What A Life: The Day I Met Elliott Carter
Transcript SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Elliott Carter died this week, a month shy of his 104th birthday. He had a huge influence on modern classical music. So in 2008, when Elliott Carter was celebrating his...
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View ArticleRemembering Jim Hall, A Different Sort Of Guitar God
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View ArticleAnother Fleetwood Mac Album That's 'Worth A Damn'
This year saw the reissue of two vintage albums by Fleetwood Mac: the hugely popular Rumours,and the last album to feature the band's founder, Peter Green, called Then Play On."I think it's one of the...
View ArticleIn A Few Fateful Years, One Record Label Blew Open The Blues
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View ArticleInfluential Guitarist John Renbourn, Co-Founder Of Pentagle, Dies
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View ArticleRemembering Pat Dowell, Longtime Film Reporter For NPR
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It seemed as if he'd go on forever — and B.B. King was working right up until the end. It's what he loved to do: playing music, and fishing. Even late in life, living with diabetes, he spent about half...
View ArticleCultural Capital: 50 Years Of Investment In U.S. Arts And Humanities
The National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities, two federal grant-making agencies aimed at investing in American culture, turn 50 on Tuesday. There will be a yearlong celebration commemorating the...
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Jazz guitarist John Scofield has had a pretty remarkable career. Without even finishing music school, he found himself on the Carnegie Hall stage playing with jazz legends Chet Baker and Gerry...
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'Serpent' Film Explores, Revives Lost Cultural Knowledge For Colombians
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View ArticleIn Life And In Film, The Past Is Ever Present For Director Terence Davies
Watching a Terence Davies film is like watching paintings come to life. On the other hand, the filmmaker jokes, "The people who don't like my films say it's about as interesting as paint drying."Still,...
View ArticleParamount Records: The Label Inadvertently Crucial To The Blues
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View ArticleRemembering Jim Hall, A Different Sort Of Guitar God
Jim Hall was a guitar god, but not in the sense that he could blaze through a zillion notes a minute. He was worshipped by guitarists around the world, but you'd never know it from talking to him. "I...
View ArticleAnother Fleetwood Mac Album That's 'Worth A Damn'
This year saw the reissue of two vintage albums by Fleetwood Mac : the hugely popular Rumours, and the last album to feature the band's founder, Peter Green, called Then Play On . "I think it's one of...
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