Over the Rhine is enjoying an excellent 2011 so far.

Their fan-funded album The Long Surrender, my personal favorite from their entire 20-year catalog, is enjoying rave reviews all over the place. One of the highlights of their current success came last week, when they were interviewed on NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

You can listen to that interview in its entirety here.

I noticed later that this interview provoked some letters to NPR from the band’s admirers.