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Moondog in Manhattan
Song of the Day: After Captain Beefheart, could there be any musical figure more influential, eccentric, strange and innovative? Louis Thomas Hardin, aka the Viking figure who for years silently stalked New York's 6th Avenue, is a strong contender
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Joanna Newsom
Song of the Day: From yesterday's Van Morrison, we gaze in wonder at another astral epic, with the starry qualities of this extraordinary harpist and singer making a moving, meteoric link with her sister
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Jeff Mills … the microcosm and the macrocosm
Song of the Day: Revolving from yesterday's Planetarium, we sample a Holst-inspired suite of full classical electronica played with orchestra and written by the Detroit DJ best known for techno
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Lili La Scala
Song of the Day: Continuing a current thread of songs about the deadly seas, this exquisite song tells the tragic tale of a ship captain's daughter in a storm, based on a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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A stirring moment in Casablanca …
Song of the Day: With the French presidential elections getting underway with a knife-edge result in prospect and much at stake, let's look at the four versions of the famously stirring national anthem
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