We time travel to the past and future with master Raphael Saadiq, global music tastemaker.
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Young jazz vocalist Kat Edmonson, with a voice all her own and a new album “Way Down Low.”
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Grammy-winning Texas singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett on his latest album and the Lyle Lovett way.
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Nature speaks. We’ll hear a symphony of natural sound. Growls and gurgles, wind and water, wolf and jaguar, glaciers on the move.
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New Orleans funk sensation Galactic brings the sound of Brazil to the Big Easy. We’ll listen.
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The remarkable composer Philip Glass joins us. We’ll listen from “Einstein on the Beach” to his latest “Symphony No. 9.”
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Kevin Olusola went on to riff with his voice and pizzicato – the string-plucking technique – and to throw down this beatboxed version of the All Things Considered theme song.
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A young music prodigy fuses cello and beat-boxing to create a new art form. We’ll talk with the amazing Kevin Olusola.
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The opera “therapist,” the opera “terrorist.” Two greats. We’ll listen in with critic Peter Conrad.
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When Aretha went back to gospel. “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin and her epic 1972 album, “Amazing Grace.”
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From pagan days and drinking halls to high church and holiness, we’re looking at the history of the Christmas carol.
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First Radiohead live on the Colbert Report, now mashup artist Titus Jones has sampled Tom Ashbrook from a 2009 On Point show on his new album Culture Shock. Our Tom in there along with Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, and Beyonce. Woot! Woot!
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The magnificent, wild and difficult genius of violin virtuoso Jascha Heifetz. A new documentary takes us in.
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“True Colors” Grammy winner Cyndi Lauper on life, activism, and now singing the blues.
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Democrats charge Republicans with being prisoners of special interests. A young conservative turns that charge around.
Comedian Lizz Winstead, co-creator of “The Daily Show” is with us, on the truth in humor.
A breast-feeding three-year-old – and mom – on the cover of Time Magazine. We’ll talk with the guru of “attachment parenting.”
Two billion dollars lost in a flash by JP Morgan. Is this an argument for the Volcker rule – cracking down on speculative bets by the banks?
