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From May 25, 2004:
Archived Show: Episode 64
Listen to the entire show
Featured: Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer
Jazz clarinetist Dr. Michael White
New Jersey bluegrass band Railroad Earth
Newly discovered music from Nick Drake
Pete Seeger's grandson with The Mammals
Bluegrass Beatles: Phillips, Grier & Flinner
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Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer are known for challenging expectations for their instruments: Fleck on banjo and Meyer on double bass. On this collection of duets, they play everything from Bach to Miles Davis.
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Featured: Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer
CD: Music for Two
Song: "The One I Left Behind"
Label: Sony
Listen to "The One I Left Behind"
 Watch the slideshow (Requires Real Player)
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When he's not playing traditional Dixieland jazz, Dr. Michael White teaches Afro-American music at Xavier University.
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Dr. Michael White
CD: Dancing in the Sky
Song: "Algiers Hoodoo Woman"
Label: Basin Street
Listen to "Algiers Hoodoo Woman"
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A New Jersey bluegrass jam band - in the country spirit of the Grateful Dead - this is Railroad Earth's third CD. Hear an early tune on All Songs Considered episode 26.
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Railroad Earth
CD: The Good Life
Song: "Storms"
Label: Sugar Hill
Listen to "Storms"
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This newly-discovered tune is part of a collection of rare outtakes and remixes from Nick Drake, who died nearly 30 years ago at the age of 26. See our feature on Nick Drake's album, Pink Moon from All Songs Considered episode 4.
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Nick Drake
CD: Made to Love Magic
Song: "Tow the Line"
Label: Island Universal
Listen to "Tow the Line"
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Writing songs with a social consciousness, this group includes the grandson of Pete Seeger and the daughter of fiddler Jay Ungar; their debut was featured on All Songs Considered episode 46.
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The Mammals
CD: Rock That Babe
Song: "Bad Shoes Blues"
Label: Signature Sounds
Listen to "Bad Shoes Blues"
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Bassist Todd Phillips, guitarist David Grier and mandolinist Matt Flinner offer versions of several classic bluegrass tunes along with Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing" and this song from the Beatles.
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Phillips, Grier & Flinner
CD: Looking Back
Song: "I Want You (She's So Heavy)"
Label: Compass Records
Listen to "I Want You (She's So Heavy)"
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