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A Musician's Life: Marcia Ball
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From: WXPN
Austin based musician Marcia Ball is best known for her infectious brand of Louisiana Swamp rock and two-fisted piano playing. And even though she comes from a musical ...
A Musician's Life: Graham Parker
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Veteran songwriter Graham Parker joins Tracey Tanenbaum on this edition of "A Musician's Life". Early in his career, critics in his native Britain tagged Parker "an angry ...
A Musician's Life: Exene Cervenka
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From: WXPN
As one of the leaders of the seminal LA band X, Exene Cervenka is punk rock royalty. On this edition of "A Musician's Life" Exene takes us through her life. She also reveals ...
A Musician's Life: Wendell Holmes (of the Holmes Brothers)
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From: WXPN
The Holmes Brothers have been entertaining audiences with their uplifting blend of gospel, blues and R&B for three decades. Their latest album "Feed my Soul" was inspired by ...
A Musician's Life: Shelby Lynne
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From: WXPN
On this edition of "A Musician's Life" Tracey Tanenbaum speaks with Shelby Lynne. In 2001 she won a Grammy for best new artist. At the time, Lynne had about a half dozen ...
A Musician's Life: Gordon Gano (of Violent Femmes fame)
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From: WXPN
The son of a minister, Gordon Gano hardly seemed like an obvious candidate to front the 1980's post-punk band, The Violent Femmes. But his smart lyrics and manic energy spoke ...
A Musician's Life: The Swell Season
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From: WXPN
On this edition of "A Musician's Life" Tracey Tanenbaum speaks with Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova of The Swell Season. Most people will remember the pair from the 2007 ...
A Musician's Life: Mike Gordon of Phish
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From: WXPN
When Phish formed in the early '80's they played to audiences in their college town of Burlington, Vermont. By the mid 1990's, they were performing in amphitheaters to sold ...
A Musician's Life: Josh Ritter
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From: WXPN
In 2006 Paste magazine named Josh Ritter one of the top 100 living songwriters. But shortly after completing his 2008 album, "Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter", the ...
A Musician's Life: Jace Everett
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From: WXPN
You may not know his name but if you're a fan of HBO's "True Blood" you know Jace Everett's baritone. Each week Jace's song "Bad Things" accompanies the program's opening ...
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Martin Sexton began his career playing music in the streets of Cambridge Massachusetts. He gradually built a following. In fact his reputation for his all-out shows, soaring vocals and smart lyrics got helped get him signed to a major label. But Martin Sexton decided to start his own label Kitchen Table. His latest album is called "Seeds." On this edition of the feature Sexton talks about his "cafetaria" approach to religion and how his Catholic upbringing informs his approach to making music. Martin Sexton is on tour Fall 2008
Broadcast History
broadcast on WXPN-FM in Philadelphia in the late summer of 2007 and also early in 2008. This feature is also available as a podcast through NPR.
Timing and Cues
begins with :02 intro music, then "This is AML. I'm Tracey Tanenbaum with Martin Sexton. ends with "For AML, I'm Tracey Tanenbaum"...plus :06 music that fades at 5:00.
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