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Archived Show: Episode 70
Listen to the entire show
Featured: The Clash
Guitarist, actor and author Guy Davis
A radio tale from bluesman Dave Alvin
Seattle singer/songwriter Laura Veirs
Bach cantatas from Lorraine Lieberson
A typewriter tune by Leroy Anderson
Re-imagining the piano with Stephen Scott
A cinematic treat for ears: Kevin Tihista
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Epic Legacy records celebrates the 25th anniversary of The Clash's London Calling with a packed reissue, including a documentary on the making of the album and rehearsal tapes for the sessions.
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Featured: The Clash
CD: London Calling
Song: "London Calling"
Label: Epic/Legacy
Listen to "London Calling"
 Watch the slideshow (Requires Real Player)
Watch a video for "London Calling" (Requires Real Player)
Visit the band's official Web site.
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Guy Davis is a respected blues guitarist, has acted in several Broadway and off Broadway productions, had a recurring role on the soap opera One Life to Live and wrote/starred in the one-man show, "In Bed with the Blues." He recorded this song with his son, Martial Davis.
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Guy Davis
CD: Legacy
Song: "Uncle Tom's Dead"
Label: Red House
Listen to "Uncle Tom's Dead"
Visit the official Guy Davis Web site.
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Dave Alvin helped build the American roots rock scene of the early 1980s, forming the L.A. band The Blasters with his brother, Phil. They combined the energy of punk rock with classic American blues and rockabilly. This is Alvin's 10th solo release.
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Dave Alvin
CD: Ashgrove
Song: "Nine Volt Heart"
Label: Yep Roc
Listen to "Nine Volt Heart"
Listen to an interview with Dave Alvin from NPR's Fresh Air
Visit the official Dave Alvin Web site.
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With her warm, haunting voice, Seattle's Laura Veirs writes introspective, atmospheric songs that mix grunge drum loops with simple folk melodies and found sounds.
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Laura Veirs
CD: Carbon Glacier
Song: "Icebound Stream"
Label: Nonesuch
Listen to "Icebound Stream"
Visit the official Laura Veirs Web site.
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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson was a violinist before pursuing a professional singing career as a mezzo soprano. Here she performs works by Johann Sebastian Bach, accompanied by the Orchestra of Emanuel Music, conducted by Craig Smith.
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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
CD: Bach Cantatas, BWV 82 and 199
Song: "Ich Habe Genug"
Label: Nonesuch
Listen to "Ich Habe Genug"
Listen to an interview with Lorraine Hunt Lieberson from NPR's Weekend Edition Satuday
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Leroy Anderson was a composer in the 1940s and '50s who wrote playful tunes that incorporated everyday sounds like ticking clocks or, like this song, a typewriter.
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Leroy Anderson
CD: Greatest Hits
Song: "The Typewriter"
Label: Laserlight
Listen to "The Typewriter"
Visit the official Leroy Anderson Web site.
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Stephen Scott composes music for the inside of a piano. His group, the Bowed Piano Ensemble, performs his music by plucing, bowing and strumming the strings of a piano. The sound they coax from the piano is quite unexpected.
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Stephen Scott
CD: Sounding Landscapes
Song: "Entrada"
Label: Albany Records
Listen to "Entrada"
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Kevin Tihista (pronounce tee-ESTA) performed with various short-lived groups and wrote about 300 songs before deciding to launch a solo career. His Beatley tunes are intimate, beautifully arranged and sometimes bittersweet.
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Kevin Tihista's Red Terror
CD: Wake Up Captain
Song: "Real Life"
Label: Parasol
Listen to "Real Life"
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