EpisodeImagining Yoko Ono
Image courtesy Flickr user ge’shmally Yoko Ono is best known for her marriage to John Lennon and was vilified by the press in the 1960s for her perceived role in …
EpisodeHip Hop, You Don’t Stop
American-invented hip hop music is now an international phenomenon with rappers in countries like Japan and Senegal. Kevin Kosanovich (College of William and Mary) traces hip hop’s roots, focusing on …
EpisodeNuts and Bolts: Our Brains on STEM
Courtesy of Flickr member CaptPiper What if you could change not just how much you know, but your actual intelligence? Psychologist Oliver Hill (Virginia State University) believes that special cognitive training can rewire the …
EpisodeLet There Be Night
Eight out of 10 children born in America today will never know a night sky dark enough to see the Milky Way. In our modern world, where nights are getting …
EpisodeReplay: Jazz and Civil Rights
Antonio Garcia (Virginia Commonwealth University) says that the personal and professional lives of musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane cannot be divorced from the struggle for …
EpisodeThe Gospel Roots of Rock and Roll
Sister Rosetta Tharpe attained great popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings that were a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and early rock and roll. She became …
EpisodeReplay: Jazz and Civil Rights
Antonio Garcia (Virginia Commonwealth University) says that the personal and professional lives of musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane cannot be divorced from the struggle for …
EpisodeJazz and Civil Rights
Antonio Garcia (Virginia Commonwealth University) says that the personal and professional lives of musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane cannot be divorced from the struggle for …
EpisodeReplay: Ten Cents a Dance
During and despite the Great Depression, the entertainment industry produced what some consider the greatest era of popular music. Elliot Majerczyk (Virginia Foundation for the Humanities) looks at the songs …
EpisodeReplay: Old World Beat
Klezmer music, once rooted in the Jewish religious tradition, is now being played on festival stages, nightclubs and concert halls throughout the world. Many of the roots of American Jazz …
EpisodeTen Cents a Dance
During and despite the Great Depression, the entertainment industry was working overtime. The roughest years in American history produced what many consider the greatest era of popular music. Elliot Majerczyk …
EpisodeA Musical Bridge to China
What do you get when you combine 150 singers from five American choral groups with an 55-piece/member Chinese orchestra and put them under the direction of Virginia Commonwealth University conductor …
