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Andrew Sarris, who popularized the auteur theory and was called the "dean of American film critics," died on Wednesday. He was 83. Fresh Air remembers the longtime film critic for The Village Voice with excerpts from a 1990 interview.

Singer EMMYLOU HARRIS. Shes been making records for over 30 years with music that transcends the counry-genre she started with, encompassing folk, rock, and pop. After decades of performing others songs, she has a new album of her own songs –Red Dirt Girl— (Nonesuch). She wrote 11 of the 12 songs on the CD. –Red Dirt Girl— will be released September 12. Its her first solo album since her 1995 –Wrecking Ball— record. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

Singer-songwriter SHELBY LYNNE. We will listen to her songs and talk to LYNNE in studio. Her new CD, –I Am Shelby Lynne— (Universal/Island) is part country and part soul. This is the 6th album for this Alabama-born singer, but it is the first album in which LYNNE writes most of the songs. Her other albums were products of the Nashville country music scene. With this new album, LYNNE has won over critics and fans alike. LYNNE is currently touring the US. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW.)12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

Roots co-founder Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson spins the soundtrack of his life in the memoir, Music is History. White shares his unlikely path to the stage his memoir, I'm Possible.

Biographer ARNOLD RAMPERSAD is professor of Literature at rinceton. His two-volume biography of writer Langston Hughes was praised by critics as one of the best biographies of a black American writer. RAMPERSAD also is the author of a biography of Richard Wright and co-author of tennis star Arthur Ashe's memoir, "Days of Grace. There's a new paperback edition of "The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes" edited by Rampersad and David Roessel (Vintage Classics). We'll hear Terry's interview with RAMPERSAD about Langston Hughes. (REBROADCAST from 11

Professor of Religion, and distinguished scholar HUSTON SMITH. His book "The World's Religions" (formerly "The Religions of Man") has been the most widely-used textbook for courses in world religion for thirty years. There's now an illustrated version of his book, a companion to Bill Moyer's upcoming series featuring SMITH. ("The Wisdom of Faith" premiers MARCH 26 - APRIL 23 on PBS.) "The Illustrated World's Religions: a Guide to Our Wisdom Traditions" is published by Harper. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES THRU THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).

PHILIP HILTS, correspondent on health and science policy for The New York Times. His new book is "Smoke Screen: The Truth Behind the Tobacco Industry Cover-up" (Addison-Wesley). HILTS first broke the story of the now-infamous Brown and Williamson tobacco papers, which revealed when tobacco executives first learned about the addictive nature of nicotine and the dangers of smoking. HILTS' stories for the New York Times led to Congressional hearings. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE

Documentary film producer PAUL STEKLER. He co-produced the new film series, "Vote for Me - Politics in America" a look at how American culture is reflected in local politics. This PBS series, to be aired October 28 and 29, examines the various things candidates will do in their campaigns to be elected. STEKLER, with his co-producers received a DuPont-Columbia Journalism Award for a series done in 1993, entitled "Louisiana Boys, Raised on Politics." Also interviewed at the same time was MAGGIE LAUTERER, the subject of one "Vote for Me" episode. She's a former journalist and first-time candidate who ran for Congress in North Carolina, and lost

1:GLADYS KNIGHT began her singing career at age 4. Since that modest start, she went on to lead one of the most successful vocal soul groups in America, "Gladys Knight and The Pips." The group stayed together for 39 years before disbanding.Among, the group's most notable songs include: "I Heard It Through The Grapevine," "Neither One of Us," and Midnight Train to Georgia." Knight has launched a solo career since. Terry interviewed Knight before a "live" audience in San Francisco earlier this year.

Broadway composer BURTON LANE died yesterday at the age of 84. His wife says he suffered a stroke. He's written the scores for several Broadway shows, including "Finian's Rainbow" and "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever." Lane collaborated with Michael Feinstein on the album, "Michael Feinstein Sings the Burton Lane Songbook", which features many of Lane's classic songs, such as "Old Devil Moon" and "How About You." This interview originally aired 11