The Poets Weave | By Romayne Rubinas Dorsey - December 22, 2024
Heather Corbally Bryant reads “Crevices,” “Lady Slippers on Pinnacle Road,” “Gibbous Moon,” “Winter Berries,” and “Red Dragonfly.”
Afterglow | By Mark Chilla - December 20, 2024
It’s the holiday season, and we’re keeping things light and snappy this week as we dance along to some swinging holiday tunes, sung by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and more!
PorchLight | By Tom Roznowski - December 20, 2024
An appreciation of the Yuletide season from the perspective of passing time.
Inner States | By Alex Chambers - December 18, 2024
Christmas has so many traditions. One of those, it turns out, is worrying about how commercial it’s gotten. That goes back at least as far as Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. We continue it with five attempts to do things differently.
Ether Game | By Chris Burrus - December 17, 2024
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Night Lights | By David Johnson - December 17, 2024
Night Lights pays tribute to the holidays in the mellowest of moods.
Harmonia | By Travis Whaley - December 16, 2024
We're celebrating the Christmas season this hour on Harmonia. We’ll hear music that offers us warmth and light in the cold and dark of winter, focusing on pieces that portray the joy and wonder of new birth. Plus, music from RIAS Kammerchor Berlin’s recent recording of Bach’s Christmas Magnificat.
The Poets Weave | By Romayne Rubinas Dorsey - December 15, 2024
As a tribute to Jenny Kander, we're reaching back to 2009 for an episode of Jenny reading her own work. She read poems from her "Ditzy Dee" series: "Life Happens," "Careering Through a Blaze of Words Ditzy Dee Plans to Write Copy for a Food Magazine," and "Jelly Donuts."
Afterglow | By Mark Chilla - December 13, 2024
We’ll continue highlighting the work of the “Rat Pack” this week, with a focus on “Mr. Wonderful” himself, Sammy Davis Jr. We’ll chronicle his recording career and explore why he got the nickname “Mister Show Business.”
PorchLight | By Tom Roznowski - December 13, 2024
A tribute to the loyalty and full acceptance offered by a human's best friend.
Arts & Culture | By Karl Templeton - December 10, 2024
Jay Filer, a tattoo artist in Bloomington, discusses tattooing’s link to mental health and the importance of creating space for marginalized voices in the tattooing sphere.
Ether Game | By Chris Burrus - December 10, 2024
No submissions to our score board tonight. Please consider making a seasonal gift to WFIU at wfiu.org/donate or 800 662 3311
Harmonia | By Sarah Huebsch Schilling - December 9, 2024
Get ready to burst open the piñata as Harmonia celebrates the traditional Latin American Christmas pageant, Las Posadas, with Renaissance- and Baroque- style music from Mexico. Plus, we’re featuring an album of Christmas music from Breslau, now Wrocław, Poland.
The Poets Weave | By Romayne Rubinas Dorsey - December 8, 2024
Barb Schwegman reads "Two White Girls Go to Market," "Leaving El Salvador," and "For Walter and Scott."
Afterglow | By Mark Chilla - December 6, 2024
This week and next, we’ll celebrate two of the members of the so-called “Rat Pack.” This week, a close look at the life and music of “The King Of Cool” Dean Martin, and his songs like “Ain’t That A Kick In The Head.”
PorchLight | By Tom Roznowski - December 6, 2024
How photographic images help us preserve and circulate something as wispy as memory.
Ether Game | By Chris Burrus - December 3, 2024
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Night Lights | By David Johnson - December 2, 2024
In 1969 the 26-year-old German musician Manfred Eicher began what would become one of the world’s longest-running and most influential jazz labels, with a signature production approach that emphasized space and a roster of artists that included Keith Jarrett, Paul Motian, Chick Corea, and Gary Burton.
Harmonia | By Travis Whaley - December 2, 2024
This hour, we're celebrating the 400th anniversary of Samuel Scheidt’s Tabulatura Nova, a pivotal collection of organ music that contained many different keyboard genres and a new type of notation for organists. We’ll explore its legacy and its influence on both Baroque and later musicians.
The Poets Weave | By Romayne Rubinas Dorsey - December 1, 2024
Karen Rigby reads "Song for the Onion," "To the Huy Fong Foods Company," and "Plums."
PorchLight | By Tom Roznowski - November 29, 2024
Turning the spotlight on the music of Joni Mitchell.
Inner States | By Alex Chambers - November 27, 2024
As the final chapter of our missing cat saga opens, it’s getting to be winter, and Kayte still hasn’t found Rita. The odds of Rita surviving are getting slim.
Ether Game | By Chris Burrus - November 26, 2024
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Harmonia | By Devon Nelson - November 25, 2024
This hour, music associated with the Duarte family, patrons of music and the arts through several generations from the 13th through the 17th centuries in Portugal, the Netherlands, Italy, and England, including seventeenth-century musician and composer Leonora Duarte.
The Poets Weave | By Romayne Rubinas Dorsey - November 24, 2024
Dory Lynch reads "First Call, Cody - Kivalina, Alaska," "Ice Fishing on Thanksgiving Eve," and "Conjuring Borealis."
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