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This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Christmas has inspired some great songs in every genre and some really bad ones. Today, we'll hear some great ones. We'll start with Jon Batiste at the piano ...

it was all there, all their true feelings." This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. My guest, Miranda July, was a bit afraid of what people would think of her after publishing her second novel ...

I'm Terry Gross. It's become a new FRESH AIR ... (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) GROSS: Questlove, welcome back to FRESH AIR. Thanks so much for doing this and choosing music for us.

The 39th president spoke with Terry Gross in 1993, '95, '96 and '98 about growing up on a Georgia farm, entering politics and his advocacy for human rights and peace. Carter died Dec. 29 at age 100.

We're revisiting interviews with both of them. First, blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Bonnie Raitt spoke with Terry Gross in 1996 about her early years, finding her blues sound. And Francis ...