Songs, ballads and poetry from Ovid to Tom Waits that tell stories for the long hot summer days and nights of July....

A look into one of humanity’s most expressive instruments. https://radioadagio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/7-13-25-Viola-da-Gamba.mp3...

Portraits of summer by Ray Charles, Vivaldi, Gershwin, Janis Joplin, Luciano Pavarotti, Sting and a few others for an hour of superb music....

Ballads by John Coltrane side-by-side with the tribute album of the same name by the sax-like singer Karrin Allyson....

Music for the heat of summer featuring Tom Waits/Crystal Gayle, Michel LeGrand, Renée Fleming, Bill Frisell, Monica Zetterlund, Bill Evans....

Our annual celebration of summer in song. https://radioadagio.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/6-23-25-Summer.mp3 START 00.00 06.24 11.10 14.13...