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Presenting the Music of Trio Basho with Members Shinobu Sato, Kat Eggleston and Al Ehrich (02/11/1993)

February 13, 2026, 11:00 pm

Shinobu Sato in his studio, playing his 10-string guitar. (Photo: Ewsang, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

On Valentine’s Day in 1993, a trio of exuberant Chicago musicians known as the Trio Basho visited with Studs Terkel on WFMT. Enjoy this intimate archive performance by three great collaborators: Shinobu Sato, Kat Eggleston and Al Ehrich.

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Studs Terkel (1912-2008) radically redefined the concept of radio interviews. For 45 years starting in 1952, WFMT was his homebase. His daily radio show was a pillar of WFMT’s programming, with its eclectic and astute mix of music and conversation. Studs juxtaposed interviews with the many of the 20th century’s most significant figures with the voices of uncelebrated, working people from Chicago. As a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Studs helped established oral history as a popular and socially ambitious literary genre. Some of his titles include: Division Street, Hard Times, Working, Race and And They All Sang (Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey). Studs was also a recipient of the National Book Award.

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Presenting the Music of Trio Basho with Members Shinobu Sato, Kat Eggleston and Al Ehrich (02/11/1993)