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Year of the Blues Corey Harris believes that the blues are a blueprint for a kind of music that can reach around the world. Join NPR's Neal Conan and Corey Harris as we inaugurate an official Year of the Blues. Guest:

Corey Harris
*Blues artist
*Appears in Martin Scorsese's blues documentary Feel Like Going Home, part of "The Blues" series that premieres on PBS Sept. 28

Bruce Iglauer
*President and founder of Alligator Records

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Corey Harris believes that the blues are a blueprint for a kind of music that can reach around the world. Join NPR's Neal Conan and Corey Harris as we inaugurate an official Year of the Blues. Guest:

Corey Harris
*Blues artist
*Appears in Martin Scorsese's blues documentary Feel Like Going Home, part of "The Blues" series that premieres on PBS Sept. 28

Bruce Iglauer
*President and founder of Alligator Records