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Music Review: Two 'C'mon' Records from Lambchop

Nashville-based band Lambchop has two new albums out, Aw C'mon, and No, You C'mon. Both CDs rely on lush guitar rhythms and a sultry sound, combined with the unmistakable baritone of bandleader Kurt Wagner. David Greenberger has a review.

Music Review: Two 'C'mon' Records from Lambchop

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Tuesday

Music Review: 'A Fix Back East' from Tarbox Ramblers

The Boston band Tarbox Ramblers has roots in prewar gospel and blues. The group's latest album takes off from their first record, using the old songs as a jumping-off point for leader Michael Tarbox to write primal gut rock and roll. The CD is called A Fix Back East. Meredith Ochs has a review.

Music Review: 'A Fix Back East' from Tarbox Ramblers

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Alistair Cooke Dies at 95

Renowned British broadcaster Alistair Cooke, the longtime host of PBS' Masterpiece Theatre, has died at his home in New York at the age of 95. No cause of death was given, but earlier this month, Cooke retired because of heart disease. For 58 years, Cooke's Letter from America program was heard on the BBC's World Service and Britain's Radio 4. NPR's Bob Edwards has a remembrance.

Alistair Cooke Dies at 95

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Music Interviews

Eric Clapton Takes on Robert Johnson's Blues

Eric Clapton once wrote that Robert Johnson's best songs have "never been covered by anyone else, at least not very successfully — because how are you going to do them?" Now the rock guitarist has recorded Me and Mr. Johnson, a CD of the legendary bluesman's works that Clapton calls a labor of love.

Eric Clapton Takes on Robert Johnson's Blues

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Monday

Movies

Intersections: Inside the Mind of Lili Taylor

To create memorable roles in such films as Say Anything and I Shot Andy Warhol, actress Lili Taylor turns to the tools of psychology, she tells Intersections, our series on artists' inspirations. NPR's Lynn Neary reports.

Intersections: Inside the Mind of Lili Taylor

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Sunday

Roots of Elvis Traced to Scotland

This week, a researcher revealed the ancestral homeland of Elvis Presley. Three hundred years ago, Andrew Presley worked as a blacksmith in the tiny village of Lonmay, Scotland, and the modern-day residents of Lonmay are bracing for the potential windfall of tourism. NPR's Liane Hansen speaks with Christina Gibbons, owner of the village's only hotel, the Bancar.

Roots of Elvis Traced to Scotland

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Painter Daniel Robinson

Daniel Robinson is a young artist based in the small town of Fossil, Oregon. His paintings, often depicting idealized industrial and rural landscapes, recall the social realist images of the 1930s and '40s. A new exhibition of Robinson's paintings, titled In Oregon, opens at Boston's Mercury Gallery on April 1. NPR's Howard Berkes speaks with Robinson.

Painter Daniel Robinson

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Weekend Edition Sunday

Tangle Eye: A New Take on Lomax

NPR's Liane Hansen talks with Scott Billington of Rounder Records. Under the name Tangle Eye, Billington and producer Steve Reynolds have released a CD that puts a modern spin on the archival tapes of late folklorist Alan Lomax.

Tangle Eye: A New Take on Lomax

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Saturday

Music Interviews

'Hope, Redemption & Glory' with Anonymous 4

NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks with the members of Anonymous 4 — an a cappella singing group — about their latest CD: American Angels: Songs of Hope, Redemption, & Glory. Unlike their earlier albums, this album focuses on 18th century American spirituals and shape-note music.

'Hope, Redemption & Glory' with Anonymous 4

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'Jan and Dean' Musician Berry Dies at 62

Jan Berry, one half of the '60s musical duo Jan and Dean, dies at 62. William Jan Berry and Dean Torrence produced a string of gold records, including "Surf City" and "Little Old Lady from Pasadena." Berry spent nearly a year in a coma after a 1966 car accident. Hear NPR's Howard Berkes.

'Jan and Dean' Musician Berry Dies at 62

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Hick-Hop: Hip-Hop Meets the Hollow

What began as a modest effort to ease racial tension in rural Kentucky coal country produced an unexpected musical result: Hick-hop is a compelling mix of uniquely American musical genres: bluegrass and rap. NPR's Howard Berkes reports.

Hick-Hop: Hip-Hop Meets the Hollow

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Friday

Movie Review: 'Jersey Girl'

Director Kevin Smith's latest film, Jersey Girl, stars Ben Affleck as a single father raising a young daughter. It's a departure from Smith's past work. The biting, iconoclastic humor of films such as Clerks, Dogma and Chasing Amy had established Smith as a force outside Hollywood's mainstream. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan has a review.

Movie Review: 'Jersey Girl'

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American Indian Museum Prepares for Opening

The Smithsonian's newest museum is dedicated to one of the hemisphere's oldest subjects, the history and culture of Native Americans. NPR's Juan Williams tours the National Museum of the American Indian, which opens in Washington, D.C., in September.

American Indian Museum Prepares for Opening

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Thursday

Revising Genghis Khan's Legacy

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Jack Weatherford about his new book Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. Weatherford has spent the past eight years in Mongolia researching the man he deems the greatest ruler the world has ever seen. He says that Khan was not the stereotypical barbarian of lore, calling him a statesman responsible for laying the foundations for global trade and diplomacy.

Revising Genghis Khan's Legacy

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