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Cary Ginell (JINN-el) of member station K-C-L-U in Thousand Oaks, California, has written about the music of Texan Milton Brown. Brown invented a style known as Western Swing 65 years ago. Ginell explains the combination of musical styles that resulted in Brown's taste in music: basically a love of popular music of Tin Pan Alley and the flavor of Texas hoedowns. Brown died young and achieved fame only in his native state. A bandmember of Milton Brown and the Musical Brownies, Bob Wills, went on to enjoy great success with the style.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Laura Veirs of Portland, Ore., about her new album, The Lookout. She says it addresses the fleeting beauty of life in a chaotic post-election America.

Bandleader Les Brown died of lung cancer this week at the age of 88. For almost 70 years, Les Brown and His Band of Renown entertained US troops and music fans worldwide. In 1940, with a 17-year-old Doris Day on vocals, Brown recorded Sentimental Journey -- the biggest hit of 1945. Brown later joined Bob Hope's weekly radio show and then made the transition to television with him. Host Lisa Simeone has this appreciation.

When the new season tips off on Friday, Will Brown will join a club that includes names like Phil Jackson, George Karl, and Bill Musselman to name a few. Brown is in his first season as head coach and general manager of the Albany Patroons.

Frank Browning talks with some Kentucky farmers about the controversy over the growing of hemp.

The prominent voice in the news this past week was resident Clinton remembering his friend, Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, who died n a plane crash in Croatia.

By Joe Donahuehttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-868039.mp3Albany, NY – Not the Godfather of Soul, but the Godfather of…

In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Laura Bix of Michigan State University explains efforts to increase the visibility of warning labels on medication.Laura…

Ron Brown's resume shows a list of firsts, including first African American chairman of a major political party, first African American manager of a presidential campaign and first African American partner at his Washington law firm. NPR's Mara Liasson has a profile.

Congress will hear from three witnesses on Wednesday, most notably U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland.