My Place

Shake, shimmy, rattle and roll your quarantine blues away with a virtual dance party with Joel Najman. VPR A Go-Go is back and you can join the fun from…

Enjoy this weekend's music programs on VPR with a great new twist! On Saturday evening, boogie the night away with a virtual dance party, plus on Sunday…

Dig out your bell bottoms and dance the winter away at VPR A-Go-Go: Spring Fling. Join host Joel Najman for VPR's first ever dance party and live…

When the Beatles arrived in the U.S. in 1964 they were quickly followed by a profusion of other British bands that quickly changed the North American…

Each year the Recording Academy - the institution that awards the annual music industry Grammys - designates 25 songs deemed "of lasting qualitative or…

Johnny Mercer was one of the foremost lyricists of the 20th century, with a songwriting career that extended from 1930 into the early 1970's. Mercer wrote…

In this second program of a My Place series on song lyricist Johnny Mercer, the focus is on songs Johnny wrote early in his career for Hollywood motion…

This week's My Place is a collection of popular songs about cats. Memorable recordings by The Mills Brothers, Peggy Lee and The Tokens are among the…

This week's My Place is a concluding part two of the music that was produced at Rick Hall's Fame Recording Studios.Hear the many soulful hits that emerged…

This week's My Place spotlights record producer Rick Hall and his Fame Recording Studios which gave rise to the "Muscle Shoals" sound in Southern soul…