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Music lover, critic and producer Robert Palmer
Some rock critics collect enemies. One influential writer collected admirers like Bono, Yoko Ono and Mick Jagger. Today: the life of music critic, blues historian and record producer Robert Palmer. Also: Sir Willard White talks about his role in the Metropolitan Opera production of Janacek's From the House of the Dead.
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Sir Willard WhiteThe Life of Robert Palmer
The late Robert Palmer was best known as a New York Times music critic, Rolling Stone editor and author of the book Deep Blues. Others knew him as a musicologist and record producer. But Palmer was also a difficult man whose ambitions and addictions overshadowed loved ones. We talk with ...
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Sir Willard White
Bass-baritone Sir Willard White grew up as the son of a dockworker in Kingston, Jamaica. In 1968 he won a scholarship to study at the Julliard School. Since then, he's performed at the world’s major opera houses, recorded both opera and albums of folk songs, and received a knighthood. He ...