There's an Elliott Smith-ian sensibility to the duo's original song, played here live at the Bowery Ballroom just before Mehldau and Thile went into the studio.
All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen talks with guitarist Delicate Steve about his new instrumental album, why he doesn't need a singer and the uncertain future of guitar music.
Not long after Paloma Gil and Lou Hayat returned home to Paris, the Bataclan theater was attacked. In the video, a dancer improvises to the shimmering "Seven Days" in an empty warehouse.
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.
Montreal composer Rebecca Foon, known for her work in Esmerine and Thee Silver Mt. Zion Orchestra, layers somber cello loops in a meditation on climate change.
Many journeys and attempts to commune with nature compelled Mauro Remiddi to make Microclimate. If the album's hushed, lush grandeur is any indication, that connection was a profound one.