Ether Game | By Chris Burrus - August 27, 2024
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Harmonia | By Wendy Gillespie - August 26, 2024
A musical quodlibet can be several things — a parody that contains some kind of crazy list, or a piece with well-known melodies that appear in successive or simultaneous combinations. Join us for German musical quodlibets, this hour on Harmonia.
The Poets Weave | By Romayne Rubinas Dorsey - August 25, 2024
Colleen Wells reads "A Bug’s Life," "Cut and Carry," "Gardening with the Aunts," and "Once Every Seventeen Years.”
Afterglow | By Mark Chilla - August 23, 2024
Beginning in the 1950s, Ella Fitzgerald became known around the world as one of the most renowned live performers in jazz. This week, we’ll sample from some of her best live sets in places like Berlin, Juan-Les-Pins, and the Hollywood Bowl.
PorchLight | By Tom Roznowski - August 23, 2024
Yes, they depart for warmer climates in the winter. But their intention is always to return.
Inner States | By Alex Chambers - August 21, 2024
When Justin’s grandmother died, her siblings stopped getting together. Then Justin started taking pictures, and things changed. Justin Carney is an artist who uses photography to think through family grief. It seems to be helping.
Ether Game | By Chris Burrus - August 20, 2024
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Harmonia | By Sarah Huebsch - August 19, 2024
The chalumeau was a single-reed ancestor of the clarinet, whose brief popularity left a lasting impression. We’ll explore music for the chalumeau--plus, torchsongs on historical instruments, on our featured release Songs Without Words on this week’s edition of Harmonia.
The Poets Weave | By Romayne Rubinas Dorsey - August 18, 2024
Doris Lynch reads "Feeding an Orphan Reindeer Fawn," "Late August Beyond the Glacier," and "Leaving Kivalina."
Afterglow | By Mark Chilla - August 16, 2024
We explore the musical partnership of Betty Comden and Adolph Green, two songwriters who contributed gems like “Just In Time” and “The Party’s Over” to the American Songbook.
Ether Game | By Chris Burrus - August 13, 2024
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Harmonia | By Chelsey Belt - August 12, 2024
For more than 600 years, the Ottoman or Turkish Empire governed much of the Mediterranean and Western Asia, leaving a strong impact on the arts, including music. This week on Harmonia, we visit this theme again, this time focusing on ways that contemporary musicians are using Turkish traditional music to inform their approaches to the music of the past.
The Poets Weave | By Romayne Rubinas Dorsey - August 11, 2024
Daniel Lassell reads "Evolution Chart," "Tussle," "The Way Home," "Taking Care," and "Late Capitalism."
Afterglow | By Mark Chilla - August 9, 2024
The “conditional love song” became a staple of musical theater in its golden age, and this week, we’ll listen to jazz interpretations of these songs, as well as other songs with “if” in the title and more “hypothetical” tunes.
PorchLight | By Tom Roznowski - August 9, 2024
Babies often learn to walk at 9 months, about the same amount of time it takes them to become babies.
Arts & Culture | By Karl Templeton - August 7, 2024
Malory Owen, the artist behind Little Tiger Glassworks, discusses how art can uncover the emotional truths about the natural world.
Inner States | By Alex Chambers - August 7, 2024
In the past 12 years, singer-songwriter Amy Oelsner has released 9 albums. We talk about grief, creativity, and why she started Girls Rock Bloomington, a music program for girls, and trans and nonbinary youth.
Ether Game | By Chris Burrus - August 6, 2024
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The Poets Weave | By Romayne Rubinas Dorsey - August 5, 2024
Patsy Rahn reads "The Roots of Kindness," "A Contemplation of Death," and "Reverie."
Harmonia | By Chelsey Belt - August 5, 2024
For more than 600 years, the Ottoman or Turkish Empire governed much of the Mediterranean and Western Asia. As relations with Christian Europe ebbed and flowed, Ottoman culture left a huge impact on the arts. This week on Harmonia, join us as we listen to some of the ways this relationship played out over the centuries.
Afterglow | By Mark Chilla - August 2, 2024
This week, we celebrate the smoky voice of jazz singer Chris Connor, who got her start with Claude Thornhill’s band in the 1940s, and went on to record some of the best cool jazz vocal records of the 1950s.
PorchLight | By Tom Roznowski - August 2, 2024
Everything in moderation, it has been said -- including moderation.
Ether Game | By Chris Burrus - July 30, 2024
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Harmonia | By Devon Nelson - July 29, 2024
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.
The Poets Weave | By Romayne Rubinas Dorsey - July 28, 2024
Danika Stegeman reads "I mouth the word 'motherless'," as well as an excerpt from her second book Ablation.
Afterglow | By Mark Chilla - July 26, 2024
Before Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, there was Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn. This week, we’ll explore the songs of these early songwriters, including “Makin’ Whoopee,” “My Baby Just Cares For Me,” and “Yes Sir, That’s My Baby.”
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