When the calendar turned from June, we counted down our list of the best podcast episodes of 2017 to that point. Now that fall is on our doorstep, there’s nearly an entire summer’s worth of fresh shows to listen to and appreciate.
From Memorial Day onward, the nonstop flow of audio entertainment kept up at breakneck pace. (Think of how many sunlit jogs, outdoor yardwork sessions and scorching commutes they had to fill!) With plenty of other events and sources of information vying for attention between the end of May and the beginning of September, a few of the best episodes may have slipped through the cracks.
Read More:The 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2017 (So Far)
So here to provide a handy roundup of new and returning favorites are some quality podcasts episodes to add to the fall catch-up queue: the funny, fascinating and solemn installments from this year’s summer months.
From Memorial Day onward, the nonstop flow of audio entertainment kept up at breakneck pace. (Think of how many sunlit jogs, outdoor yardwork sessions and scorching commutes they had to fill!) With plenty of other events and sources of information vying for attention between the end of May and the beginning of September, a few of the best episodes may have slipped through the cracks.
Read More:The 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2017 (So Far)
So here to provide a handy roundup of new and returning favorites are some quality podcasts episodes to add to the fall catch-up queue: the funny, fascinating and solemn installments from this year’s summer months.
- 9/6/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series is one of the true joys of the Internet, an intimate performance that takes place at Bob Boilen's… well, tiny desk. And each year, the station holds a competition to get one lucky unsigned artist a spot at the desk. This year, the winner is Minnesota fiddler and singer Gaelynn Lea, and it's easy to hear why. Lea, a 32-year-old classically trained fiddler, lives in Duluth, Minnesota, and is influenced by Celtic and Appalachian music. Born with a congenital disability called brittle bone disease, Lea's forced to hold her fiddle parallel to her body...
- 3/3/2016
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
If you grew up with parents who love music, chances are you raided their record collection at some point. What did you find? Was there an artist or album or song that shaped your tastes in music today, or something you still carry around with you years later?
On this edition of All Songs Considered, hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton reflect on their own parents' record collections and share stories from NPR Music listeners. One thing they learned: The music people discovered wasn't always great, but it always made a lasting impact.
On this edition of All Songs Considered, hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton reflect on their own parents' record collections and share stories from NPR Music listeners. One thing they learned: The music people discovered wasn't always great, but it always made a lasting impact.
- 6/6/2012
- by NPR
- Huffington Post
Although The People’s Key will not be officially released for another two weeks, you can now hear the entire new Bright Eyes’ record at NPR Music. Conor Oberst’s seventh studio release with Bright Eyes, the first since 2007’s Cassadaga, is apparently worth the wait. At least if you take NPR’s Robin Hilton word for it, as she referred to The People’s Key as “the best record Bright Eyes has ever made. In fact, it’s the best record the band’s frontman, Conor Oberst, has ever been a part of.”...
- 1/31/2011
- Pastemagazine.com
by Robin Hilton Imagine hearing the entire Beatles catalog -- all 185 songs -- performed live by a sprawling group of musicians playing ukuleles. Now, imagine that the whole performance stretches over two days. This is actually going to happen, and you can catch the whole thing as it unfolds at this year's 2nd Annual Beatles Complete on Ukulele Festival, scheduled for Dec. 6 and 7, at the intersection of North 8th Street and Williamsburg in Brooklyn, N.Y. It's being billed as a benefit for Yoko Ono. If you bring your own ukulele, you can play along and get in...
- 10/21/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
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