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From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Caption: A tribute to Lata Mangeshkar from Amul Dairy

The “In Memoriam” segment of the 2022 Grammy awards failed to remember one very important icon, Lata Mangeshkar. While many fans of Indian music an...

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Ode to Lata

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

For Indians Lata Mangeskhar was like Edith Piaf to French or Barbara Streisand to Americans.

A booster shot of vitamin ABBA

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Caption: A still from the official ABBA Voyage website, Credit: http://abbavoyage.com

In a bitterly polarized world bristling with fake news, cancel culture and troll armies, Abba reminds us that being likable is not somehow a mark o...

Lil Nas' Joy of Being

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Caption: Screen shot of Lil Ns X's Instagram account

All over the world we denigrate the importance of the “pursuit of happiness.” It can be seen as selfish and we lead circumscribed lives in order t...

Dispatch 289 - Manna Dey at 100

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Manna Dey’s birthday is May 1. He would have been 100 years old.

Baluji Shrivastav has an Inner Vision

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Caption: Baluji Shrivastav, Credit: Sandip Roy

In India in the 1960s there were few options for a blind child. Blind people often begged in trains and railway platforms singing hymns. But Baluji...

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This Week In Texas Music History: Texas Punk Scene

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the second week of September (9/14): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman recalls an unexpected incident that helped propel the state`s punk music ...

A Musician's Life: Steve Earle

From: WXPN
Series: A Musician's Life

Steve Earle had a lot in common with his songwriting hero the late Townes Van Zandt. Both spent time in Houston, both played guitar and both had h...

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This Week In Texas Music History: Gene Autry

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the 5th week of September: Texas music scholar Gary Hartman tells the story of a Texas singer who earned the first gold album in country music ...

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This Week In Texas Music History: Blind Lemon Jefferson

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the fourth week of September: Texas music scholar Gary Hartman tells the story of a Texan who performed in both churches and bordellos before b...

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This Week In Texas Music History: Milt Larkin

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the second week of October: Texas music scholar Gary Hartman recounts the story of a popular artist who stopped making records in order to prot...

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This Week In Texas Music History: George Strait

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the fourth week of May: Texas music scholar Gary Hartman tells us about a musician who was turned down by numerous nightclubs and record compan...

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This Week In Texas Music History: Milton Brown

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the second week of September: Texas music scholar Gary Hartman introduces us to the 'other' King of Western Swing.

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This Week In Texas Music History: Charline Arthur

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the first week of September (8/31): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a singer who was born in a railroad boxcar but went on to ...

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This Week In Texas Music History: Chelo Silva

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the fourth week of August (8/24): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a woman who began her career singing radio jingles before be...

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This Week In Texas Music History: Eddie Durham

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the third week of August (8/17): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a Texan who may have been the first jazz musician ever to rec...

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This Week In Texas Music History: Olga Samaroff

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the first week of August (8/3): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a German Texan who became a world famous pianist and a pioneer...

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This Week In Texas Music History: Charlie Christian

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the last week of July (7/27): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a Texan who revolutionized the world of jazz before his death at...

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This Week In Texas Music History: Santiago Almeida

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the third week of July (7/20): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a musician who used an obscure folk instrument to help redefine...

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This Week In Texas Music History: Antone's Nightclub

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the second week of July (7/13): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a nightclub that helped resurrect the careers of several blues...

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This Week In Texas Music History: Kathy Dell

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the first week of July (7/6): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a Texan who was a champion rodeo rider before she became a pione...

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This Week In Texas Music History: Eck Robertson

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the last week of June (6/29): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a Texan who made the first ever commercial recording in country ...

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This Week In Texas Music History: Kris Kristofferson

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the fourth week of June (6/22): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a Texan who was a Rhodes scholar, a janitor, and a helicopter ...

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This Week In Texas Music History: Louise Massey

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the third week of June (6/20): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a trailblazing singer whom many have called "the ori...

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This Week In Texas Music History: Adolf Hofner

From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History

For the second week of June (6/8): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman tells us about a musician who popularized one of the best known fidd...

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