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An in studio concert with the late singer/songwriter ARTHUR ALEXANDER, whose songs were recorded by The Beatles ("Anna") and The Rolling Stones ("You Better Move On"). Alexander's last album, "Lonely Just Like Me" (Elektra Nonesuch), was his first release in twenty years. Alexander died in June 1993 about a month after this interview took place. Originally aired 5/7/93.

Jazz Musicians Bob Dorough and Dave Frishberg. They just released their new album Who's on First? (Blue Note Records). After more than 35 years of friendship and songwriting collaboration, this is their first album together, recorded live one night at the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles. An interview with Dave Frishberg is rebroadcast during the first half of the show. A Grammy nominee in 1998, Frishberg is noted for his music which draws its inspiration from jazz classics but whose lyrics are quirky modern originals about neurosis, and the oddities of contemporary life. (ORIGINAL BROADCAST MAY 22, 1998). In the second half, we speak to Bob Dorough.

Linda Wertheimer interviews the authors of two new thrillers: Michael Connelly, about A Darkness More Than Night, and Evan Hunter, about his collaboration with Ed McBain to write Candyland: A Novel in Two Parts. Connelly's book takes main characters from other novels -- an LAPD detective and a retired FBI investigator -- and pits them against one another. Hunter, an acclaimed author who wrote the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, wrote the first half of Candyland, then looked to his alter-ego for the second half, when it becomes more of a murder mystery. (7:45) A Darkness More Than Night, by Michael Connelly, is published by Little, Brown, ISBN # 0-316-15407-5. Candyland, by Evan Hunter and Ed McBain is published by Simon and Schuster, ISBN # 0-7432-1316-5.

Carmichael opens up about his name, his family tree and his sexual orientation in a new HBO special. Thompson, who cofounded the Fairport Convention band, looks back on his life in music in Beeswing.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sits down with NPR's Michele Kelemen for an interview about Iran after meetings in Vienna with foreign ministers from other permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, plus Germany.

Greenwood says writing the music for The Power of the Dog allowed him to experiment by mixing a banjo and a string quartet. Author Isaac Butler traces the history of Method acting in The Method.

McGraw stars with his wife Faith Hill in 1883, a series about immigrants traveling West in covered wagons. Asher writes about the tragedy that shaped her life in Where the Children Take Us.

On March 7, the actor and monologist Spalding Gray was found dead in the East River in New York. Gray, 62, had been missing for two months. His family believes he committed suicide. Gray was best known for his autobiographical monologues, including Swimming to Cambodia, Monster in a Box and It's a Slippery Slope. Over the last 19 years he was a frequent guest on Fresh Air. We listen back to excerpts of his performances and interviews: Swimming to Cambodia (rebroadcast from Aug. 20, 1985), Monster in a Box (rebroadcast from Sept. 21, 1990), Impossible Vacation (from May 8, 1992) and Gray's Anatomy.

Watson was one of America's premier acoustic folk guitarists. We'll hear two of Watson's appearances on the show: an interview from 1988 and a live convert from 1989. Watson's flat-pick style of playing traditional folk and bluegrass has made his sound one of the most distinctive of any folk artist. In the folk music community, Watson is best known for his part in preserving the traditional ballads and melodies of southern Appalachia. His latest CD, Sittin Here Pickin the Blues, features him and slide guitarist Merle Watson. It's a previously issued recording, remastered, which includes new tracks. (Rebroadcast from March 24, 1988 and Nov. 13, 1989.)

The case stumped law enforcement for years, despite conducting multiple interviews and identifying suspects. The pair of shoes now rests in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.