Peculiar Songs

Spinning on Air | May 18, 2010
Songs that can only be described as "peculiar" are the topic of this week's Spinning on Air. Included are some one-of-a-kind songwriters, including Ivor Cutler ("A Great Grey Grasshopper"), Karen Mantler ("My Life is Hell"), and highlights from the new rock opera "People Are Wrong!" Also on tap is an in-studio performance by 18 year-old chanteuse Marianne Nowottny.

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