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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 9:08pm

Cécile McLorin Salvant: Making Old Songs New Again

The 23-year-old jazz phenom's debut album showcases her takes on vintage jazz and blues numbers by Bessie Smith, Fats Waller and others. You can trace some of her effects back to jazz greats like Sarah Vaughan, Betty Carter and Abbey Lincoln.
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 9:08pm

Samberg, Taccone And Schaffer: Three's Not A Lonely Island

As the brains behind the hip-hop parody group responsible for digital shorts like "D--- in a Box," Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer have produced some of the funniest Saturday Night Live material in recent memory. Here, they talk about comedy, Yo! MTV Raps and adolescence.
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Monday, June 17, 2013 9:02pm

In 'TransAtlantic,' The Flight Is Almost Too Smooth

Colum McCann won the National Book Award for his 2009 novel, Let the Great World Spin, about a high-wire artist. Critic Maureen Corrigan says McCann's new novel, TransAtlantic, also has its head in the clouds.
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Monday, June 17, 2013 9:02pm

WWII 'Deserters': Stories Of Men Who Left The Front Lines

In his new book, journalist Charles Glass explores the little-known history of thousands of American and British soldiers who deserted during World War II. Glass describes how the strain of war can push a soldier to the breaking point — and how the line between courage and cowardice is never simple.
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Saturday, June 15, 2013 9:06pm

Fresh Air Weekend: Rogen, Goldberg, '20 Feet From Stardom' And 'Much Ado'

Writing partners Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg met as adolescents. Their new project is the disaster-movie spoof This Is the End. A new documentary profiles backup singers whose voices you know but whose names you probably don't. Joss Whedon's new production of Shakespeare's classic is a delight.
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A Lifetime Of Love In 'My Husband And My Wives'

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Charles Rowan Beye earned his Ph.D. in classical philology from Harvard in 1960. He is a distinguished professor emeritus at Lehman College.

By Maureen Corrigan

Originally published on Tue September 25, 2012 12:58 pm

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Given the glut of autobiographies, a provocative subject alone isn't enough to snag a reader's attention, although, admittedly, the title of Charles Rowan Beye's new memoir, My Husband and My Wives, is certainly arresting. It's Beye's charming raconteur's voice, however, and his refusal to bend anecdotes into the expected "lessons" that really make this memoir such a knockout.

Beye won me over in his "Introduction" when he admitted that, looking back at the long span of his life — he's now over 80 — the big question he still asks himself is, "What was that all about?"

12:06 pm

Tue September 25, 2012

Analog Players Society: A Party Cooked Up In A Studio

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The Analog Players Society was assembled by a producer and percussionist in his mid-30s who calls himself Amon.

By Milo Miles

Originally published on Tue September 25, 2012 12:58 pm

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Albums made by collections of professional studio players once had a bad reputation with the traditional rock audience. Such works were supposedly arid and chilly — more like the results of a board meeting than the recorded adventure of an organic group of fabulous friends. Some music fans may still feel that way, but they are few. Nowadays, a tight-knit gaggle of session musicians like the Analog Players Society gets points from traditionalists simply because the music is made by flesh and blood.

1:15 pm

Mon September 24, 2012

Redistricting: A Story Of Divisive Politics, Funny Shapes

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Robert Draper is the author of Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the House of Representatives and Dead Certain: The Presidency of George Bush.

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Originally published on Mon September 24, 2012 1:47 pm

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Journalist Robert Draper says the 27th Congressional District in South Texas looks like a Glock pistol. It's just one of several "funny shapes" you will see in states across the U.S. as a result of the redrawing of congressional boundaries — otherwise known as redistricting.

"These maps can be very, very fanciful — they're these kinds of impressionistic representations of the yearnings and deviousness of politics today," Draper tells Fresh Air's Dave Davies.

10:16 am

Mon September 24, 2012

Aimee Mann: The 'Charmer' And The Disciplined Id

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Ken Tucker says Aimee Mann's latest album, Charmer, is a song cycle about getting rid of a cynical frame of mind.

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By Ken Tucker

Originally published on Mon September 24, 2012 1:16 pm

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If you listen to the music on Charmer, hearing Aimee Mann's vocals as just another lilting instrument, you'd probably think the album was just what the title suggests: a charmer. The melodies have an airy quality, at once floating and propulsive, and even without fixing on the words, you can hear that they're metrically precise, with carefully counted-out syllables and tight rhymes.

8:49 pm

Sun September 23, 2012

Fresh Air Weekend: Andrew Rannells, Bob Dylan

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Bob Dylan's Tempest features 10 new songs with many feisty, baffling, sometimes beautiful moments.

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Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors, and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:

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