Sly and the Family Stone Want You to Stand Up
In 1969, Sly and the Family Stone released their fourth studio album, “Stand!” It dropped at a moment of intense cultural and political change, a moment when many groups who were […]
In 1969, Sly and the Family Stone released their fourth studio album, “Stand!” It dropped at a moment of intense cultural and political change, a moment when many groups who were […]
Plato’s Symposium is arguably the most memorable philosophical work ever written on the subject of love. It is also the inspiration for Leonard Bernstein’s gorgeous violin concerto, the Serenade. What would Plato […]
DUET: a one-hour music program hosted by Linda Ronstadt and Ann Savoy. Linda and Ann have a chemistry and love of music that is infectious. Each episode picks a musical […]
You might think we each have a moral duty to expose any serious misconduct, dishonesty, or illegal activity we discover in an organization, especially when such conduct directly threatens the […]
“Riding with the King” In 2005 B.B. King turned 80 years old. BMP Audio teamed with Keb’ Mo’ and PRI to craft a one hour birthday salute. B.B. was in rare […]
In 1974 Linda Ronstadt had released four solo albums to moderate acclaim. Her albumDon’t Cry Now had peaked at #45 on the Billboard chart, after a drawn-out production that brought in […]
In 1974, Latin music in the US was about to get a kick in the pants. The audience for the big bands was (as we say today) graying; younger, US-born […]
The 1963 Grammy award for Album of the Year didn’t go to Tony Bennett, Stan Getz, or Ray Charles, all runners-up. It went to somebody named Vaughan Meader, whom no […]
Buck Owens may best be remembered for Hee Haw, the TV variety show he hosted from 1969 to 1986. But Owens — born Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. — was no […]