Aparna Nancherla talks high anxiety!
Thanks to YouTuber Netflix Is A Joke
Aparna Nancherla talks high anxiety!
Thanks to YouTuber Netflix Is A Joke
I find that as the world seems ever more bleak, I enjoy turning to the poetry of Mary Oliver. Her poems of disappointment, hope, and eventual learning from the natural world can get me through to the next day.
Here then is Arts Express favorite, actress Mary Murphy, superbly voicing a selection of poems by Mary Oliver.
Click on the mp3 link or arrow above to hear the poems as broadcast today on the Arts Express radio program, heard on WBAI FM NYC and Pacifica affiliates across the nation.
Monday morning: Happy birthday, John.
Thanks to YouTuber Viktoria Perla
Wow, this collection of 67 voices and accents by Jake Wardle is pretty impressive. Some of them are stereotypes but a lot of them are very good, and to have it all done by one person is quite a feat.
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Fred has a lot of fun with these accents!
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I was so happy to be speaking again with the inimitable Nellie McKay, a starburst of humor, talent, skill, and insight. She’s a superb and courageous singer/songwriter with nine albums including Get Away From Me, Sister Orchid and her latest album, Hey Guys, Watch This. We talked about her new album of original songs, and a host of other topics including animal rights, the War in Ukraine, the COVID lockdowns, and more.
Click on the triangle or mp3 link above to hear the interview as broadcast on the Arts Express radio program today, heard on WBAI FM NYC and Pacifica affiliates across the nation.
Monday morning, John Prine looks for some company.
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Paul Simon, speaking to Howard Stern about how they created the drum part for the song “Cecilia.”
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Sixty years on, Phil’s songs are still blazing.
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New to me, but I think a very funny and personable comedian.
Thanks to YouTuber The Late Late Show with James Corden
Monday morning, Art Garfunkel, from his New York home in 2021, 56 years after the original recording. Music and lyrics, of course, by Paul Simon.
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Charlie Freeman on vocals and percussion here for the Meetles
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Move over Chris Rock and Will Smith: the hilarious Rowan Atkinson gives us the awards ceremony that we’d like to see.
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I’m grateful to Stephanie Schubert, Operations Coordinator of the Pacifica Network, for conducting and publishing this interview she did with me about the recent Arts Express production of To The Lighthouse. At the end of the article, you’ll find a link to our podcast page, if you’d like to hear the production.
Monday morning, a really excellent cover with three part harmony and Toni Lindgren’s big guitar. Lauren O’Connell on lead and Elle Cordova backing up.
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Tap dancer Demi Remick tells the story through tap of the Legend of Zelda in the kingdom of Hyrule.
Thanks to YouTuber PostmodernJukebox
The versatile Carl Einer Hackner as Mr. Fiasconi!
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The Tempos had the original song, but this version by The Happenings made the song a hit.
Thanks to YouTuber 60s70sThe Best
Leonard Bernstein rehearses and conducts the orchestra for a 1984 recording of West Side Story. Oh, the perfection!
Thanks to YouTuber Cristiano Pieraccini
For the first time since I started this blog, I didn’t post a song on Monday–somehow I got confused about Labor Day and didn’t realize it was Monday yesterday. Anyway, here’s a special treat to make up for it: Frank Sinatra and Dinah Shore with a perfectly delightful medley.
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Juggler Michael Davis with a funny, topical, and alarming juggling routine. The Axes of Evil?
Thanks to You tuber CIRCOFRENIA
What a cast of hilarious looney tunes SCTV bred!: Eugene Levy as the host, and Catherine O’Hara, Joe Flaherty, John Candy, Andrea Martin, and Dave Thomas as the eager high school contest students.
Thanks to YouTuber dp6899
One of the great songs that John Prine wrote in the last part of his career. Like the lyrics of Paul Simon, Prine’s lyrics tells you just enough about the story to intrigue you, but open enough to let you complete it with your own experience.
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Thanks to YouTuber Radio Heartland
Monday morning, a 1961 Carole King penned song for Bobby Vee, as sung in 1974.
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Thanks to YouTuber Bobby Cole
Monday morning, Rick Danko and The Band start all over again
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