Introduction

Bob Boilen will retire from NPR on Oct. 2, and he decided to spend one of his final episodes hosting All Songs Considered with NPR Music's resident Viking, Lars Gotrich, for a mix of pop punk, meticulously cut-up banjo drone, worlds-collapsing free jazz and fingerstyle guitar.

Featured Songs And Artists:
1. MxPx: "What I Tell Myself" from Find a Way Home
2. Slant: "Criminal" from Demo 2023
3. Daniel Bachman: "Summer's fingers sweetly linger (Everywhere on every side)" from When the Roses Come Again
4. Matana Roberts: "shake my bones" from Coin Coin Chapter Five: In the garden...
5. Svitlana Nianio: "Episode III" from Transilvania Smile, 1994
6. Liam Grant: "Androscogging River Ragg" from Amoskeag

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