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The singer's new album takes traditional songs from his native British Isles as its starting point.
As a backup singer to Ray Charles, Angela Workman was one of host Liane Hansen's first music interviews.
Don't be fooled by his pedigree: He may be the kid of Paul Simon, but he has his own sound.
Hear her new album, which maintains her jazzy, sultry sound while pushing into pop territory.
The longtime scrappy alternative to the plush Metropolitan Opera struggles to make a comeback.
That's the subject heading of an email I received recently from a listener. As I began to write a response, it occurred to me that this was a good opportunity to talk to a larger audience about the music we play on All Songs Considered, and how we pick what we pick.
Producer Robin Hilton and I approach the show as music fans. Much of what we play on All Songs Considered we play simply because we love it. We tend not to cover music we don't like. Our tastes in music are wide-ranging on one hand, but we admittedly don't love everything. To broaden the music we put on the show, we invite others to play DJ. This week's show featured Kyp Malone from TV on the Radio. He played music by a band from the Western Sahara, a New Zealand-based noise rock group and Kermit the Frog among others.
What would you like from All Songs Considered in the in the coming years? >>
In "Crystalised," The xx describes two damaged lovers who are torn apart by their own insecurities.
