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Episode 46. Julia Migenes (Crossover Classics II)

Posted August 2, 202001:28:52

Today’s featured artist, the cosmopolitan yet earthy Julia Migenes, is certainly one of the most compelling and successful of all “crossover artists.”...

Episode 45. Muriel Smith (Crossover Classics I)

Posted July 26, 202001:31:07

For the first of my Black History Month episodes back in February, I did a program featuring the extraordinary artist Muriel Smith, who in 1943, while...

Episode 44. Gl’amour, Part Deux: The Invaders

Posted July 19, 202001:48:42

Aux armes, citoyens! We have received advance warning that an army of foreigners masking as French speakers are storming the artistic gates, so to speak,...

Episode 43. Gl’amour I (Bastille Day 2020)

Posted July 12, 202001:15:23

Another nation, la belle France, has a birthday right around the corner, and today I hoist the Tricolore to celebrate La Fête Nationale. I had planned...

Episode 42. Battle Hymn of the Scotto

Posted July 5, 202001:33:31

On the weekend that my benighted nation celebrates its birthday, I turn for real leadership to Renata Scotto, specifically her portrayal of the Druid...