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Quick Study from the National Endowment for the Arts--Music and the pandemic

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Quick Study

A look at stats and stories to help us better understand the value of art in everyday life--from the National Endowment for the Arts

Added: Dec 20, 2021
Length: 05:44

Niyati Dhokai--creating community art with veterans

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Ukulele workshop for veterans and military families at Veterans and the Arts Initiative at George Mason University. , Credit: Dr. Niyati Dhokai

Program Director of the Veterans and the Arts Initiative at George Mason University Niyati Dhokai talks about creating an intergenerational communi...

Bought by WMPG, Spokane Public Radio, and RADIOLEX

Added: Nov 05, 2021
Length: 28:46
Purchases: 3

Meet Louie Pérez from Los Lobos

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Louie Pérez, Credit: Hypothetical

Louie Pérez the co-founder, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter for 2021 National Heritage Fellow Award-winning band Los Lobos talks about keepin...

Bought by WMPG and Spokane Public Radio

Added: Nov 02, 2021
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 2

Black Kings of Swing

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

More than a decade before the Big Band Era of 1936, there was big band jazz, and they brought swing to their music. Fletcher Henderson, Duke Elling...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Oct 07, 2021
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 1

Filmmaker and folklorist Elena Martinez--on Latin Music in the Bronx

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Elena Martinez, Credit: Francisco Molina Reyes II

Folklorist, film producer, and co-artistic director of the Bronx Music Heritage Center Elena Martínez talks about the Latin music in the streets of...

Bought by KZUM, WMPG, RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio

Added: Sep 27, 2021
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 4

Soprano Angel Blue is taking the opera world by storm!

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Meet soprano Angel Blue who is opening the new season at the Metropolitan Opera's "Fire Shut Up in My Bones." Composed by Terence Blanchard, it's t...

Bought by WMPG, RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio

Added: Sep 21, 2021
Length: 28:44
Purchases: 3

Come From Away: In Concert at the Lincoln Memorial.

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Ford’s Theatre commemorates the anniversary of 9/11 with Come From Away: In Concert at the Lincoln Memorial. We speak with Producer Sue Frost and D...

Bought by WMPG, Spokane Public Radio, KZUM, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and RADIOLEX

Added: Aug 25, 2021
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 5

Meet 2021 NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Terri Lyne Carrington, Credit: Delphine Diallo

Virtuoso drummer and 2021 NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington talks about career and her advocacy for “jazz without patriarchy.”

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, New England Public Media, and KZUM

Added: Aug 20, 2021
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 3

Filmmaker David Henry Gerson talks about his documentary

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Director David Henry Gerson talks about The Story Won’t Die—his documentary about Syrian artists in exile.

Bought by KZUM, WMPG, RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio

Added: Aug 02, 2021
Length: 28:48
Purchases: 4

Meet Maestro William Henry Curry

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Composer, Conductor, and Music Director of the Durham Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Curry has inspired generations of musicians and audiences with hi...

Bought by WMPG

Added: Jun 28, 2021
Length: 28:48
Purchases: 1

Meet Heartbeat Opera and Its Artistic Director Ethan Heard

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Ethan Heard, Credit: Stanley Bohorek

Ethan Heard and Heartbeat Opera re-visions opera for the 21st Century.

Bought by KZUM, RADIOLEX, and Harford Community Radio

Added: May 23, 2021
Length: 28:55
Purchases: 3

The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

It comes in at just over 650 pages, and weighs-in at just under three-and-a-half pounds. It’s also worth every word. Why? Because, if there’s anyth...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Apr 13, 2021
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 1

Meet percussionist and 2021 NEA Jazz Master Albert “Tootie” Heath

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Albert "Tootie" Heath, Credit: Ghylian Bell and Mychal Watts

Percussionist Tootie Heath shares the rhythms of a Jazz Master.

Bought by KMUW and KZUM

Added: Apr 11, 2021
Length: 28:53
Purchases: 2

Here's 2021 NEA Jazz Master Phil Schaap!

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Phil Schaap, Credit: Jazz at Lincoln Center

For jazz radio host, educator, producer and archivist Phil Schaap, the music has been a life-long passion and joy.

Added: Apr 02, 2021
Length: 29:03

Meet 2021 NEA Jazz Master Henry Threadgill

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Henry Threadgill, Credit: Nhumi Threadgill

Composer, multi-instrumentalist, and 2021 NEA Jazz Master Henry Threadgill continues his work on music’s cutting edge.

Bought by Harford Community Radio

Added: Mar 01, 2021
Length: 28:48
Purchases: 1

The National Endowment for the Arts presents Art Works

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: William Bell, Credit: David McClister

Meet 2020 National Heritage Fellow William Bell, noted singer, songwriting, and producer.

Bought by Harford Community Radio

Added: Feb 02, 2021
Length: 28:00
Purchases: 1

The National Endowment for the Arts presents Art Works

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

A conversation with Randall Kline--founder and artistic director of SFJAZZ

Bought by Harford Community Radio

Added: Aug 07, 2020
Length: 29:03
Purchases: 1

Legendary singer/songwriter on Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass

From: Steve Martin
Series: Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass

Legendary singer/songwriter Don McLean is a huge fan of bluegrass folk, music.He joins Steve to share his experience and some of the bluegrass sing...

Added: May 15, 2020
Length: 01:01:41

Gabriel's Horn

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

This is a feature of those unsung heroes on trumpet and cornet in early jazz. They received little notice because there were two, at that time, who...

Bought by KCBX

Added: May 08, 2020
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 1

John McEuen ,founding member of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band,John talks of new projects , the resurgence of the Will the Circle Be Unbroken.

From: Steve Martin
Series: Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass

Caption: John McEuen , the String Wizard

John McEuen ,founding member of The Nitty Gitty Band and a frequent contributor to Unreal Bluegrass, returns to update about new projects of The St...

Bought by Southern Branch Bluegrass