Heitor Villa-Lobos
A program of Brazilian music featuring Heitor Villa-Lobos and his second thoughts on his most widely known piece.
Work Songs and Saturn
Saturn lore and songs for Labor Day.
Two Moons, Part II
Music and poetry in celebration of our two full moons this month.
Lahaina
Music and commentary in sympathy and solidarity with Lahaina.
Music of High Summer
The Best of High Summer in Song and Verse.
Mercedes Sosa
A collection of humanity’s finest for your careful consideration.
Two Moons!
Music, lore, song and poetry celebrating this month’s first and second full moon.
Hejira
Joni Mitchell’s sine qua non, Hejira, with notes to parse out a fuller picture of a magnificent work of art.
Viola da Gamba
Close quarter harmonies for the searing heat of July.
Etta Jones
Music of the little known Etta Jones with a mix of Huston Person her co-creator, and the artistry of recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder.
Ballads
A side-by-side comparison of Ballads by John Coltrane and the tribute album of the same name by Karrin Allyson. Give a listen. Check it out. It’s good. You might like it. You might really like it.
Come Away, O Human Child.
As we bid farewell to the beautiful month of June, we sample music drawn from literature.
The Glories of Summer’s Youngest Child, June.
The music of June and it’s most emblematic flower, lupines.
Methuselah
“Methuselah lived 900 years. But who calls that livin’ when no gal will give in, to no man what’s 900 years?”
The Magic Flute
Among other things, a review of Mozart’s Magic Flute with all its Masonic symbolism, as timely today as it when premiered 200 years ago.
May into June
Songs of Spring and the cautious approach of Summer’s tender child, June.
Tagore
A sampling of new and old from Paul Simon, and a musical appreciation of the Indian mystic Rabindranath Tagore.
Teddy Wilson
A sampling of the great jazz pianist and swing-era holdout, Teddy Wilson.
Astor Piazzola, George Carlin
A one-hour tonic to lift you out of the routine and deliver you back refreshed, revitalized, rekindled.
Cinqo de Mayo
A look into the significance of Cinqo de Mayo and an hour of great Mexican music.