Down With Wilco and The Minus Five; Latvian violin virtuoso Gidon Kremer; Celtic country bluegrass from Ponticello; South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim; Folk rock adventurer Patty Larkin; Atmospheric rock hip hop from Sue Garner; The new indie supergroup Loose Fur
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Wilco side projects, Abdullah Ibrahim, Gidon Kremer
The Days of Wine and Booze
Scott McCaughey gathers some of his closest friends from R.E.M., the Posies, Wilco and more for his latest invention.
Polka
This is an odd but beautiful album with a dozen different variations on the "Happy Birthday" theme.
The Escape Artist
Ponticello is a Seattle trio that plays their own blend of ecclectic American Roots music.
The Mountain
This selection will likely sound familiar to listeners of All Things Considered.
All That Innocence
Singer/songwriter Patty Larkin has been a self-described musical "adventurer" for more than 15 years.
Yes
Sue Garner got her start in the fertile music scene of Athens, Georgia more than 20 years ago. On this album she blends scraping, angular sounds with poetry.
Chinese Apple
Three remarkable artists get together for a more experimental project and come up with Loose Fur.