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Folge vom 13.11.2014T-Pain Rises Above The Haters
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Folge vom 11.11.2014Run The Jewels: 'I'm Taking This Life'"Me and Mike have managed to find a decent way to express something symbolically that kids need to be able to say simply," says El-P. "I'm taking it over."
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Folge vom 10.11.2014Accordionist Interprets French Waltz Tradition In 'Musette Explosion'Will Holshouser has played all kinds of music on the accordion, including Cajun, avant garde jazz and indie rock. He joins Fresh Air's Terry Gross in her studio to play features from his new album.
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Folge vom 09.11.2014'The Black Horn': Blowing Past Classical Music's Color BarriersRobert Lee Watt, the first black French horn player to join a major U.S. symphony, spent 37 years with the LA Philharmonic. He faced a lot of resistance along the way, as his new memoir recounts.