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Tuesday, October 07, 2003
  • John McLaughlin

    Mix Masters

    Artemis Records was founded in 1999 as a small independent label, home to such pop, jazz and world-music artists as Steve Earle, Warren Zevon, and the Pretenders. But earlier this year it enlarged its roster into classical music, acquiring the catalogue of the Vanguard Classics label and releasing new recordings from today’s leading musicians. Why take on classical music at a time when most labels are scaling back their catalogues? We get some answers today from Danny Goldberg, Artemis’s chairman and CEO. Also on the program is John McLaughlin, the legendary guitarist whose three-decade career spans jazz, fusion, and world music, with a dash of Eastern mysticism for good measure.

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