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Kurt Wagner performs with Lambchop in September at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Erik Westra/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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On 'The Bible,' the ageless Lambchop finally squares up against old age
September 28, 2022 • Kurt Wagner's Nashville collective has always been an expression of absolute possibility. The Bible, his best album in a decade, points that instinct at life's most inescapable truth.
Lafawndah's Ancestor Boy is on our short list for the best new albums out on March 22. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
New Music Friday: Our Top 8 Albums Out March 22
March 22, 2019 • Hear rock guitar heroics from Ex Hex, Andrew Bird's "finest work yet," mind-blowing sonics from Lafawndah, Emily Wells and much more on our sprint through the week's best new albums.
90 minutes of frenetic guitar playing from, quite literally, way down under. (KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD, 9:30 CLUB, WASHINGTON, D.C.) Bob Boilen/NPR hide caption
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Bob Boilen's Week In Live Music, 4/8/17
April 8, 2017 • Check out the All Songs Considered host's photos from the shows he saw this week, including shots of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Peter Silberman and Lambchop.
Lambchop's new album, FLOTUS, is out Nov. 4. Elise Tyler/Courtesy of the artist. hide caption
Elise Tyler/Courtesy of the artist.
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Review: Lambchop, 'FLOTUS'
October 27, 2016 • Kurt Wagner's ambition has taken a hard left on the Nashville group's new album, which ditches Lambchop's typical organic feel for something far more progressive.
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Archival Filmmaker Bill Morrison Meets Lambchop: Watch Their Film
September 14, 2016 • Filmmaker Bill Morrison is known for telling stories using archival footage. Now he's teamed up with contemporary composer Kurt Wagner and his band Lambchop for the new film The Dockworker's Dream.
Clockwise from upper left: Bon Iver, the cover art for The White Stripes' Get Behind Me Satan, Thor & Friends, Kurt Wagner of Lambchop. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
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New Mix: Bon Iver, The White Stripes, Lambchop, More
August 16, 2016 • Hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton return from break with new music by some of their all-time favorite artists, including unexpected sounds from Bon Iver and a previously unreleased White Stripes song.
Lambchop's new album, Mr. M, comes out Feb. 21. Bill Steber/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Bill Steber/Courtesy of the artist
First Listen: Lambchop, 'Mr. M'
February 12, 2012 • Mr. M is the sound of a downcast dreamer who, 11 albums and nearly 20 years into his career with Lambchop, is just beginning to find what he's wanted all along.
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Singled Out: Lambchop's 'If Not I'll Just Die'
February 21, 2012 • Kurt Wagner began writing the song over Christmas in Nashville and finished it nine months later.
Ready To Rumble: Lambchop's Acoustic Bodyslam
February 15, 2012 • The new video takes an inside look at a wrestling match and finds the humanity in the spectacle.
Clockwise from bottom left: Gotye, White Rabbits, Jana Hunter from Lower Dens, Leonard Cohen. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
New Music From From Lower Dens, Lambchop, Leonard Cohen And More
January 17, 2012 • This week, All Songs celebrates Robin Hilton's return to the mic with its first episode of all-new music this year.
New Music From Leonard Cohen, Lower Dens, Lambchop, And More
Lambchop: Americana, Bound For 'Ohio'
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April 8, 2009 • Kurt Wagner's music represents an offbeat marriage of country, soul and avant-garde pop, sprinkled over gently fingerpicked guitar. His understated melodies and ambiguous lyrics are in abundant supply on Lambchop's OH (Ohio), which is upbeat and soulful in its irreverence.
Web-Only Outtake: Lambchop Performs 'You're A Big Girl Now'
Paul McCartney and The Fireman, Oasis, More
October 20, 2008 • New music from Paul McCartney, Oasis, Lambchop, Vic Chesnutt and Elf Power, and more.
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Lambchop's Kurt Wagner: Tiny Desk Concert
October 8, 2008 • Kurt Wagner writes and sings beautiful songs with Lambchop, a hefty ensemble with a calm, restrained sound. When Wagner visited us, he came alone, with just a guitar and a good-natured sense of humor.
Radiohead, The Mountain Goats, Lisa Germano
July 20, 2006 • Reggae versions of songs by Radiohead; Artful lo-fi rock from The Mountain Goats; Country lounge by Nashville's Lambchop; Political blues: World Saxophone Quartet and more.
Music Review: Two 'C'mon' Records from Lambchop
March 31, 2004 • Nashville-based band Lambchop has two new albums out, Aw C'mon, and No, You C'mon. Both CDs rely on lush guitar rhythms and a sultry sound, combined with the unmistakable baritone of bandleader Kurt Wagner. David Greenberger has a review.
The Year Ahead: 2004
January 12, 2004 • On our first program of the new year we look ahead to some of the most anticipated albums of 2004, including a special sneak preview of an upcoming release from Norah Jones.
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The Best Music of 2002
December 30, 2002 • Putting this list together and hearing this music again was great fun. This year on All Songs Considered we featured more than 120 artists and listened to thousands of others.
The Best of ASC
July 22, 2002 • On this episode, we dig through our archives to bring you some of our favorite artists and albums featured on All Songs Considered during the past two years.
Blue Man Group, Lambchop, Built to Spill
March 18, 2002 • The Blue Man Group; Scotland's Shooglenifty; the Loombas and Persian love poems; Nashville's strangest group: Lambchop; great unknown, Amelia White; and the dreamy guitar of Built to Spill.
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