Adding yet another hyphenated credit to his name, T Bone Burnett plays guest DJ on the latest episode of NPR's All Songs Considered. Host Bob Boilen introduces T Bone as "a musical wizard of sorts" for all his many diverse and successful musical forays, before the two discuss a range of topics, including Burnett's producing methods, a few things he learned from the late Roy Orbison, and the differences between analog and digital recording.
Adding yet another hyphenated credit to his name, T Bone Burnett plays guest DJ on the latest episode of NPR's All Songs Considered. Host Bob Boilen introduces T Bone as "a musical wizard of sorts" for all his many diverse and successful musical forays, before the two discuss a range of topics, including Burnett's producing methods, a few things he learned from the late Roy Orbison, and the differences between analog and digital recording.
They also plays cuts off of T Bone's own record collection, including songs by trombonist Wilbur DeParis, Hank Williams, Charlie Parker, and Bob Dylan, as well as a track off the Burnett-produced albums Raising Sand by Robert Plant / Alison Krauss, with whom he is currently on tour; A Boot and a Shoe by Sam Phillips (whom Boilen calls "my favorite of the people you work with"); and his own new Nonesuch release, Tooth of Crime.
To listen online or download the podcast version, visit npr.org/music.
