All Songs Considered

This week's mix includes new music from The White Stripes and Rufus Wainwright, previously unreleased work from Elliott Smith, a classic reissue from Emerson, Lake and Palmer, England's folktronica group Tunng, and Battles. With host Bob Boilen.

Bjork, Full Live Concert. With host Bob Boilen. Hear Bjork's performance from the United Palace in New York City. N.Y., originally webcast live on NPR.org May 5.

Host Bob Boilen visits the city of Porto and meets one amazing Portuguese radio dj, Alvaro Costa. Costa takes us on a journey that includes master of the Portuguese 12-string guitar Carlos Paredes but also includes Portuguese rock, reggae electronica but also pimba, the most popular music of all.

Peter, Bjorn and John, Fujiya and Miyagi and Au Revoir Simone, Live Concert Sampler. With host Bob Boilen. Hear selections from the performance from the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., originally webcast live on NPR.org Apr. 30.

The Frames, Live Concert Sampler. With host Bob Boilen. Hear selections from The Frames' performance from the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., originally webcast live on NPR.org Apr. 26.

Bjork, Ibrahim Ferrer, Feist, Shearwater, Jacques Loussier Trio, Podington Bear, Blonde Redhead. With host Robin Hilton.

Low and Loney, Dear live in concert. Highlights with host Bob Boilen.

Antibalas, Tinariwen, The Besnard Lakes, Frog Eyes, Let's Go Sailing, Leah Siegel, Low. With host Bob Boilen.

Bob Boilen talks with legendary music producer Joe Boyd about his work with artists like Pink Floyd, Nick Drake and Eric Clapton in the 1960s. Joe Boyd has a new book detailing his lifelong work in the studio, on stage and what it was like to be part of musical revolution.

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists: Highlights from their live performance from the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., originally webcast on NPR.org Mar. 29. Download the full show online. Ted Leo first emerged on the hardcore scene of the late 1980s in the bands Citizen's Arrest, Animal Crackers and Chisel. He's since become one of the most innovative and important figures in the east coast rock scene, both as a solo artist and as the front man for The Pharmacists.

Nellie McKay: Highlights from her live performance from the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA, originally webcast on NPR.org Mar. 27. Nellie McKay is a singer-songwriter known for her distinctive mix of jazz vocals and torch singing with cabaret pop, rock and a rap-inspired rants. Clever and darkly comedic, McKay layers caustic lyrics over jaunty piano lines, creating a surprising juxtaposition of conflicting moods that keep the listener guessing. Download the full show online.

Spring music preview: Modest Mouse, Fountains of Wayne, Bright Eyes, Wilco, Tori Amos, Elizabeth Cook, Balkan Beat Box, Richard Thompson, Kings of Leon, Mavis Staples. With host Bob Boilen.

Explosions in the Sky, live in concert, recorded at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. with host Bob Boilen. Explosions in the Sky is a quartet from Austin, TX making what they call "cathartic mini-symphonies." Known for wildly intense live performances, their songs are sprawling, epic pieces that build and evolve, often over a span of ten or more minutes a track.

SXSW sampler featuring live performances from Fujiya and Miyagi, The Early Years, Earl Greyhound, The Apples in Stereo, Ghostland Observatory and The Holloways. With host Bob Boilen.

SXSW Roundtable discussion featuring music by Andrew Bird, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Peter Bjorn and John, more. With host Bob Boilen.