All Songs Considered: Guest DJ -- Will Sheff Of Okkervil River

(The first song by the activist Selda is intense 1970s Turkish music--I now have a copy of the CD!)

Guest DJ: Will Sheff Of Okkervil River
All Songs Considered (NPR)

Okkervil River frontman Will Sheff shares some of his favorite (and fairly obscure) music with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen. The two talk about Okkervil River's latest album, The Stand-Ins and listen to some of the songs Sheff has loved and been inspired by over the years. Hear music from soul singer Lorraine Ellison, the 1960s Jamaican group Carlton and the Shoes, former teen idol-turned introspective singer Dion, and The Penetrators — a 1970s band some would call punk, others would call garage rock.

Selda
Album: Selda
Song: Ince Ince (Delicate, Delicate)

The Incredible String Band
Album: 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion
Song: Chinese White

Dion
Album: King of the New York Streets
Song: Your Own Back Yard

Okkervil River
Album: The Stand Ins
Song: Lost Coastlines

Lorraine Ellison
Album: Stay with Me: The Best of Lorraine Ellison
Song: Stay With Me

Carlton & the Shoes
Album: Love Me Forever
Song: Never Give Your Heart Away Completely

Okkervil River
Album: The Stand Ins
Song: Starry Stairs

The Penetrators
Album: Basement Anthology: 1976-84
Song: Scandalizer [Live]

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