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Episode 97. Owen Williams and Leslie Scott: Two Forgotten Black Pop Baritones

Posted July 11, 2021

Today I present to you two Black baritones who made their mark in Europe and the United States over the course of several decades. Leslie Scott (ca....

Episode 96. Great Baritones Sing Charles Ives

Posted July 4, 202101:18:56

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, 202101:28:59

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, 202101:30:03

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, 202101:16:59

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...