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  • . Music For Bowed Piano
    Liane Hansen speaks with composer Stephen Scott. For wo decades he's been eliciting very UN-pianolike sounds from concert grands ith the help of his Bowed Piano Ensemble. 10 players huddle around the nstrument, creating surprisingly soothing music with nylon filaments, picks, nd rosinated sticks. His new CD is titled "Vikings of the Sunrise - Fantasy on he Polynesian Star Path Navigators" (New Albion NA084CD).
  • Lou Harrison
    Rhymes with Silver is the title of the latest recording by American composer Lou Harrison. The piece was originally a commission Harrison wrote for the Mark Morris Dance Group. At age 83, Harrison talks with Liane about writing music for dance, about his life's work and remembers his late partner William Colvig {coal-vig}. (9:49) (Rhymes with Silver / New Albion CD #NA110. For more information visit the website at http://www.newalbion.com/N
  • FIFA's ethics committee has suspended President Sepp Blatter for 90 days, along with UEFA President and FIFA Vice President Michel Platini and FIFA Secretary-General Jérôme Valcke.
    FIFA Suspends President Sepp Blatter And Other Top Officials
    The 90-day suspensions go into effect immediately and could be extended, FIFA says. Along with President Blatter, the group banned one of his rivals for six years.
  • Jason Isbell's <em>Southeastern</em> was <em>Fresh Air</em> critic Ken Tucker's favorite album of 2013.
    Ken Tucker's Top 10 Albums Of 2013
    Jason Isbell's Southeastern, Kanye West's Yeezus and an assortment of remarkable women dominated the Fresh Air critic's year in listening.
  • Tom Dee uses a shovel to dig out after an intense lake effect snowstorm impacted the area on Friday in Hamburg, N.Y.
    Western New York gets buried under 6 feet of snow in some areas
    The whopping 6 feet of snow was one of the top three heaviest snowfalls in recorded history for the Buffalo region.
  • Chairman of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., talks with the media after a hearing of the committee, Thursday, June 16, 2022, on Capitol Hill.
    The Justice Department wants to see the Jan. 6 committee's transcripts
    It says the lack of sharing is complicating its criminal probe.
  • Scott Salvadore is in the lead for the Best Mullet in America.
    America's next top mullet will soon be crowned
    Voting for the USA Mullet Championships is determining who has the best business-in-the-front, party-in-the-back hairstyle in America.
  • 'All Boys Aren't Blue' tops the ALA's list of most challenged books
    Organized pressure groups, not individual parents, are leading the fight to remove books from shelves, according to a new report from the American Library Association.
  • In <em>Friends With Kids,</em> Jason (Adam Scott) and Julie (Jennifer Westfeldt) play two best friends who decide to have a baby together while keeping their relationship platonic — so that the baby doesn't interfere with their own romantic relationships.
    David Edelstein's Top 12 Movies of 2012
    Fresh Air's movie critic does not think any masterpieces were made this year, but he does compare Daniel Day-Lewis to Julius Caesar and have some choice thoughts on the movie version of Les Mis.
  • Candidate For Top Intel Analyst Post Withdraws
    President Barack Obama's choice to lead the National Intelligence Council has withdrawn his agreement to serve in that position. Chas Freeman, a veteran diplomat, had come under fire for statements he has made in the past about China and Israel.
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