January 18, 2008
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.
McEwan's latest novel is about young newlyweds who are so innocent and tongue-tied that they can’t get comfortable when it really matters -- on their wedding night. Kurt talks to McEwan about On Chesil Beach, set in the early 1960s on the eve of the sexual revolution. His novel Atonement also concerns the consequences of sex in a repressive time; the screen adaptation just received the Golden Globe for Best Picture.
One hundred years ago, in January 1908, the composer Gustav Mahler made his American debut at Carnegie Hall. A year later, he was leading the New York Philharmonic, turning it into a world-class ensemble. But Mahler soon fell out of favor in New York, and died suddenly. Eric Molinsky looks into the rumors swirling around the composer’s New York years and the torment he endured.
Cookbook author Meredith Deeds gets passionate about the kitchen tool that revolutionized baking and became a status symbol in the process. Produced by Kim Gittleson and Jillian Goodman.
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