Feb 26, 2021
Ricky Riccardi is the Director of Research Collections for the Louis Armstrong House Museum and author of What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong’s Later Years. He runs the online blog, “The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong,” at dippermouth.blogspot.com and has given lectures on Armstrong at venues...
Feb 26, 2021
In this, Part One, of this feature Host Joan Watson Jones talks with Michael Feinstein about his upcoming performance that evening and about the musicians who are with him. He tells us about the Great American Songbook and his efforts to preserve the music that has shaped American music for over a century.
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Feb 19, 2021
Concluding Host Scott M. Graves & Producer Cameron McLeod's conversation from a few weeks prior, our hosts continue talking with Victoria Pardo.
Victoria Pardo is a Columbia educated historic preservationist. Her expertise and her passion for her work take her to many places on the map. She is exploring...
Feb 12, 2021
In Part 2 of this feature, Eddie tells us about the many musicians he has collaborated with through the years to make his music not just Latin and not just Jazz but his own brand and style. He also shares stories about his performances across the globe.
JOAN WATSON-JONES is a singer, lyricist,...
Feb 12, 2021
Born in Hartland, Wisconsin, Melanie Howell-Brooks currently lives in Canton, MA and performs throughout the New England area. Educated at the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music and the New England Conservatory which brought this midwestern native to our shores.
We spoke at length about her main voice of...