In his latest novel, Songs for Other People’s Weddings, David Levithan delivers an often funny, sometimes sad, but always entertaining story about what it’s like to be a wedding singer. J is a ...

In early April, executive director Tim Henderson of nonprofit Humanities Tennessee sent out a memo “with great urgency” saying that the organization’s National Endowment for the Humanities grant, ...

The Swedish musician’s companion album to a novel of the same name co-written with David Levithan is a sprawling romance bedazzled with vivid storytelling, absurdist humor, and ebullient flourishes.

One wedding is fake, ending in a three-way kiss. Another unfolds in the shadow of a secret cancer diagnosis, and one ends with a sung ode “to whatever fate may bring.” In all there are 10 ceremonies ...

Along with his side gig, Jens Lekman has put out five albums. Now he’s collaborated with David Levithan on the novel “Songs for Other People’s Weddings.” Jens Lekman, left, and David Levithan began ...

The singer-songwriter Jens Lekman released this song more than 20 years ago. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "IF YOU EVER NEED A STRANGER (TO SING AT YOUR WEDDING)") JENS LEKMAN: (Singing) If you ever need a ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author David Levithan and singer-songwriter Jens Lekman, creators of the new novel and album Songs for Other People's Weddings. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station. We are ...

The legendary Jens Lekman seems to appear in manipulated form on the new Burial single, but he's coming back loud and clear with his own new high-concept project next month. Lekman's new album Songs ...

Jens Lekman has announced a tour and his first solo album in eight years. Songs for Other People’s Weddings, a companion LP to a book of the same name by Lekman and bestselling author David Levithan, ...

Jens Lekman has announced Songs For Other Peoples Weddings, his first new album in eight years, which will be out September 12 via Secretly Canadian. It’s a concept album about a fictional wedding ...

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