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Radio City Music Hall
From the 1920s through the '70s, New York City gave rise to an explosion of musical styles: from bebop and Latin, to punk and disco. Today, Tony Fletcher, the author of a new book on music in 20th-century New York explains what unites them all. Also: Rickie Lee Jones, the so-called "Duchess of Coolsville," joins us to talk about her newest album and perform live in our studio.
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Rickie Lee JonesNew York Music, Block to Block
In 1927, the Harlem renaissance peaked and Duke Ellington’s orchestra became the house band for The Cotton Club. Fifty years later, 1977 gave rise to hip hop's innovators and seminal albums from the CBGB crowd. We talk to author and music journalist Tony Fletcher about his new book, All Hopped ...
Rickie Lee Jones Live
Thirty years after she won a Grammy for best new artist, singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones has an album that she says feels like her debut. The so-called “Duchess of Coolsville," joins us to talk about the healing aspect of her new album, "Balm in Gilead," and to perform live in ...
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