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Title: Studio 360: July 4th Redesigned, Jason Moran

Author: Kurt Andersen

Format: Original Recording

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-03-10

Publisher: WNYC New York and Public Radio International

Genres: Radio & TV, Great Interviews

Publisher's Summary:

Across the land listeners answered our call to rethink these American symbols. Pop music critic Will Hermes suggests replacements for the national anthem. Kate Bingaman-Burt enlists her design students to take part in our Uncle Sam Redesign Challenge. And design writer Alissa Walker picks a winner.

Next, Robert Braczyk has always been handy, working first as cabinetmaker and then as a sculptor for 25 years. But there was one profession he always wanted: Toymaker. And it all started with seeing Geppetto's workshop in Walt Disney's Pinocchio. Produced by Erin Calabria.

Then, pianist Jason Moran tells Kurt how he's always drawn inspiration from unlikely sources, from avant garde and hip-hop to modern painting and rural quilts. Moran also performs songs from his new album, Ten, live in the studio.

Finally, from a car horn symphony, to an artist residency with NASA, to Tuvan throat-singing, the performance artist Laurie Anderson has no boundaries when it comes to making music. Now, with four decades of composing and performing behind her, Anderson tells Kurt about her new album Homeland, her first in nearly ten years. [Broadcast Date: July 3, 2010]