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What do you get when you take music by Icelandic pop star Bjork and arrange it for an 18-piece jazz band? Find out as we visit with Travis Sullivan's Bjorkestra, a group that performs big band interpretations of the entire Bjork catalog. Similar in spirit, if not necessarily in inspiration is the Ed Palermo Big Band. That orchestra takes on the music of Frank Zappa in crafty interpretations. He joins us as well. Rounding out the hour is singer/songwriter Dar Williams. She has been a major force on the New England folk scene and we hear some of her idiosyncratic, thought-provoking songs.
Additional Resources:
» Ed Palermo Big Band Web site
» Bjorkestra Web site
» Dar Williams's Web site