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Founder of alt.country leaders Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt, Jay Farrar joins us for a live performance on the eve of Son Volt's latest release, Okemah and the Melody of Riot. Also: composer Raphael Mostel, who has written music commemorating the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which was performed at ceremonies in 1987 and can be heard on Blood on the Moon. His latest work is "Night and Dawn," a commission in honor of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands. He joins us with a preview.