Tickets for Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me! at Carnegie Hall go on sale today (Sep 2) at 11AM. The October 22 live edition of the show will feature WWDTM regulars: Peter Sagal, Carl Kasell, Adam Felber, Mo Rocca, and Paula Poundstone.
Tag: NPR
NPR Announces SXSW Showcase Lineup + Poster Design Contest
Bob Boilen just announced the lineup for the All Songs Considered showcases at this year’s SXSW. Check out the goodness below: Headlining our coverage at SXSW on March 18 at Stubbs Bar-B-Q: The Decemberists, premiering The Hazards of Love in its entirety The Avett Brothers, premiering music from a new, Rick Rubin-produced CD The Heartless…
Animal Collective Live Chat at 2PM on NPR.org
Join us at 2 p.m. ET today (Wednesday, Jan. 21) as All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen chats with Dave Portner (a.k.a. Avey Tare) and Noah Lennox (a.k.a. Panda Bear) of Animal Collective. The two will take listeners’ questions about the band’s new album, Merriweather Post Pavilion. MPP is currently streaming on NPR.org as part…
More NPR Exclusive “First Listens”
M. Ward – Hold Time Streaming on NPR Music starting January 12, 2009 at 11:59 pm Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion Streaming on NPR Music starting January 19, 2009 at 11:59 pm Bruce Springsteen – Working on a Dream Streaming on NPR Music starting January 19, 2009 at 11:59 pm and… Andrew Bird –…
NPR Live Chat w/ Andrew Bird Today, MHOW Show Added
Andrew Bird‘s stage setup at the Virgin Mobile Festival (08/10/08) Photo: Tim Griffin Go here to participate in a live chat with Andrew Bird at 1 p.m. ET on Thursday, January 8 (today). Also, in other tour news, a second Andrew Bird show has been added at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on January 26,…
NPR Listeners Top 25 Albums of 2008
Fleet Foxes Late Show at Union Hall (07/12/08) It’s list time again, and one annual poll I usually look forward to is that of the terminally hip NPR listeners. The results just came out on Monday and here they are: NPR Listeners Top 25 Albums 2008 01. Fleet Foxes Album: Fleet Foxes (Stream full album…