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Singer-songwriter Paula Cole on being a groundbreaking female artist

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On this episode of The Art of the Story, singer-songwriter Paula Cole speaks about being a groundbreaking female artist

Cole released her 11th studio album in 2024. Lo, her first album in nearly a decade, was written entirely by Cole.

Paula Cole is one of the many all-star singers participating in NJPAC's concert on February 8 honoring the friendship of Peggy Lee and Frank Sinatra
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Paula Cole won the Best New Artist Award at the 1998 Grammys, the same year she became the first woman to be nominated for Producer of the Year without a male collaborator.

Cole performed at NJPAC's Tribute to Peggy Lee event last year.

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Paula Cole chats with WBGO's Doug Doyle about her love of Peggy Lee's voice
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Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Paula Cole chats with WBGO's Doug Doyle about her love of Peggy Lee's voice

You can hear Doug Doyle's entire conversation with Paula Cole here.

Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998. Since then, Doug and his news staff have received more than 300 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.