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Listen to this week's show · May 9-15, 2009
Solved: The Mystery Of The Missing Artist
Seventy-five years ago, a young explorer named Everett Ruess rode off alone into the Utah wilderness, never to return. Now, a team of geneticists and forensic anthropologists has finally uncovered his fate. ()
Tensions Brew In U.S.-Russian Space Partnership
Disputes between Russia's space agency and NASA are mirroring troubled U.S.-Russian relations. ()
At My Place, Every Day Is Mother's Day
Scott Simon muses on the typical day for his wife — a full-time mother who "doesn't work." ()
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- Gershwin/Gershwin
- CD Title:
- Crazy for You [Original Broadway Cast]
- Label:
- Capitol
- Catalog Number:
- 54618
- "Nice Work If You Can Get It"
- CD: Crazy for You [Original Broadway Cast]
- Artist: Original Broadway Cast Recording
- Label: Capitol
- Released: 1992
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- Pinder
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- Four Tops Story
- Label:
- Motown
- Catalog Number:
- 11241/2
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- Catalog Number:
- 0
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- Peter Tosh
- Composer:
- Tosh
- CD Title:
- Best of Peter Tosh 1978-1987
- Label:
- Frontline
- Catalog Number:
- 2032
- "Pick Myself Up"
- CD: Best of Peter Tosh 1978-1987
- Artist: Peter Tosh
- Label: Frontline
- Released: 2003
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- Sciubba/Gutman/Maal
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- New York City
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- Verve
- Catalog Number:
- 001092902
- "Internacional"
- CD: New York City
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- Released: 2008
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- CD Title:
- Music for TV Dinners
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- Scamp
- Catalog Number:
- 9721
- "Happy Go Lively"
- CD: Music for TV Dinners
- Artist: Various Artists
- Label: Scamp
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- Duke Robillard & Herb Ellis
- Composer:
- Jacquet/Russell/Tho
- CD Title:
- More Conversations in Swing Guitar
- Label:
- Stony Plain
- Catalog Number:
- 1292
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- CD: More Conversations in Swing Guitar
- Artist: Duke Robillard
- Label: Stony Plain
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- Artist:
- Charlie Sexton
- Composer:
- Sexton
- CD Title:
- Cruel and Gentle Things
- Label:
- Back Porch
- Catalog Number:
- 60398
- "Bring It Home Again"
- CD: Cruel and Gentle Things
- Artist: Charlie Sexton
- Label: Back Porch
- Released: 2005
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- Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm
- Composer:
- Burnside
- CD Title:
- 2 Man Wrecking Crew
- Label:
- Delta Groove
- Catalog Number:
- 127
- "Time to Let It Go"
- CD: 2 Man Wrecking Crew
- Artist: Cedric Burnside and Lightnin Malcolm
- Label: Delta Groove
- Released: 2008
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- Artist:
- Balkan Beat Box
- Composer:
- Muskat/Kaplan
- CD Title:
- Nu-Made: Remixes & Videos
- Label:
- Jdub
- Catalog Number:
- 901141
- "Delancey [Stefano Miele Balkan Carnival Remix]"
- CD: Nu-Made: Remixes & Videos
- Artist: Balkan Beat Box
- Label: Jdub
- Released: 2008
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- Artist:
- Steve Forbert
- Composer:
- Forbert
- CD Title:
- Best of Steve Forbert: What Kinda Guy?
- Label:
- Nemperor/Epic Associated
- Catalog Number:
- 724103
- "Romeo's Tune"
- CD: Best of Steve Forbert: What Kinda Guy?
- Artist: Steve Forbert
- Label: Nemperor/Epic Associated
- Released: 1993
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- Guy Davis
- Composer:
- Davis
- CD Title:
- Chocolate to the Bone
- Label:
- Red House
- Catalog Number:
- 164
- "Set a Place for Me"
- CD: Chocolate to the Bone
- Artist: Guy Davis
- Label: Red House
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