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Creator of NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts & All Songs Considered, author of "Your Song Changed My Life," a photographer, musician, and host of My Tiny Morning Show

Washington, DC
Joined January 2018
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On My Tiny Morning Show, I have new recordings of old Woody Guthrie. I'll also play some of my favorite Halloween-adjacent tunes and my alphabetical adventure, playing artists filed under the letter G . My Tiny Morning Show 8- 10 AM ET TakomaRadio.org archived on Mixcloud
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8 - 10 AM: MY TINY MORNING SHOW on TakomaRadio.org - I go on an alphabetical adventure We’ll hear from Ella Fitzgerald, Bryan Ferry, Flaming Lips, and more. Also, new music from Richard Thompson, Radie Peat, and Joy Oladokun, + seasonal tunes archived on MixCloud.
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MY TINY MORNING SHOW - now on Mixcloud includes early takes from The Beatles Rubber Soul, new music from Lizzie Weber, The Decemberists, Soak, Steady Holiday. Great handclap tunes and more fun music. Live every Wednesday on TakomaRadio.org mixcloud.com/bob-boilen/octo…
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On My Tiny Morning Show, I pay tribute to my friend Roddy Frantz, a singer and poet for the Urban Verbs, who recently passed away. That late-70s band inspired so many DC concertgoers to play music and make art.  Wednesday, 8- 10 a.m. ET and archived on MixCloud.
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On My Tiny Morning Show, brand-new music from Richard Thompson, Phoebe Bridgers, the Milk Carton Kids, plus a fun collaboration between Wet Leg and a cartoon ukulele player named Yukee. My Tiny Morning Show 8-10am ET archived on MixCloud.
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On MY TINY MORNING SHOW, I have a newly released version of The Beatles’ Norwegian Wood, brand-new Neil Young, Cinder Well, Agnes Obell, Beach House, and random music from my CD library, + songs about flowers. Tune in 8- 10 a.m. ET takomaradio.org archived on Mixcloud.
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On My Tiny Morning Show:With the 25th anniversary of September 11th, I started thinking about the passage of time. Yeah, that’s my record player and me, back when I was little. Tune in to My Tiny Morning Show, 8- 10 a.m. ET, Wednesday on TakomaRadio.o
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On MY TINY MORNING SHOW - The death of musician Glen Hansard last week inspired me to honor musicians who left the planet too soon. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Sam Cooke, Joy Division’s Ian Curtis & more. 8-10am ET Takomaradio.org archived free on Mixcloud.
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I fell asleep before the D.C. fireworks but was woken by booms a little after midnight. From my apartment balcony, I could see the D.C. fireworks about 8 miles away. I grabbed my camera, started shooting, and captured this. Do you see a profile in that lightning?
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On My Tiny Morning Show, new music from Sylvan Esso and Paul McCartney, and old faves from The Ramones and Paul Simon. Also, a look ahead to Father’s Day and the Summer solstice, all happening on June 21st. Listen Wednesday 8-10am ET on TAKOMARADIO.ORG
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