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Our annual "light show" showcasing songs about darkness and light as the solstice approaches (and also one funny song about the late and great Leonard…

Jerome Kern is often referred to as "The Father Of American Musical Theater." During the first half of the 20th century, Kern composed more than 700 songs…

Musician Leon Russell passed away this year. Before emerging as a major rock star under his own name in the early 1970's, Russell was a studio session…

We bid goodbye to the strange meteorological rhythms of autumn 2016, and rotate slowly to face the hesitant but inevitable winter weather with lots of…

Singer, songwriter and record producer Gary S. Paxton passed away in 2016 at age 77.Famous for his eccentricity and colorful "hippie" humor, Paxton's…

Music from Bilbao and from Bakersfield, with Peter Yarrow playing in Bellows Falls and the Clayfoot Strutters playing for a contra dance in Norwich -…

Thinking of Sharon Jones, a fabulous musician who left us this month, and trying to touch lots of bases with a very busy week of live shows coming up in…

Morris Levy was a music industry executive known for having founded Roulette Records in New York City in 1957. Billboard magazine described him as "one of…

An appreciation of the amazing musical and lyrical legacy of Leonard Cohen with a teary nod to the memory of Leon Russell too...This program will air on…

Guitarist, songwriter and record producer Chips Moman passed away in June of this year at age 79. This week's My Place program celebrates the life in…