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December 29, 2008 Hearts of Space began as a late night radio show out of San Francisco in 1973. Ten years later, the show went national via public radio. Now celebrating 25 years of national broadcast, the show has issued a series of albums called The Best of Hearts of Space. Music critic Milo Miles has a review.

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November 20, 2008 Music critic Milo Miles reviews A-Square (Of Course), a new collection featuring artists from Hugh 'Jeep' Holland's rock label.

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March 12, 2008 Fresh Air's world-music critic reviews The Mande Variations, the new CD from Malian kora player Toumani Diabate. Diabate says he descends from 71 generations of griots, or traditional song-storytellers.

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January 29, 2008 When British musician and record producer Martin Atkins visited Beijing in 2006, he wasn't sure what kind of music scene he'd find. As it turned out, the sounds emerging from the Chinese underground were surprisingly familiar. Milo Miles reports.

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December 28, 2007 Nils Lofgren, best known as guitarist with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, also played for Neil Young and Crazy Horse early in that band's career. He's also had a notable solo career — and he founded the mid-1970s band Grin. Critic Milo Miles surveys his work.

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