Fresh Air with Terry Gross, April 26, 2011: Interview with Diana Henriques; Review of Bombino's album 'Agadez.'

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(1.) DIANA HENRIQUES is a senior financial writer for The New York Times. Her new book is about the Bernie Madoff scandal: The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust (Times Books). She is also the author of two other books. And she received a George Polk Award for her 2004 series of articles exposing the exploitation of American military personnel by financial service companies. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW). (2.) Music critic MILO MILES reviews Agadez, the new album by singer and guitarist Bombino from Niger. Milo says he's an example of a player who "seems to plug in himself when he plugs in his guitar." Bombino is touring America this summer.