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Back to SearchEpisode 371. Margherita Roberti @ 100 (with August Ventura)
One hundred years ago today, Margaret Jean Roberts was born at the edge of a field before her parents could reach the hospital. The story of how she …
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Episode 370. Lesbian Concentrate and Beyond (Pride 2025)
Continuing the Countermelody show of Pride for this month’s LGBTQ+ celebrations, I take a look back at the Women’s Music Movement of the mid-1970s as…
1 year ago
Episode 369. Joséphine Baker Revisited (Live Edition)
Yesterday was a crucial celebration for all US-Americans: Juneteenth. In honor of that event and in continuing observation of Pride 2025, I offer tod…
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Episode 368. Gay Eccentrics (Pride 2025)
Somewhere along the line in planning my Pride 2025 episodes, I hit upon the idea of paying tribute to Gay Eccentrics. (Maybe because I am one of them…
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Episode 367. Bernac Sings Not-Poulenc (Pride 2025)
Continuing our exploration of queer pride in classical music, I bring you the great baryton-martin Pierre Bernac (1899 – 1979), known first and forem…
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Episode 366. Donald Gramm Revisited (Pride 2025)
I’m going all out (literally) for this year’s Pride celebrations, especially because the haters are out there in such force. Today I pay tribute to m…
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Episode 365. Flying Down to Rio (Latin American Song II)
Today is the second part of my Latin American orchestral song tribute. Last week we explored Villa-Lobos and Revueltas; today we devote ourselves to …
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Episode 364. Grace Bumbry: Proud Soprano (Live Edition)
It’s Pride Month, and what better time to focus on queer musical culture in all its various manifestations! As far back as I can remember, I have bee…
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Episode 363. Orchestral Song of Latin America, Part 1
A few weeks ago I had the idea of doing a program devoted to American orchestral song. It did not take me long to realize that once again “American […
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Episode 362. No More Slavery Chains
Five years ago, I awoke to the horrifying news of the murder of George Floyd by a member of the Minneapolis Police Department. I had been working on …
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