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Like their civilian colleagues, the 40-50 musicians that make up the Lackland AFB-based U.S. Air Force Band of the West have been performing their duties…

Two-Way readers were emphatic last year: the Canadian band should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Well, the trio's now been nominated and the hall says fans will have a say about which artists get inducted.

Linda talks with Ron Chapman, Band Director for Crawford High School in the town of Crawford, Texas, his bands upcoming performance in the inaugural parade. The band won't march, but will be stationed near the White House, to perform one hour before the parade and one hour after. The band will make its way to Washington by bus.

Noah Adams talks to Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Foley, Director of the United States Marine Band. The band is performing a concert at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington this weekend, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the return of the US Capitol to Washington from Philadelphia.

There's an unusual bi-partisan effort to get the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to release information about certain Superfund cleanup sites, pieces of land that have been deemed too toxic for development. The EPA says sharing some information about the sites could discourage companies from cleaning up their environmental messes.

Storyteller Kevin Kling had a song in his heart and though he was tone deaf, that didn't stop him from being in a marching band.

David Greenberger reviews a new CD that jokingly delivers a "battle of the bands". It's a 2-CD set, from two different pop/rock bands, both led by musician Scott McCaughey. One band is called The Young Fresh Fellows; the other is The Minus Five. The battle is billed as The Young Fresh Fellows versus The Minus Five. The CD's liner notes even has instructions for tallying up a point count for each of the two contenders. The label is Mammoth Records, copyright 2001.

Geography rocks! Jonathan Coulton sings songs by classic rock bands named after cities, states, countries and continents, while rewriting the lyrics to hint at the locations.

The band R.E.M. has released its first album in four years, Accelerate. Critics have been describing the disc as a "comeback," saying it's the band's best album in ages. Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills join Terry Gross for a conversation.