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Thursday, October 16, 2003
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  • The Secrets to their Success

    To the uninitiated, Indian classical music begins and ends with the legendary sitar player Ravi Shankar. But there are plenty of other advocates of this art form, including Ustad Shahid Parvez, who is appearing in a series of concerts this week in New York. For him, the road to the prodigious success was paved with much blood, sweat and tears. Similarly, conductor Marin Alsop faced plenty of obstacles on the path to stardom, not least, being a female in a male-dominated profession. Still, this one-time protégé of the late Leonard Bernstein enjoys a busy schedule leading top American orchestras today, and is entering her second season as principal conductor of England’s Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. There, she recently recorded a disc of essential Bernstein scores.

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    • Irma Thomas

    Irma Thomas

    Soundcheck

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    New Orleans singer Irma Thomas has survived 50 years in the music business - and at least two hurricanes. She joins us to talk about her record, Simply Grand.

    Bon Iver

    Soundcheck

    July 30, 2008
    Singer-songwriter Justin Vernon spent a winter holed up in his father's hunting cabin in remote Wisconsin, recording songs about solitude that would be released under the name Bon Iver. He joins us to play some of them live.

    Billboard Chart

    Who's On Top and Who Should Be?

    Soundcheck

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    Soundcheck looks at the artists who are reigning atop the Billboard albums chart -- and what their rankings tell us about the state of pop music.

    Janelle Monae

    The Next Big Things

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    Paste magazine editor-in-chief Josh Jackson joins us to talk about Johnny Flynn, Janelle Monae, Bon Iver, Amy MacDonald and other must-hear artists who made Paste’s list of "The Best of What’s Next: 26 Emerging Artists You Should Know."

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