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The Famous Door
January 4, 2013
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Carole King’s Forgotten Partner
December 14, 2012
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How Ravi Shankar Paved the Way for the Concert for Sandy Relief
November 26, 2012
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Remembering Eleanor Powell, the Dancer Too Good for Fred Astaire
August 31, 2012
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Music of the RNC, Then and Now
August 24, 2012
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Marvin Hamlisch, Pussy Riot, and the Perils of Judging by Appearances
August 12, 2012
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Standing in the Rubble of New York’s Cocktail Life
July 19, 2012
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The Horrific Racism of Kitty Wells’ Cyrano
July 11, 2012
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The Surprising Queer Roots of the Blues
June 15, 2012
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A Creepy Father’s Day Song from the ‘Mad Men’ Era
May 4, 2012
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Meet the Next Louis Armstrong
April 23, 2012
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A Stirring Revival of Vaudeville Theater
January 6, 2012
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Barbara Lea: She Had No Superior
December 9, 2011
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Remembering the Monstrous Stan Kenton
December 3, 2011
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Small Signs of Life in the Grammy World
November 18, 2011
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A Smile for Carol Kaye
June 10, 2011
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The Famous Door: Blake Shelton’s Cowardly Ass
May 13, 2011
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The Dream Music of a Nightmare Time
April 29, 2011
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Whatever Happened to Phoebe Snow?
April 15, 2011
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Grammys: 31 Gone, 78 to Go
March 18, 2011
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Songs of Nuclear Horror

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