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From January 27, 2004:
Archived Show: Episode 53
Listen to the entire show
Featured: Count Basie and His Orchestra
Down in the valley with Greg Brown
Indie folk punk from Ani DiFranco
The electronic experiments of Dani Siciliano
Finger-style guitarist Harris Newman
Folk meets blues electronica in Califone
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The remarkable work of Count Basie is chronicled on this new 4-CD box set from Columbia.
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Featured: Count Basie
CD: America's #1 Band
Song: "Shoe Shine Boy" and "Easy Does It"
Label: Columbia/Legacy
Listen to "Shoe Shine Boy" and "Easy Does It"
 Watch the slideshow (Requires Real Player)
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The son of a Pentecostal preacher, Greg Brown grew up listening to gospel music and began singing professionally when he was 18. He'd go on to work with Garrison Keillor on The Prairie Home Companion and start his own record label, Red House Records.
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Greg Brown
CD: Honey in the Lions Head
Song: "Down in the Valley"
Label: Trailer
Listen to "Down in the Valley"
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Without the backing of a major label, Ani DiFranco built a cult following through the 1990s with a relentless touring schedule and her own provocative blend of anti-folk, indie rock, all released on her own Righteous Babe label.
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Ani DiFranco
CD: Educated Guess
Song: "Educated Guess"
Label: Righteous Babe
Listen to "Educated Guess"
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Dani Siciliano takes her jazz singing and marries it with electronic music. Much of this record was concocted in her home studio. On this debut collection of songs, she shows a natural gift for experimental, avant atmospherics.
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Dani Siciliano
CD: Likes...
Song: "Collaboration"
Label: K7
Listen to "Collaboration"
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Based in Montreal, Harris Newman is a finger-style guitarist with a sound reminiscent of the late John Fahey.
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Harris Newman
CD: Non-Sequiturs
Song: "The Bullheaded Stranger"
Label: Strange Attractors Audio House
Listen to "Bullheaded Stranger"
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Tim Rutili, principle songwriter for this Chicago-based group says, "It feels like something cracked open while we were making this. We found a new energy, instinct and freedom. We were able to find a nice balance between what we do as a live band and the endless possibilities of a recording studio."
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Califone
CD: King Heron Blues
Song: "Trick Bird"
Label: Thrill Jockey
Listen to "Trick Bird"
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