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Thread #23942   Message #269052
Posted By: Mrrzy
31-Jul-00 - 09:08 PM
Thread Name: BS: NPR's American Popular Music series
Subject: NPR's American Popular Music series
Hi all, I just heard the tail end of a segment that aired tonight, but they said it was the first of a 6-part series. It was during the "fresh air" segment, 6:30 - 7, Eastern time. They were reviewing the work of a woman whose name I have forgotten but she wrote just about everything in the 20's and 30's - Bringing Up Baby, The Sunny Side of the Street, etc. Really interesting stuff, with people playing and singing the old songs, and the columnist then discussing how it related - or not- to The Depression and so on. Fascinating.