Stolen Moments

"Stolen Moments" looks at and listens to the musical world without boundaries, eclectic in style just like the program’s host, Steven Stolen. The repertory and listening is varied, and the conversation is engaging and fun in an omnibus kind of hour long program. Some programs are thematic and others all over the map.

Lorde Sounds Like Teen Spirit

The story of 2013's wild-haired teenage pop phenomenon has more than a few parallels with the 1991 emergence of grunge kingpins Nirvana, but recast for the millennial age.

Arts & Culture / December 4, 2013

Vote For The Best Albums Of 2013

What were your top 10 albums of the year? Vote for the best of 2013 in All Songs Considered's listener survey.

Arts & Culture / November 26, 2013

As JFK Died In Dallas, Music Was Born In Boston

Imagine you're a young composer having a piece premiered by the Boston Symphony — only to have the mood swing to unbearable tragedy. That's what happened to William Jay Sydeman, whose Study No. 2 premiered immediately before the audience learned of the president's death.

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