"Wedding Song" from Hadestown [Recast]
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2 Jun 2023
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The Light and Dark of Music, with Lily E. Hirsch
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Author and musicologist Lily E. Hirsch joins Kirk to talk about the many different aspects of music she's explored in he... Read more
26 May 2023
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1hr 4mins
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From Bach to Miles Davis, with Emily Reese
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