And Oscar Brand, a folk singer whose New York City radio show spanned more than seven decades, has died at the age of 96. Oscar Brand first broadcast “Folksong Festival” on WNYC in December of 1945, and over the decades he interviewed music legends including Woody Guthrie, Judy Collins, Harry Belafonte, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan. Brand’s show went on to win two Peabody Awards and is cited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running radio program by the same host. Brand’s final broadcast of “Folksong Festival” was on September 24.