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This program was originally posted in December, 2000.

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The edgy guitar of Marc Ribot
Cuban doo wop from Los Zafiros
The amazing tuba of Patrick Sheridan
Dreams of the nile with Hamza El Din
Bach from Rachel Podger
Good vibrations with the Beach Boys
Monkey work from Monkeyworks

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This album, Marc Ribot's Y Los
Cubanos Postizos, was voted
as one of 1998's "Essential
Albums" in Rolling Stone Mag.

Mark Ribot

Listen to Aqui Como Alla:
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from Y Los Cubanos Postizos (Atlantic)

Listen to Tom Moon's review of Y Los Cubanos Postizos.

Visit the official Web site for Mark Ribot.

Los Zafiros lived up to the
challenges of touring, selling
out venues around the world.

Los Zafiros

Listen to Bossa Cubana:
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from Bossa Cubana (World Circuit/Nonesuch records)

Visit the official Web site for Los Zafiros.

With the exception of Dennis
Wilson, none of the Beach
Boys played an instrument on
Good Vibrations. Dennis
played the slow, church-like
organ later in the song.

The Beach Boys

Listen to Good Vibrations:
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from Good Vibrations: 30 Years of the Beach Boys (Capitol)

All Songs Considered Host Bob Boilen profiled The Beach Boys' Good Vibrations as part of the NPR 100 list of the most important American works of the 20th century. Listen to the report here.

Rachel Podger says she's
wanted to play this selection
by Bach since she was a
young child.

Rachel Podger

Listen to Sonata #3 in G Minor:
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from Bach: Partitas and Sonatas, Vol. 1 (Channel Classics)

Listen to a feature on Rachel Podger from NPR's All Things Considered.

Patrick Sheridan made his solo
debut playing an arrangement
of "The Blue Bells of Scotland"
accompanied by his mother,
Diana when he was just ten
years old.

Patrick Sheridan

Listen to The Hot Canary:
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from Bon Bons (Summit Records)

Listen to a interview with Patrick Sheridan from NPR's All Things Considered.

Visit the official Web site for Patrick Sheridan.

Hamza El Din discovered the
oud instrument while studying
engineering in Cairo. The
oud is a short-knecked Arab
precursor to the lute.

Hamza El Din

Listen to A Wish:
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from A Wish (Sounds True Music)

Listen to a feature on Hamza El Din from NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday.

Visit the official Web site for Hamza El Din.

Monkeywork = doing the same
repetitive task over and
over again.

Monkeyworks

Listen to Monkeyworks:
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from Monkeyworks (Monkeyworks Records)

Visit the official Web site for Monkeyworks.

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