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Recent Episodes

Episode 96. Great Baritones Sing Charles Ives

Posted July 4, 2021 • 01:18:56

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...

Episode 95. Queer Blues and Beyond (Pride 2021)

Posted June 27, 2021 • 01:28:59

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...

Episode 94. Odetta (Juneteenth 2021)

Posted June 20, 2021 • 01:30:03

In honor of the first commemoration of Juneteenth as a national holiday, there is no artist more worthy of celebration than the great Odetta (1930-2008)....

Episode 93. Evelyn Lear sings Sondheim and Bernstein (and other Queer Composers)

Posted June 13, 2021 • 01:16:59

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-music-sized...

Episode 92. Blessed Memory (In Memoriam III)

Posted June 6, 2021 • 01:35:42

The final episode (for now) in my series commemorating recent deaths in the musical community, this one presents a further group of treasurable (and...