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WHYY in Philadelphia, I'm Sam Brigger with FRESH AIR Weekend.
Today, folk musician Jaron Paxson brings some instruments to play for our conversation.
He plays guitar, banjo and harmonica.
Paxton is known for performing music from the 1920s, but he just came out with an album of his own songs called Things Done Changed.
Most of these songs, if not all these songs, came from a little bit of inspiration and also at least a little bit of pushing the pencil along the page, I think, as Irving Berlin said.
Also, Terry talks with author Michael Owen about Ira Gershwin, the lyricist behind many of the most enduring songs in the great American popular songbook.
Songs like Fascinating Rhythm, I Got Rhythm, Swonderful, Embraceable, you, let's Call the Whole Thing off, and they can't Take that away from Me.
He has a new book about Gershwin.
And TV critic David Biancouli reviews a new Beatles documentary on Disney that's coming up on FRESH AIR Weekend.
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