Laurie Anderson, Jeff Tweedy On Portlandia, The New Pornographers, More

[NPR Music] [View this email in your browser] [All Songs Considered] [All Songs Considered] [How Laurie Anderson And Philip Glass Were About To Change The World] American composer Philip Glass turns 80 years old on January 31. To mark the occasion, we asked several of Glass' colleagues and collaborators to pick a piece of his music and write about it. You can read essays on NPR Music by Paul Simon, filmmaker Errol Morris and composers Nico Muhly and David Lang. We also asked Laurie Anderson. She wrote about Glass' piano Etude No. 10, saying she finds "new ways to breathe" each time she plays it. [Hear The Conversation] All Songs Considered [While My Guitar Gently Sings: A Conversation With Delicate Steve] Here's something rare these days: an instrumental guitar-rock record that's actually a joy to listen to. This Is Steve is by the artist Delicate Steve, otherwise known as Steve Marion, who plays all the instruments on this incredibly fun (and sometimes funny) album. On this episode of All Songs Considered, Bob Boilen talk with Delicate Steve about the guitar music he loves, including music from Red Hot Chili Peppers and Sly and the Family Stone, as well as the singers who inspire his lyrical guitar styles, which he describes as "cartoon rock." [Hear The Conversation And Songs] All Songs Considered [Listen: The New Pornographers' Tight 'High Ticket Attraction'] Hold on tight: it's another relentlessly exuberant, propulsive jam from The New Pornographers. The latest in the band's deep catalog of clever and addictive power pop is "High Ticket Attractions," taken from the group's upcoming full-length Whiteout Conditions. It's the first new music from The New Pornographers since 2014's Brill Bruisers album. [Hear The New Song] All Songs Considered [Jeff Tweedy Joins 'Portlandia' In Skewering The Industry's Love Of Lawsuits] The music business is infamously - or maybe just famously - litigious. Lawsuits are filed with striking regularity by artists who claim, with often teeth-skin-thin justification, that they had penned a phrasing or spun a melody that was later stolen by one monumentally successful artist or the other. Portlandia's Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein have skewered this commonality, featuring a guest appearance from Jeff Tweedy. [Watch The Clip] All Songs Considered [Bob Mould On Hüsker Dü's Cover Of 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' Theme] Following the death of Mary Tyler Moore Wednesday, Mould calls "Love Is All Around" "a great song, and a nice tribute to" Minneapolis, Hüsker Dü's home town. [Hear Hüsker Dü Cover 'Love Is All Around'] NPR | 1111 N. Capitol St. NE | Washington, DC 20002 | [Privacy Policy] This message was sent to {EMAIL} based on your NPR email subscriptions. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you may [unsubscribe] at any time. [NPR]