A look at Russ Columbo’s Prisoner of Love in context of the slave trade of 1200 years ago, plus a sampling of Simone Kermes, Abbey Lincoln, Etta James and Billie Holiday.

A look back through the centuries to the origin of our musical motifs of being a slave to love.

A look at the wildflowers that help make June the magnificent month it is, with music to settle, soothe and stimulate.

A brief explanation of the brain circuitry brought about by the kind of delicious musical programing we find here with Adagio.

A tribute to the osprey, and to basking in the early morning red-spectrum sunlight for the boost of all the brain’s feel good chemicals.

A tribute to one of the most melodic creatures that shares our musical planet with us.

A spring tonic for a return to base, and along the way, a glimpse into the prescient genius of George Carlin.

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, and summer’s lease hath all too short a date. Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines and often is his gold complexion dimmed.

A sampling of Helen Merrill, Jimmy Scott, Angèle Dubeau, Lang Lang and Jeff Buckley with a 5000 year-old vignette of Babylon.

A selection of pieces sure to please plus a 100th-year birthday tribute to Hawaiian musician Gabby Pahinui.

A sure sign of spring and other good news.

Chinese composer Tan Dun leads off this week’s program with a sampling from his soundtrack to the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.  And also a little tango from the French group L’Armenonville.

A sampling of the work of Gabriel Yared,the Lebanese/French film composer, as well as a selection of other works certain to please.

We celebrate Mardi Gras this week with Gal Costa and Bossa Nova and a sampling of others sure to please.

Expansive, atmospheric music to help drive out the anxiety of these times. And with a selection of love songs for the week of Valentine’s Day, including a 13th Century “Rumination” on passionate love.

Song, Story and Solace to Pass the Long Winter’s Night.

Zbigniew Preisner, James Horner, And Martin Luther King Jr.