Edith Piaf, perhaps the most beloved singer of all time, comes to life in Carolyn Burke’s just published biography No Regrets, The Life of Edith Piaf. Carolyn and Suzanne talk about Piaf, Carolyn’s journey of discovery, as well as her other biographies Lee Miller, A Life and Becoming Modern, The Life of Mina Loy.

Gene Viale was a white boy singing black gospel music in the sixties and his belting song styling helped popularize gospel music. Viale passed away this past year and in this encore segment, Gene and Rosemary talk about his life and memoir, I Remember Gospel and I Keep on Singing.

Author Barbara Quick brings her review of Yi Yun Li’s Gold Boy, Emerald Girl.