From July, 2000:

Watch Episode 4

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Gaelic Scottish "Mouth Music"
Former Creme drummer Ginger Baker
Singin' the blues with Bix Beiderbecke
The gifted voice of Susana Baca
Helium and the Tin Hat Trio
Revisiting the remarkable Nick Drake

The name "Mouth Music"
comes from a traditional
form of Gaelic Scottish
music.

Mouth Music

Listen to Bratach Bana:
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from Mouth Music (Rykodisc)

Listen to a feature on Mouth Music from NPR's All Things Considered. Listen to an interview with Martin Swan.

Peter Baker was nicknamed
Ginger because of his red
hair and took it as his stage
name.

Ginger Baker Trio

Listen to Rambler:
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from Going Back home (Atlantic).


Listen to a review of this album.

Band leader Eddie Condon
said Bix's tone on the
cornet was "like a girl saying
'yes'."

Bix Beiderbecke

Listen to Singin' the Blues 'til My Daddy Comes Home:
     Real Audio | Windows Media

from Volume 1: Singin' the Blues (Sony)

Listen to a 1991 profile of Bix Beiderbecke from NPR's Morning Edition.

Visit the official Web site for Bix Beiderbecke.

With her gifts of song and
dance, Susana Baca lights
a way beyond the past, a
way into healing.

Listen to Panalivio/Zancudito:
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from eco de sombras (Luka Bop Records)


Listen to a review of this CD.

Visit the official Web site for Susana Baca.

The Tin Hat Trio contributed
the original images used for
our multimedia program here.

Listen to Helium:
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from Helium (Angel Records)


Listen to a feature on Tin Hat Trio from NPR's All Things Considered.

Visit the Tin Hat Trio Web site.

Twenty five years after his
death, Nick Drake's music
is finding more recognition
than ever before.

Nick Drake

Listen to Pink Moon:
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from Way to Blue (Ryko/Hannibal)


Listen to a feature on Nick Drake from NPR's Weekend Edition.

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