All Songs Considered

The Best Music of October

Open Mike Eagle confronted the past, Natalia Lafourcade returned to original songwriting, Katie Crutchfield and Jess Williamson collaborated as Plains, Víkingur Ólafsson intimately played piano and Maral deconstructed an ancestral groove. Featured Tracks and Artists: 1. Open Mike Eagle: "Burner Account" and "For DOOM" from Component System with the Auto Reverse 2. Natalia Lafourcade: "María la Curandera" from De Todas las Flores 3. Plains: "Hurricane" and "Abilene" from I Walked With You A Ways 4. Víkingur Ólafsson: Robert Schumann's Study in Canonic Form, Op. 56, No. 1 and Béla Bartók's 3 Hungarian Folks Songs from Csík, III. 'White Lily' via From Afar 5. Maral: "Mari's Groove" from Ground Groove Our panel's additional recommendations for October: • Palm, Nicks and Grazes • Loyle Carner, hugo • Moin, Paste More from NPR Music: • <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/10/05/1126952010/open-mike-eagle-component-system-interview">Interview: Open Mike Eagle</a> • <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/10/14/1128665819/review-katie-crutchfield-jess-williamson-plains">Review: Plains, I Walked With You A Ways</a> • <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdKkRs6H8jE">Víkingur Ólafsson: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert</a> Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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