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I'm With Her performs "Year After Year"
Folk supergroup I'm With Her returns to Saturday Sessions to perform from their sophomore album "Wild and Clear and Blue" seven years after releasing their first album. "Wild and Clear and Blue" will be available next week. Now, from their new album, here is I'm With Her with "Year After Year."
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Folk supergroup I'm With Her returns to Saturday Sessions to perform from their sophomore album "Wild and Clear and Blue" seven years after releasing their first album. "Wild and Clear and Blue" will be available next week. Now, from their new album, here is I'm With Her with "Ancient Light."
How "Spitfire Women" helped end World War II
May 8 marks 80 years since people across Europe celebrated the Allied victory over Nazi Germany. While the fighting in the Pacific would continue for months, many saw it as the end of six long years of war. A new book tells the story of remarkable American women who helped that victory happen.
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