{"id":309,"date":"2010-06-09T12:52:44","date_gmt":"2010-06-09T16:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=309"},"modified":"2013-12-09T14:29:47","modified_gmt":"2013-12-09T19:29:47","slug":"this-weeks-music-and-book-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2010\/06\/09\/this-weeks-music-and-book-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"This week&#8217;s music and book picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Can&#8217;t remember how I stumbled on The Black Keys, the duo of Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach+ friends, but I&#8217;m a fan now. I auditioned their latest album, &#8220;Brothers,&#8221; with my 20-something friend April and she became an instant fan, too. A cross-generational hit! Check it out:<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"290\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/aFyo_NOic_E&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"290\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/aFyo_NOic_E&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Another find this week: &#8220;How Sweet It Was,&#8221; a new cd\/dvd compilation on gospel music recorded in the decade after WW II, from Shanachie Records, reviewed by NPR. Go to this\u00a0npr.org <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=127215402\">page<\/a> and DEFINITELY watch the video of Sister Rosetta Tharpe singing and playing a HOT HOT HOT guitar.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget, the annual <strong>Summer Reading Call In <\/strong>is coming up, Tuesday, July 6 at 7 pm. We&#8217;re looking for your recommendations for summer reading&#8211;all genres, new or old, high-brow or potboiler. If you think it should be on the list, leave your suggestion below as a comment, or email me: <a href=\"mailto:ellen@ncpr.org\">ellen@ncpr.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my pick: Colm Toibin&#8217;s <strong>Brooklyn<\/strong>. A beautifully written quiet novel about a young Irish woman&#8217;s experience as an immigrant to the US. Find out more about this remarkable author at this NY Times<a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/people\/t\/colm_toibin\/index.html?scp=1-spot&amp;sq=Colm%20Toibin&amp;st=cse\"> page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can&#8217;t remember how I stumbled on The Black Keys, the duo of Patrick Carney and [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13969,13970,1],"tags":[1293,1296,601,1297,1294,1295],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7897,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions\/7897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}