Sound choices from Ned Wharton, music director of Weekend Edition Sunday.
Weekend Edition Sunday
to this week's show · June 3-9, 2007
The Thrill of the Trill: Capturing an Insect Symphony
Tuning out the chirps, peeps and trills that make up summer's insect orchestra is easy to do. But authors Lang Elliott and Wil Hershberger have captured each insect soloist — and their unique personality — in a new book that took six years to write.
Web Extra: See Insect Pictures and Hear SongsJoan Armatrading on Getting 'Into the Blues'
Armatrading's career spans nearly 35 years, but she's rarely stayed in the same genre for long.
Tourists Overwhelm China's 'Shangri-La'
A quaint mountain town named Shangri-La in southwest China draws millions of tourists per year.
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- Artist:
- Jeremy Wilkins / George Lewis Iii
- Composer:
- Jeremy Wilkins / George Lewis Iii
- CD Title:
- Stillifegaijin
- Label:
- Stillifegaijin@soullaxluster.com
- Catalog Number:
- Xxx
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- Jeremy Wilkins / George Lewis Iii
- Composer:
- Jeremy Wilkins / George Lewis Iii
- CD Title:
- Stillifegaijin
- Label:
- Stillifegaijin@soullaxluster.com
- Catalog Number:
- Xxx
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Purchase this CD: Sex Change
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- Artist: Trans Am
- Label: Thrill Jockey
- Released: 2007
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- Sex Change
- Label:
- Thrill Jockey
- Catalog Number:
- 70182
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- Artist: Roger Eno/Kate St. John
- Label: All Saints [V'print]
- Released: 1993
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- Roger Eno/Kate St. John
- Composer:
- Eno/Saint John
- CD Title:
- The Familiar
- Label:
- All Saints [V'print]
- Catalog Number:
- 13
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Purchase this CD: Bedtime With the Beatles: Instrumental Versions of Classic Beatles Songs - A Lullaby Al
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- Artist: Jason Falkner
- Label: Sony Wonder
- Released: 2001
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- Jason Falkner
- Composer:
- Lennon/McCartney
- CD Title:
- Bedtime With the Beatles: Instrumental Versions of Classic Beatles Songs - A Lullaby Al
- Label:
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- Catalog Number:
- 85860
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Purchase this CD: Lawn Chair Society
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- Artist: Kenny Werner
- Label: Blue Note
- Released: 2007
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- Kenny Werner
- Composer:
- Werner
- CD Title:
- Lawn Chair Society
- Label:
- Blue Note
- Catalog Number:
- 74896
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- Artist: Kenny Werner
- Label: Blue Note
- Released: 2007
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- Lawn Chair Society
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- Blue Note
- Catalog Number:
- 74896
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Purchase this CD: Masterworks of the New Era
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- Artist: Robert Ian Winstin, Kiev Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic
- Label: E R M Media
- Released: 2007
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- Robert Ian Winstin, Czech Philharmonic
- Composer:
- Nancy Bloomer Deussen
- CD Title:
- Masterworks of the New Era
- Label:
- E R M Media
- Catalog Number:
- Erm6812
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- Artist: Ned Rothenberg's Sync
- Label: Tzadik
- Released: 2007
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- Composer:
- Rothenberg
- CD Title:
- Inner Diaspora
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- Catalog Number:
- 8114
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- Artist: Henry Mancini and his Orchestra
- Label: BMG
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- CD Title:
- The Pink Panther & Other Hits
- Label:
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- Catalog Number:
- 5938
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- Artist: Joan Armatrading
- Label: 429
- Released: 2007
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- Composer:
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- CD Title:
- Into the Blues
- Label:
- 429
- Catalog Number:
- 17625
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- Artist: Joan Armatrading
- Label: A&M;
- Released: 1989
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- CD Title:
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- Catalog Number:
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