Studio 360: Boom Box Band
Story of a guy who composes music to be played by volunteers on a whole bunch of boom boxes.
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Producer: Jonathan Mitchell
Program: Studio 360
Playtime: 7 minutes
Date: December, 2005
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40th Anniversary of Beatles Live on the roof
As of Jan. 30 it will be 40 years since the Beatles last performance - an impromptu performance on top of Apples studios. BBC is airing a documentary later today (which you can stream) that should then be available on this link.
Go Tell it on the Mountain: A History
Soundprint brings a tribute to and history of the spiritual "Go Tell it on the Mountain."
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Producer: Jean Dalrymple
Program: Soundprint
Playtime: 28 minutes 31 seconds
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Even Rappers Get The Blues
NPR's Valentine's Day collection of "Hip-Hop laments."
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Producer: Andrew Noz
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Manchester Street Musicians
Matthew Wilcock of Manchester, England sent us this soundscape of street musicians
He says:
"An audio documentary focusing on street musicians that frequent the streets of Manchester, England. The work exists both as a musical composition and an audio-vérité documentary. The piece features seven characters that each inflect their own experiences of life on the busking streets. For more information go to the website."
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On Bob Dylan: "His is an art of the ear not the eye"
This is really great if you are a Dylan fan. A BU poetry professor in 2001 at a joint appearance with Bob Dylan. It's really interesting to hear a poetry prof analyzing Dylan Lyrics. The clipped British accent makes it even better.
"Boston University Professor Christopher Ricks discussed the poetry inherent in Bob Dylan's songs. Professor Ricks is an authority on the works of T.S. Eliot, Samuel Beckett, and A.E. Houseman."
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Playtime: 52 minutes 29 seconds
Date: March, 2001
Omaha Indian Songs from the American Folklife Center
The American Folklife Center has online collections of American historical recordings like this one - the Omaha Indian funeral song recorded on a wax cylinder in the late 1800's.
"The Omaha had only one funeral song, addressed directly to the spirit of the dead and intended to cheer the spirit on its journey."
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New This American Life Espisode 386: Fine Print
Great to hear a story about Van Halen on TAL, if nothing else.
Mike Seeger Interview
Interview with Dylan hero and Pete half-brother who passed away Aug. 7.
Here is the NPR rememberance.
Music in Cork Prison
In contrast to the American Penal system. RTE Radio's Documentary on One has this piece about music lessons in Cork prison.
VINTAGE CBC: How the Beatles Changed the World (1967)
A 1967 CBC Doc about the Beatles. Humorous intro reflecting on the relevance of the Beatles to those over 30. Closing words from Leonard Cohen. Makes reference to "American folk poet Bobby Dylan." Also, some sort of academic theorist refers to "Lennon and McCarthy." Good Fun.
National Geographic Doc: African Punk
From the site: "explores a forgotten chapter in the history of South African music-the role of punk rock. Originally broadcast in the Czech Republic, the audio documentary Waking The Nation sketches out the fascinating and often overlooked story of punk rock, ska and post-punk music as it played out against the background of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa in the late '70s and 1980s."
Lots of music in this one.
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Peter Bochan's Shortcuts
Hearing Voices recently featured a piece from this series:
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Mixing music, dialogue from soundtracks, press conferences, sound effects and other sources, shortcuts has presented a wide variety of themes over the past thirty years, including programs on growing up, growing old, going crazy, being afraid, alone, in love; shows on music, space, race and politics from Watergate to Whitewater, plus retrospectives featuring the major events of each passing year. Recorded and mixed digitally, shortcuts features no narration, it's message evolves from the careful juxtaposition of the various elements.
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Sculpting Music with the Ondes Martenot
Unusual music production, plus a French accent: Winner! Radio France International looks at a predecessor to the synthesiser keyboard.
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