The music, the story, the significance of Erik Satie in shaping modern harmony, contemporary style and today’s aesthetic.

A tribute to the darling buds of May and one of Christopher Marlowe’s (d/b/a Shakespeare) finest sonnets, No. 18.

A wide sampling of songs of April and springtime from the medieval to the present day.

An exploration of the finest celebration of spring, Aguas de Março, and the unparalleled artistry of Antonio Carlos Jobim.

Mardi Gras, and an hour of samba and Brazilian music in general. Get out your feathered headdress, it’s Carnival!

The turbulent story of the Köln Concert, a landmark in contemporary music that came within a hair’s breadth of not happening.

Music of Zbigniew Preisner, Alberto Iglesias, James Horner, and a tribute to the courage of Martin Luther King Jr.

As humans have since earliest times, we gather to pass the dark hours with stories, ballads and epic tales–Arachne, The Lady of Shallot, The Walrus and the Carpenter, with music throughout.

With the depths of winter approaching, a sampling of the music of Vasks, Pärt, Arnalds, and Silvestrov.

Music to bury the dying year in the west and birth the next rolling in from the east.

A brief foray into the arcana of the period and then a full array of music of the holidays and the sun.

Gratitude, especially for those very most basic things. “Because all that can be taken away in a second.”

The promise and the progress of La Belle Epoch at the dawn of the 20th Century. And the evil that killed it.

Songs and a brief introduction to The Master and his music, Leonard Cohen on the anniversary of his passing, November 7.

From Simone Kermes to Patsy Cline, and the truth of an illusion.

The continuation of our survey of women’s voices from earliest times to the present day.

A brief review of the suppression of women’s voices from Western music since earliest times–where it succeeded and where it failed.

A look into September’s very own song and a tribute to Anna Netrebko on the occasion of her 50th birthday.

An sally into the ancient times of Babel, unity consciousness, the fall from grace, and the album Babel by French composer Hugh de Courson in which he cross pollinates time, distance and musical heritage.

Music for porch settin’ this week, where people gather in the cool of the evening to sip cool drinks, sing and make music together.