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July 6, 2009
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American Heroes

by Kevin Hartnett

Historian Edmund Morgan's latest work American Heroes: Profiles of Men and Women Who Shaped Early America includes essays on everything from Columbus's landing to the Salem witch trials to a piece pondering the relative merits of two early presidents of Yale University.


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Rhapsody In Blue: Gershwin At His Greatest

by Ted Libbey

Leonard Bernstein does full justice to the still racy and spontaneous score of Rhapsody In Blue in this 1959 recording. As both conductor and pianist, he brings a smoky, sultry jazziness to the piece.

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Performance Today/M-F 7-9 p.m.

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American Routes/Sundays 7-9pm

American Routes is a two-hour weekly excursion into American music, spanning eras and genres -- roots rock and soul, blues and country, jazz, gospel and beyond. From moody streets and muddy waters to purple mountains and the open range, America has produced an incredibly wide body of music, and host Nick Spitzer samples it all. He takes listeners on exciting musical journeys from the known to the unknown and back again, visiting sites with familiar sounds but also making side trips to the places where Cajun, klezmer, and Téjano flourish. American Routes features interviews with renowned artists such as Marcia Ball, Doc Cheatham, James Cotton, Steve Earle, Jerry Garcia, Dr. John, Ellis Marsalis, Nicholas Payton, Pharaoh Sanders, Mavis Staples, Allen Toussaint and Doc Watson.

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NPR World Of Opera/Sundays at Noon

NPR World of Opera with host Lisa Simeone brings listeners the world of tragedy and triumph, passion and seduction, intrigue and disaster, jealousies and dreams -- the world of opera -- every week. Available year-round, World of Opera features the best in opera performances from around the world, both historical and contemporary.


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