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Music from Leonard Cohen, Al Stewart, Richard Galliano, The Quintet of the Hot Club of France (feat. Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli), Jill Barber, Pierre Bensusan, The Rosenberg Trio, The Paris Combo, The Style Council w/Tracey Thorn, Erik Truffaz, and Anna & Kate McGarrigle

Music from The Pat Metheny Group, Bonnie Tyler, Billy Bragg, Mike Oldfield, Electric Light Orchestra, Enya, The Chieftains, Tina Turner, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Acoustic Alchemy, The Alan Parsons Project, and Tony Rice

Instrumental music from the 15th and 16th centuries is contrasted with traditional folk and folk rock, with performances by Jordi Savall and Hesperion XX and XXI, Steeleye Span, Elton John, Kate Rusby, Lindisfarne, The Academy of Ancient Music, The Rolf Lislevand Ensemble, Bonny Light Horseman, and Ronn McFarlane & William Simms

This program highlights the work of accomplished women performers from Canada, Norway, Sweden, and Scotland. Music from Ane Brun, Caity Gyorgy, k.d. lang, Joni Mitchell, Alanis Morissette, ABBA (featuring Agnetha Faltskog & Anni-Frid Lyngstad), Radka Toneff, Gunhild Carling, Karin Krog, Karen Matheson, and Kathleen Edwards

A combination of music from fantasy films with psychedelic and narrative songs from the 1960's and 70's and a spot of music from a recent HBO series. Music from Danny Elfman, Jefferson Airplane, Emiliana Torrini, Al Stewart, The Kinks, Nicholas Britell, and the Moody Blues

Music from Mary McCaslin, Joan Shelley, Sturgill Simpson, Richie Havens, Marisa Anderson, Dillard & Clark, Jacqueline Schwab, Kate Wolf, Old Crow Medicine Show, Ani DiFranco w/Ry Cooder & Dan Gellert, Townes Van Zandt, Jason Isbell & Elizabeth Cook, and Peter, Paul, & Mary

Music with some connection to the Golden State from Al DiMeola w/John McLaughlin & Paco de Lucia, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Jerry Garcia & David Grisman, Tony Bennett, Pearl Jam, Buck Owens, The Nat King Cole Trio, The Beach Boys, Charles Lloyd & the Marvels w/Lucinda Williams, David Shire, and Albert Hammond

Music from Smashing Pumpkins, Neils-Henning Orsted Pedersen, Rickie Lee Jones, Herb Alpert (solo and with the Tijuana Brass), Ghedalia Tzartes, Little River Band, Leonard Cohen, Kidd Afrika, Stephane Grappelli, and Billy Joel

Music from Kate Rusby, Rachel Portman, Miriam Cutler, Courtney Marie Andrews, Bobbie Gentry, Brandi Carlile, June Tabor, Dorothy Ashby, Joni Mitchell, Emmylou Harris, and Laura Marling

Music from U2, Blondie, The Pat Metheny Group, Paul Simon, Robyn Hitchcock, Pink Floyd, Kim Carnes, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Taco, and Egberto Gismonti

Music from guitarist John Williams w/Stanley Myers, Judee Sill, Allen Toussaint, Procol Harum w/the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, John Carpenter, Bill Evans, Alan Hull, Tower of Power, Randy Newman, Kate Wolf, Manhattan Transfer, Joni Mitchell, and Janis Ian

Music from Loreena McKennitt, The Baltimore Consort, The Chieftains w/the Decemberists, The Pogues, Altan, John Mellencamp w/Meshell Ndegeocello, Imelda May, Flogging Molly, Sinead O'Connor, and Capercaillie

Nashville and Memphis, located just 200 miles apart in Tennessee, have long been important in American music. You'll travel between the two cities, and through time, with performances by John Hiatt, Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, The Holly Cole Trio, Patsy Cline, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Memphis Horns, Herbie Mann, Lyle Lovett & His Large Band, Rodney Crowell, Booker T. & the MG's, Otis Redding, Chris Stapleton, and George Benson

Music from John Fogerty, Elvis Presley, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Guy Clark, Johnny Cash, The Beegie Adair Trio, Nick Dittmeier & the Sawdusters, Shocking Blue, The Eagles, The Old 97's, and Chris Proctor

The inspiration for this KPB is a piece called "1968," which starts the program. From there, what you'll get is a tasty combination of songs recorded and/or released in 1968, along with a later cover of a 1968 song, and a couple of later tunes that somehow have a connection to '68. The music is from Bill Frisell, Canned Heat, the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Hugh Masekela, Jose Feliciano, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bobbie Gentry, Mason Williams, Mike Post w/Larry Carlton, The Zombies, The Beatle...

Music from Chicago, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Tina Brooks, Blood, Sweat & Tears, B.B. King, Florence + the Machine, Otis Redding, Oliver Nelson, and The Dallas Wind Symphony

Music from the some of the film scores (along with a couple of TV themes and a concert piece) by three of the greatest cinematic composers: Henry Mancini, Ennio Morricone, and John Williams. Several performances come from original soundtrack albums, and you'll also hear Tony Bennett & Bill Evans, Peggy Lee, Monica Mancini (Henry's daughter), James Galway, Yo-Yo Ma, the Boston Pops Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.