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2018 American Eagle Award honorees Cheryl Bentyne, Alan Paul, and Janis Siegel of The Manhattan Transfer share their musical origin stories, including the evolution of the iconic jazz vocal group. They explore the importance of vocal training as part of caring for your instrument, and the hard work that goes into maintaining a lifelong musical career.
Country Superstar Crystal Gayle who is best known for her #1 crossover hit, “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue,” shares insights about growing up in a musical family, the importance of her favorite music teacher, and why being honored for an American Eagle Award for making contributions to a musical life in America—at Summer NAMM—was so significant.
Immensely excited and grateful to be re-joined by the ever-amazing, Bob McGrath at 8am Pacific/11am Eastern on Living Fearlessly with Lisa McDonald on The Contact Talk radio Network for Part 2 of our discussion! Bob was one of the original hosts on Sesame Street and an independent children's recording artist and performer. Bob has received countless awards and honors over the years. He was inducted into the Silver Circle of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, received the American Eagle Award by the National Music Council, and was given the Fame Award by the National Association of Music Educators for furthering the cause of music education. So much more to talk about during this one hour of inspiring conversation! Please treat yourselves by tuning in! #Grateful #LivingFearlessly A not to be missed broadcast! #Leadership #PersonalDevelopment #Author #ThriveGlobal #Grateful #LivingFearlessly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of Classics in 30 we premiere our interview with actor Harry Shearer. Harry of course provides many of the voices on the long running Fox show "The Simpsons" and for us metal heads he's remembered as bassist Derek Smalls of the band Spinal Tap. The interview came about because Harry is being recognized by the National Music Council with the American Eagle Award. We touched on the award and of course got deep into the movie "This Is Spinal Tap". Playlist: Spinal Tap - "Stonehenge" Spinal Tap - "Big Bottom" Iron Maiden - "Aces High"