Making Fun of the Kennedys
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 […]
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 […]
This one-hour special aired in 2009 to celebrate the 90th birthday of this American icon. In an exclusive interview, Pete discusses his career, the view from 90, and how music […]
Mississippi in the 1920s produced some of our country’s greatest blues artists. It also produced one of our greatest operatic singers, soprano Leontyne Price. The bar she set for singers […]
In 2013, the Library of Congress placed 25 new works into its National Recording Registry, a collection of historic music, speeches, and other audio documents that the Library will preserve […]
Before there was Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, even before Lennie Bruce, there was Will Rogers, America’s first political comic. “There was a real gentleness to his form of satire […]
If you’ve spent time in New Orleans – or watched the HBO show Tremé — you may know about one of the most idiosyncratic customs of that highly idiosyncratic town. […]
In this one-hour special, The History of Classical Music takes listeners through a history of this enduring art form from its beginnings up to today. Through an engaging narrative, host […]
KiD LIT with Lisa Loeb is a half hour program for public radio celebrating the best in children’s literature. Hosted by Grammy®-nominated singer, songwriter, and children’s book author Lisa Loeb, […]