Spanning the Hits in Gotham

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From the 1920s through the '70s, New York City gave rise to an explosion of musical styles: from bebop and Latin, to punk and disco. Today, Tony Fletcher, the author of a new book on music in 20th-century New York explains what unites them all. Also: Rickie Lee Jones, the so-called "Duchess of Coolsville," joins us to talk about her newest album and perform live in our studio.