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Season 2 Episode 96
To help me and all my American friends celebrate the Fourth of July, I bring you a gorgeous bevy of great low-voiced singers performing songs by that…
5 years, 3 months ago
Episode 95. Queer Blues and Beyond (Pride 2021)
For my second Queer Pride episode this month, I offer you a panoply of blues and other popular music sung by women of color over the past 100 years a…
5 years, 3 months ago
Odetta (Juneteenth 2021)
Season 2 Episode 94
In honor of the first commemoration of Juneteenth as a national holiday, there is no artist more worthy of celebration than the great Odetta (1930-20…
5 years, 3 months ago
Episode 93. Evelyn Lear sings Sondheim and Bernstein (and other Queer Composers)
I had intended a no-holds-barred Queer Pride extravaganza for this week’s episode, but life got in the way, so I elected to do a more modest, chamber…
5 years, 3 months ago
Episode 92. Blessed Memory (In Memoriam III)
The final episode (for now) in my series commemorating recent deaths in the musical community, this one presents a further group of treasurable (and …
5 years, 4 months ago
Unforgotten (In Memoriam II)
Season 2 Episode 91
We continue our memorial tributes this week with the second of (at least) three episodes commemorating the recent deaths of singers and musicians who…
5 years, 4 months ago
Episode 90. Gone But Not Forgotten (In Memoriam I)
Christa Ludwig, celebrated two weeks ago, is not the only great singer and musician to have departed this earthly realm in recent months. This episod…
5 years, 4 months ago
Episode 89. The Radiant Heather Harper
I have dreamed of doing an episode on the great Irish soprano Heather Harper (1930 – 2019) since before I began the podcast. As we we find ourselves …
5 years, 4 months ago
Jorma Hynninen @ 80: A Celebration in Song
Season 2 Episode 88
A month ago the great Finnish baritone Jorma Hynninen turned 80, and on May 2, his closest collaborator, the Finnish pianist Ralf Gothóni turned 75. …
5 years, 4 months ago
Christa Ludwig In Memoriam
Season 2 Episode 87
The world of singing sustained an enormous loss a week ago: the death of the great German singer Christa Ludwig on April 24 at the age of 93. A singe…
5 years, 5 months ago