The Takeaway : Pain, Music and Destiny: Bob Dylan at 70

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Listen to a continuous stream of the three most recent Blues & Beyond programs : The Blues & Beyond on WXPN

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npr.org : The Record : Newport Folk 2011: Tradition Remixed | by Ann Powers

John Lee Hooker's breakthrough song "Boogie Chillen" at studio360.org

Blues veteran Charlie Musselwhite and writer Peter Guralnick explain how Hooker's 1948 song left its mark on American music.

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These days, the internet is the best hope for a new artist to break into the music business. But what's an old-school folkie to do? Scott Blaszak performs his original song, "Talkin' Web 2.0 Blues."

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wnyc.org : Soundcheck : The Delta Blues at Full Speed : "Robert Johnson's 'The Complete Recordings' is one of the most popular blues collections ever released, and is unquestionably the biggest-selling album ever by a pre-World War II bluesman. But new evidence shows we've been listening to his music at the wrong speed."

prx.org : Bob Dylan : Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man · One-hour special traces how Bob Dylan hastened the end of Tin Pan Alley. · From: Joyride Media · Length: 00:59:00

When Bob Dylan arrived in New York City in the early 1960's, he didn't just alter the course of folk music, he helped change the way the music business worked in general.  Dylan achieved this by merely doing what he does best - writing and singing his own songs.  The popularity of his music took care of the rest.

In this one-hour radio special you will hear some of Bob Dylan's early demo recordings and songs from his albums as they were first heard on AM radio - in Mono!  You will also hear interviews from his first manager Roy Silver, music publisher Artie Mogull, journalist Colin Escott and record producer Steve Berkowitz.

nytimes.com : Jerry Marshall, D.J. on New York Radio, Dies at 91 · By Dennis Hevesi

Jerry Marshall, who lent a velvet voice to the AM airwaves of the New York metropolitan area in the heydays of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Judy Garland, died on Wednesday at a hospice near his home in Delray Beach, Fla. He was 91.

"It was amazing to me that, all of a sudden, I was hearing my music on the radio and coming out of cars." — Lenny Kravitz

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