Connections With Nature, Other Humans, Ourselves

October 6, 2018 - 11:00am

Singer-songwriter Sam Phillips has just released her 10th studio album, "World on Sticks."

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Autumn in Full Swing!

Harpist Jennifer Lynn DeRoche

Cellist Zuill Bailey

First Listen: Oh Pep!, 'I Wasn't Only Thinking About You...'

First Listen: Laura Gibson, 'Goners'

Watchdog Group Finds Spooky Spotify Ad Is Too Scary For Kids, Causes 'Distress'

New Mix: Sharon Van Etten, SOAK, Miya Folick & More

October Request Show!

Through Slavery, Segregation And More, 'La Bamba' Has Been The Sound Of Survival

'SNL' Spoofs Kanye West, Welcomes Back Paul Simon

Episode 116: In Protest, Indecent, And In America

Musician Marc Ribot Looks To The Past For Answers To The Present

The Flow of Forro'

#1267 10.13.18 Live Broadcast

Guest DJ José Feliciano Is An Alt.Latino Icon

Pete Wentz Stars In Video For New Weezer Song, 'Can't Knock The Hustle'

First Listen: Becky Warren, 'Undesirable'

Concerts And Tickets And Music... Oh, My!

#1265 10.6.18 Live Broadcast

Singer Sam Phillips' 'World On Sticks' Explores Lost Connections With Nature, Other Humans, Ourselves

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