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10:24 am
Fri June 14, 2013

Decades Later, Her Fans Prove Buika's Teacher Was Wrong

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Host Michel Martin and editor Ammad Omar open up the listener inbox for backtalk. This week, there's a lot of love for Spanish singer Buika.

Barbershop
10:24 am
Fri June 14, 2013

Kanye: 'Complete Awesomeness' Or Completely Overrated?

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Originally published on Fri June 14, 2013 7:01 pm

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

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Music News
9:13 am
Fri June 14, 2013

Reflections On A Dozen Years With Abbey Lincoln

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Marc Cary's new album is titled For the Love of Abbey.
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Originally published on Fri June 14, 2013 11:01 am

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The Picture Show
8:46 am
Fri June 14, 2013

Like Father, Like Son: Creating Art In A Time Of Troubles

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Bobbie Hanvey and his son Steafán Hanvey, in Northern Ireland.
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Bobbie Hanvey as an altar boy.
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Mary and Johnny Hanvey, Bobbie's parents.
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Bobbie (upper right) with his family in Northern Ireland.
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As well as being a photographer, Bobbie was also a folk singer and archivist of traditional songs. He recorded a number of traditional singers over the years whose music otherwise would have been lost.
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He also released two records during the 1970s and '80s.
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Bobbie Hanvey interviews a group of Irish Travelers for his Downtown Radio program, The Ramblin' Man.
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Steafán Hanvey as a young boy.
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Irish singer Tommy Makem and Steafán Hanvey. The Hanvey household was often filled with musicians, and Steafán participated in a lot of jam sessions at a young age.
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At 16, Steafán Hanvey formed his first band, 50/50, a heavy rock outfit.
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Bobbie Hanvey photographed the most famous artists, playwrights and poets of Northern Ireland, including leading Irish playwright Brian Friel.
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Steafán Hanvey with his father, Bobbie. The two artists have been heavily influenced by Northern Ireland, and the scope of their photos, interviews and music reflects on both their culture and their family over time.
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A group of Irish Travelers stand outside a traditional canvas tent in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, 1972.
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Children eat in a caravan, mid-1980s.
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Seamus Heaney, an Irish poet and playwright.
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"Old man," a well-known character from Fivemiletown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, 1980s.
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Mick "the Chief" Sands, a traditional singer and musician, in County Down, Northern Ireland, 1980s.
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Willie Mulhall, a painter from Ardglass, County Down, Northern Ireland. Also known as a colorful character.
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Old woman with police and guns.
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A 100-year-old woman from Kilcoo, County Down, Northern Ireland, milking her goat in the hallway of her home.
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Mrs. O'Reilly sitting in a field surrounded by the Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland, early 1970s.
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Old farmer bringing home milk cans on horse and cart, 1970s.
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Robin Matthews sitting on hay bale with his tractor behind him, 1980s.
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A farmer takes his wife shopping on the tractor bucket, 1980s.
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Official IRA members of Cumann na mBan on Easter Sunday in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, 1974.
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Children burn tires and block Flying Horse Road, Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, 1980s.
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Fire (malicious) at the business premises of Hugh J. O'Boyle, building contractor, Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, 1970s.
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A photograph of 17 members of the RUC riot squad taken at Castlereagh RUC station, Belfast.
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The funeral of former Ulster Defense Association leader John McMichael leaves his home in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, December 1987.
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Provisional IRA funeral of Vivienne Fitzsimons, Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, 1970s.
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Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Fein, posing in front of a Sinn Fein republican wall mural in Belfast, Northern Ireland, mid-1980s.
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The Rev. Ian Paisley posing by the statue of Sir Edward Carson in Belfast, 1985.
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Bobbie Hanvey as a child with his father, Johnny Hanvey. Johnny was a lumberjack who used to go everywhere with a camera. He gave one to his son, and set him off on a career as a photojournalist and documentarian.
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Originally published on Wed June 19, 2013 3:01 pm

When I first stumbled across the photographs of Bobbie Hanvey, I thought I had found an undiscovered master — perhaps another sort of Vivian Maier. My heart skipped a beat. But when I dug a little deeper, I realized that he was quite well-known in Northern Ireland, where he has been documenting the culture in photos and audio for more than 35 years. Only recently, however, has his work become available to a wider audience.

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Music
4:28 pm
Thu June 13, 2013

Just Some Of NPR Music's Favorite Albums Of The Year (So Far)

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Originally published on Thu June 13, 2013 5:35 pm

It is only June, but NPR Music staff already has 25 albums that they consider their favorite of the year. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Frannie Kelley, Tom Huizenga, and Stephen Thompson about their favorite music of 2013.

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