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Back to SearchEpisode 275. Margaret Tynes (Listeners’ Favorites)
On March 7, 2024, the legendary African American soprano Margaret Tynes died at the age of 104. During the second season of Countermelody, I featured…
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Episode 274. Odetta (Listeners’ Favorites)
The United States seems (if this could be possible) even more divided and challenged than it did a week ago. In spite and even because of that, I am …
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 273. Paul Robeson (Listeners’ Favorites)
I am here visiting my family in Milwaukee this week, a time which has proven to be a landmark in the downward spiral of our country into fascism. And…
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 272. Lenora Lafayette (Listeners’ Favorites)
Every so often I discover a singer who had previously not come under my radar, but who simply blows me away with their voice, artistry, and communica…
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 271. Muriel Smith (Listeners’ Favorites)
As I embark on several weeks of vacation, I bring you the first of several episodes from the early years of the podcast in between the new episodes t…
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 270. Eleanor Steber Revisited
I sat in my apartment in Berlin on the Fourth of July wondering how, after the events of this past Monday, I can possibly pay tribute to our nation a…
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 269. Alberta Hunter
Please join me today for this overview of the roller coaster career of Alberta Hunter (01 April 1895 – 17 October 1984), a jazz legend whose surprisi…
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 268. Will Parker Redux
Today I revisit the life and legacy of lyric baritone William Parker (05 August 1943 – 29 March 1993), to whom I devoted an episode exactly a year ag…
2 years, 2 months ago
A Cavalcade of Pop Contraltos
Season 5 Episode 267
My intention this week to produce a joyous new episode further celebrating contraltos, was undermined by multiple deaths this past week in the musica…
2 years, 3 months ago
Episode 266. Sisters in Sapho (Listeners’ Favorites)
It’s been a whirlwind of a week chez Gundlach and I find myself at the end of it without a new episode ready to post. In addition to that, we are alr…
2 years, 3 months ago