Airs Friday, March 5, 2021, at 10 p.m. Two hour-long radio program produced by top public radio music documentary producer Paul Ingles that offers a deep dive celebration of the 1971 Carole King masterpiece on its half-century anniversary (February10, 2021). Top music writers and scholars give their intimate reflections on the album, its place in music history, and Carole King's overall career.
Featured commentators are Ann Powers of NPR Music, music critic Holly Gleason, Beverly Keel - Dean of the Music and Entertainment Department at Middle Tennessee State University, Anthony DeCurtis of Rolling Stone Magazine and American Songwriter editor Paul Zollo. Carole King is heard also from a 2012 archival interview.