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This week, I’ll introduce you to the music of two underrated female singers, revered among jazz aficionados: Lorez Alexandria and Ethel Ennis.
New York City’s most passionate defenders live there. New York City’s harshest critics never could.
When we’re exhausted by our 21st-century lives, how much are we willing to sacrifice for happiness?
Submit answers for tonight's game. Try bonus trivia challenges and get helpful hints. Counter the counterpoint.
Muralist and musician Erin Tobey discusses how community building plays a role in her creative life
This week, we’re exploring the sounds of our musical bird friends. Hold on to your cats and open your windows as we listen to music inspired by the cuckoo, a bird whose simple call has been recognized as the onset of spring and summer from the medieval period onwards. This summery bird’s unusual behaviors are also the subject of songs about human relationships.
Heather Corbally Bryant reads “Listening to Seamus Heaney.”
Dr. Kyle Adams joins Lisa Robbin Young on a deep-dive exploration of the musical family trees of three of our pop music mystery artists.
This week, we explore the songs of Dorothy Fields, a Tin Pan Alley songwriter whose work stretched from the 1920s through the 1970s. We’ll sample her songbook, including “A Fine Romance,” “I Won’t Dance,” and “The Way You Look Tonight.”
Celebrating one of the greatest opportunities for human connection.
We’re celebrating the 500th birthday of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. We’re throwing a party featuring music by the birthday boy himself, his pals, and other surprise guests. Plus, a world premiere recording of Palestrina’s music by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge.
Allie Rigby reads "Poem as Ghost Ally," "For the Hole in Fonda," "Late March," and "Orange Peel."
This week on Afterglow, our spotlight is on Miss Peggy Lee, with a closer look at the 1960s, a time when her music and persona became more sleek, romantic, and glamorous.
We spend an inordinate amount of money, effort, and time securing a daily cup of coffee. The caffeine effect is a little less than 5 hours for an 8 oz. serving.
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In the 1940s a young jazz singer with a four-octave range and bebop chops burst onto the big-band scene with Earl Hines and Billy Eckstine before going on to establish herself as a solo star.
Humans first started making wine about 8,000 years ago in the Southern Caucasus region of what is now the country of Georgia and we’ve been writing, making art, and yes, singing about it, for almost as long. This week on Harmonia, pour a glass of your favorite or simply let the music intoxicate you as we sample music about wine. Plus, on our featured recording, Alta Early Music Ensemble takes us on a passeggiata with Leonardo Da Vinci.
Joseph Kerschbaum reads "Years to Burn," "Weed Garden," "Detasseling," and "Now that we have nowhere to hide."
For Anita O'Day's centennial celebration, we explore her groundbreaking jazz recordings for Clef and Verve Records in the 1950s.
A painting communicates and connects without words, without sound. Just one sense and your feelings.
IU Jacobs School of Music Opera Theater presents Benjamin Britten's haunting opera
How do you save a dying industry in the age of the internet? Maybe you go all in on print. That’s what Stephen Crane is doing at the Morgan County Correspondent, a new local newspaper.
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Bob Thiele had already spent three decades in the music business recording legendary jazz and pop artists when he started a new record label in 1969 that brought on board notable musicians such as Gil Scott-Heron, Leon Thomas, Duke Ellington, Oliver Nelson, and Louis Armstrong with music that reflected the cultural upheaval of the times.
This week, we’re visiting The Museum of Renaissance Music, or at least, listening to it. Editors Vincenzo Borghetti and Tim Shephard curated this “paper museum,” a book exploring the history of Renaissance music in 100 artifacts. Join us as we peruse these musical objects and their fascinating stories, and enjoy our imagined soundtrack.
Rosemarie Wurth-Grice reads "On Returning Home," "Seasons Mean Nothing," and "An October Pantoum of Sorts."
This hour, we’ll hear music from 16th century France published by cousins who were the first music printers to receive a royal privilege. Plus, on our featured recording—lute music performed by Richard Kolb.
