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Radical art comes from the young, or so it would seem. Few artists persist in making us rethink what art can be late into long careers.

When the culture secretary, Ben Bradshaw, delivered a speech this month asking New Labour- supporting "luvvies" to rally to the defence of the arts, he omitted to mention the recent dwindling of their ranks.

Country singer Sarah Buxton spent several years working in Nashville as a songwriter and backing vocalist for the likes of Kenny Rogers, John Corbett, and Cowboy Troy.

Listen The $700 billion dollar bailout program has damaged the government's credibility, has done little to change risky behavior on Wall Street, and taxpayers won't get all their money back but the Treasury Department's Special Inspector General also reports that the TARP program did bring the financial system back from the brink of collapse.

Hell has officially frozen over and I'm dodging flying pigs. I can't believe we're finally playing a Sarah Buxton song on Froggy 97! It's about time.

Tortoise Web Clip 1: Listen to an excerpt from the song "Prepare Your Coffin" from Tortoise's new CD, Beacons of Ancestorship .

From Take That to Mozart, musicians draw inspiration from the unlikeliest sources.