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NPR: 06-04-2008 Music

Wed, 4 Jun 2008

Stories: 1) Rock Pioneer Bo Diddley Dies at 79 2) The Roots of Country Music 3) Be Your Own Pet: Teenage Abandon 4) Teitur: Pride of the Faroe Islands 5) Jeffrey Lewis: Anti-Folk Comic-Book Antihero

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NPR: 04-23-2008 Music

NPR: 04-23-2008 Music

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