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July 3, 2009
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American Routes


A weekly excursion into this country's rich and diverse musical styles and traditions, American Routes also introduces the audience to the music makers with interviews and profiles of featured artists. The program is produced in New Orleans and hosted by Nick Spitzer.


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Folk Music with Jim Blum
Join host Jim Blum in discovering the best from the world of folk music, featuring the work of legends and others devoted to acoustic sounds.


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Folk Music with Jim Blum


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Classical Music with Ward Jacobson


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BBC World Service


For over 70 years, BBC World Service has been the globe's most comprehensive source for news. When news breaks — anywhere, anytime — BBC is there.


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For over 70 years, BBC World Service has been the globe's most comprehensive source for news. When news breaks — anywhere, anytime — BBC is there.

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BBC World Service
For over 70 years, BBC World Service has been the globe's most comprehensive source for news. When news breaks — anywhere, anytime — BBC is there.

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Hearing Voices
Hearing Voices from NPR is new weekly hour series of The Best of Public Radio: a sixty-minute stream of "driveway moments" all connected by a weekly theme. We listen to broadcasts and podcasts; we dig through audio archives; and we scour the web to find the best stories, sound-portraits, slam poets, docs, radio dramas, features, and found-sound.

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Living On Earth®
Steve Curwood hosts NPR's weekly environmental news and information program, offering features, interviews and commentary on a broad range of ecological issues.

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Classical Music
With Bob Christiansen

8:14
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto (New York Chamber Symphony)

8:46
Michael Praetorius: Spanish Pavan (Arabesque 6514)

8:49
Johann Wagenaar: Vienna 3/4 Time - Waltz Cycle (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra)

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Classical Music with Ward Jacobson


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Classical Music with Gillian Martin


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Classical Music with Mindy Ratner
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Les Paul to be honored at Cleveland's Rock Hall

Musician and inventor will be feted as part of the annual American Music Masters series.

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland is paying tribute to the "Father of the Electric Guitar" this fall. 93-year-old Les Paul will be honored at the 13th annual American Music Masters series, a weeklong event that begins Nov. 10. A lineup is being assembled for a tribute concert November 15th at Cleveland's State Theater. Paul invented the modern electric guitar and pioneered many innovations in multi-track recording technology. He was inducted into the early influence category at the Rock Hall in 1988.

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Les Paul: Chasing Sound (2005 Documentary Film)




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