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Special Guest: Greg Tate

Arts, Culture & Media

Kurt Andersen and music critic Greg Tate talk about why creative people feel the need to steal from each other. Greg Tate is a music critic for the Village Voice, and he leads the ensemble Burnt Sugar — an improvising big band that borrows equally from Miles Davis and Sun Ra. Tate’s books include Everything […]

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