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Reviewed: A Biography of the 'Queen of Trumpet'

Fresh Air's jazz critic reviews Mark Miller's High Hat, Trumpet, and Rhythm: The Life and Music of Valaida Snow. It's a biography of jazz singer and musician Valaida Snow, aka "Little Louis."

Taking the Measure of 'The Other Boleyn Girl'

Fresh Air's film critic reviews The Other Boleyn Girl, a costume drama from director Justin Chadwick. Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson play sisters battling for the affection of England's King Henry VIII.

Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970. Four years later, he was exiled from the Soviet Union.

Behind The Iron Curtain: Solzhenitsyn Remembered

On August 3, Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn died of heart failure at age 89. Solzhenitsyn exposed the atrocities committed by the Soviet Gulag in his work, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. Fresh Air remembers the Nobel Prize winner.

Paul McCartney marks the release of <em> Memory Almost Full</em> with an intimate 90-minute set at north London's Electric Ballroom.

Paul McCartney's 'Memory Almost Full'

Fresh Air's rock critic takes a listen to the 21st solo album from the former Beatle, an occasionally reflective life-and-loves disc recorded when he was 64.

Dozens of songs written by Merle Haggard have been in the Top 10.

Grammy Special: Merle Haggard

Country music legend Merle Haggard is set to receive a 2006 Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award in a ceremony held the day before the Feb. 8 awards show. Haggard is already an inductee of the Country Music Hall of Fame. This interview originally aired on Aug. 14, 1995.

Richard Adler's Broadway Visions Live On

In the '50s, Richard Adler collaborated with his partner, Jerry Ross, on the Broadway musicals Damn Yankees and The Pajama Game. Currently, there is a new Broadway staging of The Pajama Game, starring Harry Connick Jr., and Michael McKean. This interview originally aired on August 9, 1990.

A Final Farewell to Newsman Peter Jennings

ABC reporter and anchor Peter Jennings died Sunday at age 67 after a four-month battle with lung cancer. The intrepid journalist had helmed ABC's World News Tonight since 1983. (This interview originally aired Nov. 17, 1998.)

Bluesman Doyle Bramhall, Making 'News'

Fresh Air's rock critic reviews Is It News, the new album from Texas blues musician Doyle Bramhall. The singer, songwriter and drummer has played in his own band, the Chessmen, and in Stevie Ray Vaughan's band.

Was (Not Was) Is Back After 15-Year Hiatus

Fresh Air rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Boo!, the new album from the band Was (Not Was). It's the band's first full-length disc since 1993.

Cultural Chasms in Lahiri's 'Unaccustomed Earth'

Fresh Air book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Jhumpa Lahiri's Unaccustomed Earth, a new collection of short stories that chronicles the cultural alienation that exists between Indian-born parents and their American-born children.

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