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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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From: WXPN
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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Piece Description
Steve Forbert was born in Meridian, Mississippi. He migrated north, to New York City when he was 21 and became a fixture on the Greenwich Village folk club circuit. His early releases "Alive on Arrival" and "Jackrabbit Slim" were lauded by critics. The latter album garnered commercial success on the strength of the single "Romeo's Tune". That song remains Forbert's calling card. But he has a large body of work to his credit. And if you go to a Forbert concert, you'll likely hear his fans singing along with him. He's just released "The Place and the Time"
Broadcast History
This piece airs week of June 30th on WXPN in Philadelphia. It was also sent to NPR as a podcast June 26, 2009
Intro and Outro
INTRO:On this edition of WXPN's "A Musician's Life" Tracey Tanenbaum speaks with folk-rock artist Steve Forbert...
OUTRO:A Musician's Life is produced at WXPN-FM in Philadelphia
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