Today we step inside a musical murder mystery called "The Composer Is Dead" with bestselling children’s author Lemony Snicket. Later: soul legend and organist Booker T. Jones talks about working with the Drive-By Truckers and Neil Young on a new album.
The Composer Is Dead
Daniel Handler, the children’s-lit phenomenon behind Lemony Snicket’s "A Series of Unfortunate Events" series has joined forces with composer Nathaniel Stookey to create "The Composer is Dead," an orchestral whodunit murder mystery. Handler discusses his first foray into classical music with us.
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Booker T. Jones
As the leader of legendary Stax Records band Booker T. and the MGs, Booker T. Jones became an architect of soul music. He joins us today to give us a sneak preview of "Potato Hole," his forthcoming collaboration with twang-rockers Drive By Truckers and folk-rock icon Neil Young.
Writers, and musicians - sometimes the same people
Daniel Handler has sold over 55 million books, mostly under his pen name Lemony Snicket, so it's not the like the guy needs to take on side jobs. But he does.
First, it was the songs written with Stephin Merritt (of the band Magnetic Fields, and others) for ...