This list reflects the programming of WUNC Radio: All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, Weekend Edition Saturday and Sunday, Fresh Air, Monitor Radio Early Edition, The People's Pharmacy and Soundings. NPR (TM) ALBUM REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 8/26 - 9/1 1996 August 27, 1996: Charles de Ledesma reviewed the new compilation CD "Ethno Punk: Around the World with an Attitude" (Hemisphere/EMI 7243-8-52084-2). August 29, 1996: The musical satirists The Foremen performed on Talk of the Nation, taking jabs at the Democratic National Convention. August 31, 1996: Weekend Edition played a recording made at the first performance using Niccolo Paganini's violin since his death in 1840. August 31, 1996: Jimmie Vaughan spoke to Scott Simon about the new tribute album for his brother Stevie Ray Vaughan: "A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan" (Epic EK 67599). September 1, 1996: Singer/songwriter Bill Morrissey talked with Liane Hansen about his new book and album "You'll Never Get to Heaven" (Philo PH 1194). COMING UP ON NPR's PERFORMANCE TODAY - AUG. 26-SEPT. 2, 1996 Thursday, August 29 Hour 1--And speaking of "August Greats"...the Great Kat is *back*! We'll hear Martin's March 1996 chat with the Kat, a.k.a. Katherine Thomas, a Juilliard graduate, composer, and self-styled multi-media wizard who claims that she is the reincarnation of Beethoven. Her CD, "Beethoven on Speed" and CD Rom "The Great Kat's Digital Beethoven on Cyberspeed," promise to "take you screaming into the 21st century." [CDs published by the Bureau of Electronic Publishing, (800) 828-4766; e-mail address: Greatkat@aol.com] Hour 2--Critic Ted Libbey returns to the "August Greats" section of the PT Basic Record Library to add one more "ninth" to our library shelves. This week, Ted and Martin suggest three outstanding CD recordings of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 9. FOR MORE PROGRAM INFORMATION, COME AND BROWSE PERFORMANCE TODAY'S WORLD WIDE WEB PAGE.... http://www.npr.org/programs/PerformanceToday/pt.html Album Lists are now available on the internet via anonymous ftp (ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/academic/literature/book-reviews). This text is Copyright (c) 1996 by WUNC Radio (WUNCRADIO@UNC.EDU) and Erika Grams (compiler). All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted by the copyright holder to distribute this file electronically or otherwise in full as long as attribution is made.