Article: Janet Reno Presents America in Song

NEAL CONAN
NPR Talk of the Nation
10-10-2007
Janet Reno Presents America in Song

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In a name association game, you might not connect Janet Reno to Bob Dylan or Marvin Gaye until this week, when the former attorney general issued a 3-CD compilation of traditional American music. And, no, Ms. Reno possesses no previously undiscovered musical ability. She collaborated with family member Ed Pettersen, who is a musician and a record producer, to present 50 songs that date from 1492 to the present in new recordings by a variety, a wide variety, of contemporary artists. Yes, ...

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