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Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, and Bruce Springsteen are just a few of the names that the producer John Hammond helped discover and sign to record deals in a six-decade career. Journalist Dunstan Prial tells Hammond's story in the new book, "The Producer: John Hammond and the Soul of American Music," which he discusses today. Also: the young singer-songwriter Kelley McRae has just released "Never Be," her debut album that fuses gospel, country and blues. She joins us with a live performance. Finally, just as the Fulton Fish Market made its way to The Bronx, a traveling performance space known as Speigeltent has landed in its old home at South Street Seaport. Speigeltent's program director Tommy Kriegsmann tells us what to expect.