This past week provides a rich offering of radio and television reports by VOA reporters on matters musical from around the U.S. and the world:
Watch Kevin Cronin, the lead singer of supergroup REO Speed-Wagon, talking with Larry London about the group's 2007 Album, which brought them surging back to popularity.
Feliciano dos Santos, a musician from Mozambique, has received one of the world's most prestigious environmental awards. See Paul Sisco's television piece, Goldman Foundation Honors African Musician for Work to Protect Environment.
In Jazz Bass Trio SMV Wows Fans with Debut CD 'Thunder', Doug Levine talks about the formation of a new trio by three of today's greatest jazz bass players.
You can also hear Doug interviewing jazz clarinetist, composer and music historian, Dr. Michael White, about his new CD, Blue Crescent, which pays tribute to his native New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
And rounding up a trio of radio features on jazz, Doug tells us about 8th Annual Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival in Boston, presented by one of America's premier music schools, the Berklee College of Music. Click here for the complete schedule, and also here or here to learn more about the College and educational opportunities there.
Listen to Katherine Cole's new radio feature, Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis Are 'Two Men With The Blues', in which she describes the improbable but succesful collaboration between the jazz giant and the country music legend.Watch Kevin Cronin, the lead singer of supergroup REO Speed-Wagon, talking with Larry London about the group's 2007 Album, which brought them surging back to popularity.
Feliciano dos Santos, a musician from Mozambique, has received one of the world's most prestigious environmental awards. See Paul Sisco's television piece, Goldman Foundation Honors African Musician for Work to Protect Environment.
In Jazz Bass Trio SMV Wows Fans with Debut CD 'Thunder', Doug Levine talks about the formation of a new trio by three of today's greatest jazz bass players.
You can also hear Doug interviewing jazz clarinetist, composer and music historian, Dr. Michael White, about his new CD, Blue Crescent, which pays tribute to his native New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
And rounding up a trio of radio features on jazz, Doug tells us about 8th Annual Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival in Boston, presented by one of America's premier music schools, the Berklee College of Music. Click here for the complete schedule, and also here or here to learn more about the College and educational opportunities there.
In another radio feature, you can hear Mary Morninstar speaking about one of country music's most promising new acts: Trio Lady Antebellum's Fame On the Rise.
And to end on a light--but no less musical note--VOA's Yi Suli reports on the Helms Barbershop in Hendersonville, North Carolina, where a group of elderly local musicians gather to perform some of the best music this side of Nashville.
