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Episode 2023 (Encore 1702)Jay Gatsby of West Egg Long Island was known for his extravagant parties. Those who came gossiped and flirted, and the music of…
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Fusion is a great thing – usually we think of it when trying that weird new restaurant or when the pantry is looking sparse and you really don’t want to…
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Episode #19318/3 Protest Pop Popular songs set out to sell copies by being entertaining and reassuring. If you want upheaval, you contact Woody Guthrie…
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Episode 19093/2 Dreaming Through the Forties. It’s hard to imagine popular music without references to dreaming. It’s an essential part of how love songs…
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Episode # 18328/11 Opera, Country, and Pop—Crossovers usually go from opera or country to pop, from The Met or Nashville to Broadway. But sometimes it…
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Can computers (A.I. or artificial intelligence) compose music? It sounds crazy, especially to classical music listeners. But Taryn Southern, a writer,…