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Colin Meloy to Gently Rock NPR

National Public Radio: no longer just for your parents. For the past year, NPR has been offering some damn fine live concert programming via its website, with shows by the White Stripes, Iron and Wine with Calexico, Bloc Party, Bright Eyes, Wilco, Interpol, and many more available for free download from its website.

And now, Decemberists fans can rejoice for a second time, as Colin Meloy's solo show at the Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia this Saturday, January 28, will be the latest webcast in NPR.org's "All Songs Considered" program. (A Decemberists show at Washington, DC's 9:30 Club last May was also featured on "All Songs Considered".)

Both Meloy's and opener Laura Veirs' sets will be streamed live in their entireties on NPR.org starting around 7:30 PM EST Saturday, and will be available as a free mp3 download from the website's permanent archive starting Sunday, January 29. Additionally, some selections will be featured on NPR's weekly "All Songs Considered" podcast starting February 1.

NPR has also pumped its cred up a couple notches by gaining a new sponsor for "All Songs Considered": none other than "Hipster Handbook"-approved Pabst Blue Ribbon. How cool is PBR now? About as cool as it was when Dennis Hopper's Blue Velvet character Frank Booth said "Heineken? Fuck that foreign shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon is what you'll drink tonight!"

It's only a matter of time before Von Dutch starts knocking on NPR's door.

The Decemberists: http://www.decemberists.com/
NPR: http://www.NPR.org/music
Posted by David Nadelle in on Fri: 01-27-06: 12:00 AM CST | Digg this article | Add to del.icio.us | Permalink
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