Hearing Voices - Radio Stories / Music

Mahalia Jackson 4:27 Barrett Golding

Gospel music's great Mahalia Jackson, was born 95 years ago today (October 26 1911). She recorded for Decca and Columbia, had her own CBS radio sow, performed at John F. Kennedy's inauguration and Martin Luther King, Jr's funeral. Mahalia grew up in the "Black Pearl" section of New Orleans, singing in the Baptist Church. In this 1950s interview, she recalls the music of her youth. [transcript]

Broadcast: Oct 26 2006 on NPR Day to Day Subjects: Religious, Music, Historical, African American

Song & Memory: Babysitter Songs 8:28 Ann Heppermann, Rick Moody & Kara Oehler

When Hannah Marcus, a singer-songwriter from Brooklyn, was little, she often listened to music with her babysitter. Hannah didn't just get a musical education from the babysitter, she was schooled in politics and race.

Broadcast: Oct 21 2006 on APM Weekend AmericaSeries: Song & Memory Subjects: Music, Youth, Children

Manop Thammadoonpinij, music teacher and luthier, specializing in traditional Lanna music, playing the Pin Pia, at the street market in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Pin Pia 2:46 Jack Chance

In a Thailand market, Manop Thammadoonpinij, a music teacher and luthier, performs traditional songs on a haunting little-known ancient stringed instrument, the Pin Pia. (Collected along the travels of the Mountain Music Project). [transcript]

Broadcast: Oct 20 2006 on NPR Day to Day Subjects: World, Travel, Music

Mountain Music Project Jack Chance

HV Producer Jack Chance is off on another guerilla ethnomusicology recording expedition. He's in Thailand, headed for Tibet, starting the Mountain Music Project (blog) (A Musical Odyssey from Appalachia to Himalaya) with sounds, images, and video.

Broadcast: Sep 27 2006Series: Hearing Voices- News Subjects: Blue Grass, Music, Travel, World

Song & Memory: Jules Shear 8:18 Ann Heppermann, Rick Moody & Kara Oehler

Musician Jules Shear, of Jules and the Polar Bears and MTV's Unplugged, recalls his first public performance, for his school principal on a train, singing Chris Kenner's "Something You Got."

Broadcast: Aug 12 2006 on APM Weekend AmericaSeries: Song & Memory Subjects: Music, Rock, Youth

Oddio Art Eli 5 Stone

ODDIO ART- Create your own dream-themed audio art automatically, interactively and instantly.

Broadcast: Aug 1 2006 on HV Webwork Subjects: Art, Spoken Word, Music

Nina playing air guitar on badmitten racket as a kid

Song & Memory: Only the Lonely 8:18 Ann Heppermann, Rick Moody & Kara Oehler

The song "Only the Lonely" reminds sound artist Nina Katchadourian of her of childhood summers with her brother in Finland.

Broadcast: Jul 8 2006 on APM Weekend AmericaSeries: Song & Memory Subjects: Children, Youth, Music

Album cover: Clothesline Revival's Long Gone

Clothesline Revival 6:52 Barrett Golding

The vocals on the new album by Clothesline Revival are more than half a century old: unprofessional singers recorded in the rural south, by John and Alan Lomax. The music of Clothesline Revival is by multi-instrumentalist Robert Powell and composer Conrad Praetzel Conrad is a former archeologist. His research skills came in handy unearthing material for the band's latest collection, called Long Gone. [transcript]

Broadcast: Jul 4 2006 on NPR Day to Day Subjects: Music, Interviews, Americana, Historical

East Village Opera Company 7:00 Barrett Golding

The debut CD by The East Village Opera Company features new takes on a revered art form. This New York City musical group that mixes opera with rock 'n' roll. The group is made up of a five-piece band, a string quartet and two vocalists. [transcript]

Broadcast: May 15 2006 on NPR Day to Day Subjects: Music, Opera, Rock

Mohammed Naseehu Ali's father, Alhaji Abubakar Ali III, the emir of Ghana

Song & Memory: Ghana 8:16 Ann Heppermann, Rick Moody & Kara Oehler

Mohammed Naseehu Ali is a native of Ghana, the son of the emir, or king, of the Muslims in that African nation. Unlike his brothers and cousins, Ali left Ghana to be educated in the United States. Instead of returning to tribal politics, he became a musician and writer. But he hasn't left behind the memories of a song so important to his childhood in Ghana: "Kyenkyen Bi Adi Mawu" by Alhaki K. Frimpong and his Cubano Fiesta.

Broadcast: May 13 2006 on APM Weekend AmericaSeries: Song & Memory Subjects: World, International, Youth, Music