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Deceptive Cadence
11:33 am
Wed July 11, 2012

How Is 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' Selling Classical Music?

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The book behind the unlikely re-emergence of Thomas Tallis' 'Spem in alium.'
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Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 3:22 pm

File this under Strange Bedfellows. The crazy-huge success of E L James' Fifty Shades erotic trilogy — which as of late May stood at more than 10 million sales in all formats and 60 physical printings, according to publisher Vintage Books — has made quite the impact in ... classical music, of all things.

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A Blog Supreme
5:28 pm
Tue July 10, 2012

Remembering Drummer Lionel Batiste, Icon Of New Orleans Music

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Lionel Batiste in the Treme.
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Uncle Lionel Batiste at the Candlelight Lounge in 2010.
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Originally published on Wed July 11, 2012 8:06 am

"Uncle" Lionel Batiste, the bass drummer, singer and public face of the Treme Brass Band, died Sunday morning. NOLA.com reported that the cause was cancer, and that he was 80.

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All Songs Considered Blog
4:29 pm
Tue July 10, 2012

Vote For The Albums Everyone Can Love, For July 10

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Originally published on Wed October 17, 2012 10:06 am

We continue our search this week for the top ten records everyone can love with a look back at last week's poll results.

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All Songs Considered
4:09 pm
Tue July 10, 2012

Dinosaur Jr. Returns, Metal From Baroness, Son Lux And More

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Clockwise from upper left: Dinosaur Jr., Victoria Bergsman of Taken By Trees, Baroness
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Originally published on Wed July 11, 2012 8:57 am

On this week's All Songs Considered, listen to what happens when Robin takes a chance on an album based solely on its cover art, and when Bob brings on a surprise guest who makes our ears bleed.

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All Songs Considered Blog
3:47 pm
Tue July 10, 2012

Song Premiere: Taken By Trees, 'Dreams'

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Originally published on Wed July 11, 2012 3:54 pm

  • Dreams (Album Version)

If you don't know Taken by Trees, the solo project of Swedish singer Victoria Bergsman, then perhaps you're new to All Songs Considered. In 2009, Taken by Trees' made my year end top 10 list and then seemed to vanish. The album, East of Eden, was made in Pakistan but embodied American popular music in the way only a Scandinavian could do (as in so many cases, that meant "better").

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