Nov 14th, 2008 · We've come up with many excuses to have artists come in and perform Tiny Desk Concerts at the workspace of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. Some are too quiet to be well-served by traditional live concerts, while others are little-known staff favorites who wouldn't ordinarily receive a large-scale webcast presentation. Usually, it's just an opportunity to bring in artists who, for one reason or another, haven't gotten as much of our attention as we'd like to give them.
Keywords: artists · desks · Traditional · concert · webcast · Songs Considered · Bob Boilen · Shearwater · emAll · Tiny Desk Concerts · workspace
Oct 22nd, 2008 · Lawrence, Kan., resident Jordan Geiger appears to be one particularly busy musician. Not only is he a part of the Missouri-based rock band Minus Story, but he also plays the trumpet in Shearwater. Recently, however, Geiger has stepped to center stage for a solo effort under the moniker Hospital Ships.
Keywords: hospital · residents · music · Kan · Missouri · Lawrence · trumpeter · moniker · Shearwater · Jordan Geiger · Minus Story · Geiger
Sep 2nd, 2008 · When Bill Callahan (a.k.a. Smog) came to KUT to promote the release of 2007's Woke on a Whaleheart, he brought members of Shearwater to back him up. His performance was hopeful, big and explicitly in touch with his influences.
Keywords: 2007 · smog · KUT · Bill · Shearwater · Callahan · Whaleheart · Bill Callahan · emWoke
Jun 25th, 2008 · The Austin-based band, led by a part-time ornithologist, appropriately titled its new album Rook. Frontman Jonathan Meiburg and company bring their painstaking, beautiful songcraft — and birding obsessions — to WNYC's studios.
Keywords: company · WNYC · album · Austin · ornithologist · beautiful · studio · Shearwater · painstaking · songcraft · emRook · Frontman Jonathan Meiburg
Jun 11th, 2008 · Led by the breathtaking falsetto of singer Jonathan Meiburg, Shearwater plays dramatic songs that are at once majestic and intimate. The Austin band brings this sonic thrill ride to Washington, D.C., for a full concert, webcast live on NPR.org. The performance from the Black Cat will begin at approximately 10:30 p.m. ET Sunday.
Keywords: Washington · D.C · Singer · songs · PM · concert · Austin · NPR.org · webcast · sonic · intimate · Shearwater
May 23rd, 2008 · The band's new album is dark and graceful, intermittently rocking, and uniformly excellent, making it an ideal showpiece for a band five albums into its career, yet still largely unknown on a grand scale. Best of all is the sort-of title track "Rooks."
Keywords: album · Shearwater · charmer · Rooks · showpiece
Apr 10th, 2008 · Hear a sneak preview of CDs due out this spring, including new music from My Morning Jacket, Shearwater, Elbow, Wolf Parade, and more. All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen talks with Stephen Thompson, curator for NPR's Song of the Day, KEXP DJ Cheryl Waters, and The Current DJ Mark Wheat about the releases they're most looking forward to in the coming weeks.
Keywords: deaths · CD · music · Curator · songs · Preview · Songs Considered · Bob Boilen · Cab · Cutie · My Morning Jacket · Stephen Thompson
Sep 18th, 2005 · Among Katrina's victims was Shearwater, an art and pottery complex. The belongings of the Anderson family, known for the late watercolor painter Walter Inglis Anderson, were badly damaged.
Keywords: Katrina · artists · victims · Family · painter · Anderson · watercolors · Shearwater · pottery · Walter Inglis Anderson
Related Interesting Stories:
