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Jesse Harris is best known for being Norah Jones's favorite songwriter, having written the smash hit song "Don’t Know Why," along with several other cuts on her Grammy-winning album “Come Away With Me.” It's perhaps less known that he’s also a talented recording artist himself, having cut his teeth at the Downtown club, the Living Room. That’s also where you can sometimes find singer-songwriter Richard Julian, who, not coincidentally, has also worked with Ms. Jones and whose alternately funny and disturbing songs are quintessentially New York. Both artists join us today for a live performance. Also on the show: Budd Mishkin. Not only is he the smooth-voiced sports anchor for the cable news channel NY1, but he’s also an interpreter of Russian folk songs, particularly those of revered Soviet-era songwriter Bulat Okudzhava. He’s performing tonight at Makor and we’re treated to a preview live in the studio.
Additional Resources:
» Jesse Harris’s Web site
» Richard Julian’s Web site
» More about Budd Mishkin