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Friday, August 12, 2005
  • Art from Russell Sherman's "Premiers and Commissions"
    Art from Russell Sherman's "Premiers and Commissions"

    Youth Meets Experience

    Russell Sherman is known as a skilled pianist and probing musician and teacher, and usually has an original take on any work he plays. But he's always charted a career slightly off the beaten virtuoso path. Find out why as he joins us in advance of his 75th birthday. Also on the show: young alternative-rocker Joseph Arthur, who was discovered by Peter Gabriel in the mid-'90s and soon signed to his Real World label. After several albums of country-rock and Americana, his latest outing, "Come to Where I'm From," finds him combining whimsical studio experimentation with confessional, literate lyrics.

Russell Sherman

Russell Sherman discusses taking the pianistic road less traveled.
» Russell Sherman's bio

Joseph Arthur

The Ohio-born singer-songwriter gives a live performance in the WNYC studio.
» Joseph Arthur's Web site

The Swell Season in The Greene Space

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Joshua Bell in The Greene Space

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