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They're Not Only '60s Songwriting Superstars, But They're Also Married

1:37pm March 13, 2015

Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, who wrote "We Gotta Get Out of this Place," have been a team for more than 50 years. Terry Gross spoke with them in 2000, when they were depicted in the musical Beautiful.

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Drummer Hal Blaine Talks About Making Music Over The Years

1:37pm March 13, 2015

Blaine is featured in the new documentary The Wrecking Crew about a group of anonymous intensely successful musicians who recorded together. Terry Gross spoke with him in 2001.

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Fantastic Negrito is the winner of the first-ever Tiny Desk Concert Contest.

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The Tiny Desk Concert Contest Winner Is ...

11:22am March 13, 2015

by Bob Boilen

Out of thousands of submissions, one soulful musician came out on top.

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50 Years Of The Hollies

1:27pm March 11, 2015

by Ed Ward

Not many bands can celebrate a silver anniversary, which is why Fresh Air music historian Ed Ward wishes more people made a bigger deal out of The Hollies.

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Hear Lydia Loveless Cover Prince's 'I Would Die 4 U'

11:07am March 11, 2015

by Jacob Ganz

This roughed-up, rootsy take on one of Prince's most ecstatic pop songs — out on Record Store Day — makes good on an April Fools' Day prank that fans wished wasn't a joke.

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Benjamin Booker Faces The Past

8:03am March 11, 2015

by Ann Powers

In a double-length video for two songs from his debut album, the punk-influenced blues singer struggles with civil rights issues that we can't seem to settle.

A jury in Los Angeles decided Tuesday that Robin Thicke (left) and Pharrell Williams lifted parts of Marvin Gaye's 1977 hit "Got To Give It Up."

Got To Give $7.4 Million Up: Jury Finds Pharrell And Thicke Copied Marvin Gaye Song

8:01pm March 10, 2015

by Jasmine Garsd

A Los Angeles jury has determined that singers Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke lifted portions of Marvin Gaye's 1977 hit "Got to Give It Up" when writing their hit "Blurred Lines."

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James McMurtry Is More Expressive Than Ever On 'Complicated Game'

1:33pm March 10, 2015

by Ken Tucker

Complicated Game demonstrates a new range of style and subject matter for McMurtry.

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Mavericks' Singer Raul Malo Restlessly Explores Genres

11:01am March 09, 2015

by Ken Tucker

In the band's latest album Mono, Malo demonstrates how he likes to make music that confounds the usual expectations of what a country hit-maker can do.

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'Now Is The Time' For Organist Chris Foreman

11:00am March 09, 2015

by Kevin Whitehead

Foreman is one of a few Chicago jazz heroes who should be better known outside the city limits.

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