Music Interviews Beat Boxing with Yuri Lane March 27, 2008 • The sound of beat boxing has been the background to generations of hip-hop music. But one man is using the form to express a political message of peace for the Middle East. Performer Yuri Lane talks about his one-man show, From Tel Aviv to Ramallah: A Beat Box Journey. Beat Boxing with Yuri Lane Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89144347/89144337" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Music Reviews Richard Egarr: The 'Bernstein of Early Music' March 26, 2008 • The keyboardist delivers a historically informed performance worthy of the passion behind Handel's Organ Concertos on a new CD. Egarr possesses a remarkable gift for combining subtle musical gestures with forward–moving, irrepressible rhythms. Richard Egarr: The 'Bernstein of Early Music' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89116258/89130359" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Music Interviews Assisted Listen: Emilio Navaira, King of Tejano March 26, 2008 • Hundreds gathered at a vigil Monday night for Emilio Navaira, the man known as "the King of Tejano Music," who is in a coma after a bus accident and may not survive. Reporter Ramiro Burr offers a quick guide to Navaira's singular genre. Assisted Listen: Emilio Navaira, King of Tejano Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89099490/89099435" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Music Reviews An 'Odd Couple' and Madonna Release Albums March 25, 2008 • Lizzie Goodman from Blender magazine discusses new releases from Gnarls Barkley, The Raconteurs, The B-52's, and Madonna. An 'Odd Couple' and Madonna Release Albums Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/89025353/89025307" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Bryant Park Project Video Indie-Folk Duo Ida Has a Split Personality March 21, 2008 • The band stopped by the BPP studio to play songs from their new album, Lovers Prayers. They brought along their daughter Storey for what was easily the cutest 13 minutes in the history of the show. Indie-Folk Duo Ida Has a Split Personality Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88732081/88732047" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Bryant Park Project Video Jill Sobule's Next Album Is Listener-Funded March 20, 2008 • In January, Jill Sobule asked fans on her Web site to donate money so she could make her next album. Two months later, Sobule says, she's raised $75,000 and is ready to rock. Jill Sobule's Next Album Is Listener-Funded Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88650386/88650327" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Talking With 'Bunnytown' Star Pinky Pinkerton March 19, 2008 • Not only does Scottish actress Polly Frame star in the current Brooklyn run of Macbeth, she also plays one of the three witches in the cast of Bunnytown, a show on Playhouse Disney that's been dazzling young and old since November. Talking With 'Bunnytown' Star Pinky Pinkerton Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88552654/88552593" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music The 20 Biggest Music Biz Screw-ups of all Time March 17, 2008 • The manager who passed up on the Beatles, the sale of Bob Dylan's catalog for $1 million, all the money paid for Chinese Democracy: Blender's Rob Tannenbaum discusses the magazine's definitive list of recording industry blunders. The 20 Biggest Music Biz Screw-ups of all Time Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88381994/88381932" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Wilson's 'Century Cycle' Runs at Kennedy Center March 16, 2008 • For the first time, August Wilson's famed Century Cycle — a series of 10 plays about the African-American experience — will be presented under one roof. The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., will stage the works in chronological order this month. Wilson's 'Century Cycle' Runs at Kennedy Center Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88120926/88325800" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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In Character Blanche DuBois: Chasing Magic, Fleeing the Dark March 15, 2008 • She's one of theater's Everest roles, exhausting, perilous — and irresistible to any actress with a sense of adventure. Even Marge Simpson couldn't resist her. NPR's Lynn Neary asks why Streetcar is such a wild ride. Blanche DuBois: Chasing Magic, Fleeing the Dark Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/87859194/88276482" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music Journey Takes Cue from Judas Priest March 13, 2008 • Blind Melon is reuniting — with a former audience member as lead singer. It's not the first time a band follower has graduated to band member. Journey Takes Cue from Judas Priest Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88177928/88177902" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Albee at 80: Still Asking the Big Questions March 12, 2008 • Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee turns 80 on Wednesday. Far from resting on his laurels, he's in the midst of a busy season. And as Jeff Lunden reports, he's still as irascible as ever on the topic of what theater is "about." Albee at 80: Still Asking the Big Questions Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88141908/88163186" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Bryant Park Project Video Online Art: The Sounds of a New Machine March 12, 2008 • The Absolut Quartet takes , a three-piece music machine controlled by users online. Online Art: The Sounds of a New Machine Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88131546/88131510" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Music Interviews Musical Diplomacy: A Concert in North Korea Fresh Air March 10, 2008 • On February 26, conductor Lorin Maazel led the New York Philharmonic in an unprecedented concert in Pyongyang, North Korea. It was the first time a major American orchestra performed in the communist country. The concert was broadcast nationwide. Musical Diplomacy: A Concert in North Korea Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/87987687/88058931" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Diversions 21 Accents in Two Minutes March 10, 2008 • Actress Amy Walker has become an instant YouTube star with a video performing 21 different accents in two and a half minutes. Amy Walker tells us why some actors manage to get accents so wrong. 21 Accents in Two Minutes Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88045552/88045527" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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