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Latest episodes
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22 min
Spirituals: The Power of Community and Music (Part 2)
In this episode, Christen identifies the musical characteristics that make up Black Spirituals. See how the American Black community has preserved Spirituals, in spite of its obsta…
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22 min
Spirituals: The Power of Community and Music (Part 2)
Research: African American Song Pre-Civil War African-American Slavery African American Spirituals The Power of Black Music: Interpreting Its History from Africa to the United Stat…
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20 min
Spirituals: The Power of Community and Music (Part 1)
Research:African American SongPre-Civil War African-American Slavery African American Spirituals The Power of Black Music: Interpreting Its History from Africa to the United States…
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20 min
Spirituals: The Power of Community and Music (Part 1)
In this episode, Christen details the history and significance of Negro Spirituals. Come along as we trace the story through Spirituals’ grooving rhythms, cleverly written meanings…
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14 min
The Birth of Church Music: Purpose, Polyphony, and the Forming of New Art
In this episode, Christen Crumpler investigates the relationship between music and religion during the Middle Ages. While the musical stylings were under restrictive guidelines, th…
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14 min
The Birth of Church Music: Purpose, Polyphony, and the Forming of New Art
In this episode, Christen Crumpler investigates the relationship between music and religion during the Middle Ages. While the musical stylings were under restrictive guidelines, th…
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14 min
The Birth of Church Music
Research:The History of Music Killcoyne, Hope. 2015. The History of Music. Rosen Publishing Group. (Retrieved August 4, 2021.)The Middle Ages Music Appreciation “Introduction: The…
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35 min
Pirate Radio: Tales from the UK Radio Rebellion
Episode Notes Resources:London’s Pirate Pioneers by Albert GlinskyThe Last Pirates How Pirate Radio Went DigitalRadio is My Bomb Music:“Theme One” by George Martin“flowers in the r…
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35 min
Pirate Radio: Tales from the UK Radio Rebellion
When the English government fails to meet the radio needs of its people a group of “pirates” are ready to make their own. Broadcasting from boats, trees, or hidden studios, pirate…
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37 min
Chen Yi: Surviving the Chinese Cultural Revolution, Confronting Legacies of Imperialism, and Making Asian-Amer…
In this episode, Ross and Karbo become familiar with Chen Yi, a Chinese-American composer who lived through the tumultuous Cultural Revolution in China – and kept her love of music…
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37 min
Chen Yi: Surviving the Chinese Cultural Revolution, Confronting Legacies of Imperialism, and Making Asian-Amer…
In this episode, Ross and Karbo become familiar with Chen Yi, a Chinese-American composer who lived through the tumultuous Cultural Revolution in China—and kept her love of music a…
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40 min
Leon Theremin: Espionage, Stalinism and Sci-fi Sounds
Episode NotesPictured: Leon Theremin demonstrating Termenvox; by Bettmann, Corbis - (polish), Public Domain"Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage"Music from MC Productions:The Subcon…
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40 min
Leon Theremin: Espionage, Stalinism and Sci-fi Sounds
In this episode, Karbo and Ross follow Leon Theremin (born Lev Termen) as he invents the Theremin—an instrument most recognizable for its use in sci-fi movies. Theremin navigates t…
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39 min
Karl Muck: An American Dream, Xenophobia and the Music of the Third Reich
Music on this Episode- Parsival- Valkeries- Hungarian Dances - Hungarian Rhapsody - Nürnberg - Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg - Overture (organ arr.) - Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 i…
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39 min
Karl Muck: An American Dream, Xenophobia and the Music of the Third Reich
In this episode, Ross and Karbo trace the experiences of Karl Muck. A celebrated German conductor who emigrated to Boston struggles against anti-German American elites during the F…
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30 min
Nina Simone and Taking the Politics of Black Culture Seriously
In this episode, Ross and Karbo take a look at Nina Simone’s participation in the ‘politics’ of her time—and not only the Civil Rights or Black Power movements but the broader poli…
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30 min
Nina Simone and Taking the Politics of Black Culture Seriously
In this episode, Ross and Karbo take a look at Nina Simone’s participation in the ‘politics’ of her time—and not only the Civil Rights or Black Power movements but the broader poli…
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25 min
Calypso: Race, Land, and Politics through Journalistic Music
In this episode, Karbo and Ross examine the political messages of Calypso music from Trinidad & Tobago. The popular genre has perhaps the most vivid and explicitly political words…
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25 min
Calypso: Race, Land, and Politics through Journalistic Music
Karbo and Ross examine the political messages of Calypso music from Trinidad & Tobago. The popular genre has perhaps the most vivid and explicitly political words of the series. Ca…