September 28, 2007
Over his nearly 50-year career Herbie Hancock has experimented with all kinds of genres, including classical, jazz, funk and hip-hop. Hancock can now add folk to the list. His latest record is River: The Joni Letters, and on it he finds a kindred spirit in the music of Joni Mitchell. Hancock tells Kurt that when he first met Mitchell in the late 1970s he was surprised by what he heard.
An excerpt from "Edith and the Kingpin" with Tina Turner, from Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters.
Would you sacrifice one person if it would save thousands of lives? Kurt talks with playwright Charles Mee about his powerful update of Euripides’ 2400-year-old play, Iphigenia at Aulis. We hear scenes performed especially for Studio 360 from the current production at New York’s Signature Theatre Company.
(Performances by Tom Nelis, J.D. Goldblatt, Will Fowler, and Louisa Krause.)
The Canadian invasion strikes again. Stars hails from Montreal and this week, they release In Our Bedroom After the War. Band members Torquil Campbell and Amy Millan explain how they balance their dark lyrics with their lush sound.
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