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Welcome to the April edition of the Limerick Lady Podcast. Alternate title: "What gets me goin' about Bóinn". We were joined this month by the brilliant Róisín Ní Ghallóglaigh who recently gave a seminar on the sexist themes within lots of traditional Irish songs that for a long time we've all just kind of... Overlooked, or not known about.  Róisín Ní Ghallóglaigh is an accomplished solo performer, guitarist and composer. She is currently a member of Irish-Estonian trio, Iiri-Eesti Lauluvagi, featuring Anne-Mai Valk and Hanna-Reet Ruul. In 2020, she released her album Red is the Rose, an album of traditional songs, sung unaccompanied. In 2021 she co-produced an animated music video to accompany her song Bóinn - the River Goddess. Róisín has worked with artists Joanna Hyde and Tadhg Ó Meachaire on their album One For The Foxes and has worked on the Songs For Our Children Project and the 1916 Song Project with Aileen Lambert and Michael Fortune. In 2023, Róisín successfully completed her PhD at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick. As a solo artist Róisín performs songs from the Irish, English and Scottish tradition alongside her own compositions. She is currently Assistant Professor in Irish Music at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance. If you can access it, Róisín's thesis "Sexual Metaphor and Meaning in the Two Irish Language Songs ‘An Binsín Luachra' and ‘An tSeanbhean Bhocht'" is available to read on the University of Limerick library website.  Go see the Brad Pitt Light Orchestra at the Wickham Way in Limerick City, as part of the Comhluadar festival, on the 25th of April, and in Dolans on the 26th of April opening for Carswell & Hope (Ire/US band).  The Limerick Lady is a grassroots movement based in Limerick, Ireland, with a focus on promoting conversation around gender, visibility, gender balance and the arts. It was founded in 2016 by award-winning (and losing) singer-songwriter Emma Langford, who hosts the podcast alongside fellow award-winning (and losing) Limerick woman, theatre-maker and musician Ann Blake. Find the Limerick Lady Podcast on all your favourite streaming platforms. New episodes drop once a month, on the third Thursday (or Thirdsday, if you will). The Limerick Lady is supported by The Limerick Post Newspaper. Support the Limerick Post at www.limerickpost.ie 

The Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy, Library Futures, Theater of the Apes, and the Information Law Institute bring you this very special Public Domain Day presentation of Necromancers of the Public Domain.Performers skilled in the art of necromancy transformed the book An Hour With The Movies And The Talkies (plucked from the shelves of the New York Society Library's public domain class of 2025) into a one-night-only variety show. We also featured performers from WNYC's Public Song Project.WNYC Public Song Project Players include:Nikhil DasguptaHammer CountyKat LewisSibyl (Chloe and Lily Holgate)Kal TeauxNecromancers include:Emilio Cuesta (I Am Nobody / QUESTA)Jordan FeitConnor Kalista (The Neo-Futurists / Independent Film Editor)Pearl RheinNecromancers lead by Ayun Halliday (Creative, Not Famous / The East Village Inky)With Special Guest:Saw Lady a.k.a. Natalia ParuzEvent photos: https://www.nyuengelberg.org/events/public-domain-celebration-with-necromancers-and-friends/ 

The MTA says it collected over $48 million in January from its congestion pricing program, the first revenue report since tolls began on January 5th. Meanwhile, Mayor Eric Adams says the Roosevelt Hotel shelter in Midtown will close by June, the latest of the city's large-scale shelters to get shut down. Plus, we give a listen to WNYC's Public Song Project.

Public Song Project: A People's Concert is tomorrow at Joe's Pub! Basement Bhangra founder and project contributor DJ Rekha joins us to preview their set. Plus, producer Simon Close on other songs you'll hear tomorrow and more on the 2025 Public Song Project. Get your tickets at wnyc.org/publicsong.

The WNYC show All of It's "Public Song Project" invites musicians to incorporate works of art that have entered the public domain into new compositions. All of It producer Simon Close shares music that well-known artists have already created.

A new year means a new trove of public domain material. Jennifer Jenkins, director of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke University, returns to talk about some of the new works entering this year. Plus, producer Simon Close joins for an update on the 2025 Public Song Project and next week's event at Joe's Pub!

You can now listen to the Public Song Project on a record player near you! We've curated an LP of this year's standout tracks -- from artists including Bela Fleck, Rosanne Cash and John Leventhal, Rhiannon Giddens, and The Lemon Twigs -- and put them on a limited edition vinyl pressing. Producers Simon Close and Zach Gottehrer-Cohen join for a Listening Party.

Cathy Jordan of Dervish is in Studio 8 to chat about the Crankie Island Song Project.

Gems from the "Book of Angels", "Book of Heads", "Song Project", and more, in the second part of this tribute to John Zorn, the composer. The playlist features David Krakauer, Kathleen Tagg; Pietro Santangelo; Anna Garano; Marc Ribot; Jesse Harris, Star Rover; Guy Klucevsek; Kronos Quartet. Detailed playlist at https://spinitron.com/RFB/pl/19435945/Mondo-Jazz [from "Parzial" onwards] Happy listening! Photo credit: Chad Batka.

As part of our weeklong unveiling of winners of the 2024 Public Song Project, Juliette Reilly joins us to discuss "Summer Sang," her song adaptation of Edna St Vincent Millay's poem, "What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why." Plus, Lincoln Center's chief artistic officer Shanta Thake joins us to discuss takeaways from the 2024 Public Song Project and share some of her personal favorite submissions and runners up. She also helps to preview WNYC's Public Song Project: The People's Concert at The Underground at Jaffe Drive, on Saturday at 6 PM, a free show that's part of Lincoln Center's Summer for the City series.This segment is guest-hosted by Kousha Navidar

As part of our weeklong unveiling of winners of the 2024 Public Song Project, Mal Petty joins us to discuss their song adaptation of Margery Swett's poem "Winter Wife." Plus, WNYC New Sounds and Soundcheck host John Schaefer joins us to discuss takeaways from the 2024 Public Song Project and share some of his personal favorite submissions and runners up.*This segment is guest-hosted by Kousha Navidar

As part of our weeklong unveiling of winners of the 2024 Public Song Project, we're joined by Ashleigh Prather and Manish Ayachit, a husband-and-wife duo who record and perform as Moontripp. They share their version of Irving Berlin's "What'll I Do."Plus, Isabel Kim, associate director of Joe's Pub, joins us to discuss takeaways as a judge for the 2024 Public Song Project and share some of her personal favorite submissions and runners up.

As part of our weeklong unveiling of winners of the 2024 Public Song Project, we're joined by Kate Hall and Chris Bishop, who perform as Love? said the Commander. We hear their song adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's poem "Bed in Summer."Then, DJ Rekha joins us to discuss takeaways from the 2024 Public Song Project and share some of their personal favorite submissions and runners up. They also share their own musical submission to the project. 

As part of our weeklong unveiling of winners of the 2024 Public Song Project, Candice Hoyes joins us to discuss her take on Bessie Smith's "Young Woman's Blues."Plus, All Of It producer Simon Close discusses some of the submissions from this year's project, previews the upcoming concert series at Lincoln Center on July 20th, and shares a bonus Public Song track from the team behind Radiolab's  children's' podcast Terrestrials.

Producer of the Public Song Project, Simon Close, discusses the incredible submissions from this year's project, and previews the upcoming concert series at Lincoln Center on July 20th. 

Producer of the Public Song Project, Simon Close, discusses the incredible submissions from this year's project, and previews the upcoming concert series at Lincoln Center on July 20th.  

Allegria Quartet - The Say a Song Project - I Am: Celine Dion

Allegria Quartet - The Say a Song Project - I Am: Celine Dion

Submissions for All of It's Public Song Project are closed. To give a preview of some of the song submissions, and upcoming events, Producer Simon Close joins us in studio.  

The final day to send a song into the Public Song Project is this Sunday, May 12! Producers Simon Close and Zach Gottehrer-Cohen explain how to submit, talk about how to think about adapting old works, and why this particular branch of intellectual property law is actually super exciting.

The final day to send a song into the Public Song Project is May 12! Billie Marten stops by to share her version of the Bessie Smith hit, "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" for the project. You can stream the song and others from Rhiannon Giddens, They Might Be Giants, and more on the Public Song Project website and also find out how to get involved yourself. Then AOI producer Simon Close marks the final week of submissions by revisiting some songs that stood out from the 2023 edition of the Public Song Project.*This segment is guest hosted by Tiffany Hanssen

The final day to send a song into the Public Song Project is May 12. Raye Zaragoza stops by to share her version of George and Ira Gershwin's "Oh, Lady Be Good!" for the project. You can stream the song and others from Rhiannon Giddens, They Might Be Giants, Billie Marten, and more on the Public Song Project website and also find out how to get involved yourself.This segment is guest-hosted by Kate Hinds.

Where can artists be seen as cultural workers and offer other humans much needed creative engagement? The intersection of Arts and Health. In 2017, we founded Stories Love Music (501c3) and integrated our deep relationship with music into a program (The Joy of Creative Engagement), for caregivers and those living with dementia. The United States does have some exciting organizations that are diving into this world of Neuro-Arts, the creative arts meeting the challenges in neurodegenerative diseases.  And when we hear of artists doing this kind of awesome work in other countries, we have to talk to them! Our latest guest is Liz Clark, an Ireland-based singer, songwriter, performer, and musician.  Liz has recorded 5 full length studio albums of original songs. She has performed and collaborated throughout the US and Europe working solo engagements as well as  alongside the likes of Sarah Maclachlan, Emmylou Harris, The Counting Crows and more. Over the past ten years she has been working extensively in the Arts and Health context in which she developed a collaborative approach to the songwriting process in healthcare settings across West Cork.  As part of the Arts For Health Partnership Programme, she developed The Starling Song Project which preserves stories and heritage from older participants with dementia, in the form of song and songwriting. From this work, she developed The Starling Band, involving other singers and instrumentalists to showcase this music in a wider context outside of the hospitals. Liz is also the leader of a community choir and choirs for the wellbeing of staff.  Music and Lyrics in this episode written and perfomed by James Harrell and Ilyana Kadushin.

Jonathan Coulton discusses his cover of Irving Berlin's 1924 waltz "All Alone" for the Public Song Project. Then, we're joined by Michael Weinberg, executive director of the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at NYU, who breaks down some copyright jargon and the latest news in property law that you should know about, including who owns an A.I. creation.

For National Poetry Month and Jazz Appreciation Month, 2024 Grammy winner Nicole Zuraitis debuts her contribution for this year's Public Song Project, a jazz adaptation of two poems by Pulitzer Prize-winner Edna St Vincent Millay. We also discuss Zuraitis's career and her latest album, How Love Begins, which earned her the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album.*This segment is guest-hosted by Kousha Navidar. 

With the deadline for the Public Song Project less than six weeks away, now is the time to get your songs recorded! Submissions can come in all shapes and sizes -- we are more than happy to accept songs recorded entirely on your cell phone or laptop! But if you want to step things up a bit, one great resource is your local public library. Today we're joined by representatives from the Brooklyn Public Library, New York Public Library, and Westport Public Library in Connecticut to hear about free recording studios, an instrument loan program, thousands of sheet music books, and more resources for exploring the public domain and recording your songs. Guests include Christine Schonhart, the director of Brooklyn Public Library's central library; Jenna Li, Lead Media Lab Specialist for New York Public Library; Brendan Toller, Marketing Manager of Verso Studios at the Westport Public Library.You can find more about these resources on the Public Song Project homepage, as well as more information about how to participate: https://www.wnyc.org/story/public-song-project-2024/.

John Flansburgh and John Linnell of They Might Be Giants join to announce their cover of Irving Berlin's "Lazy" for the 2024 Public Song Project. The band will be releasing their song on streaming platforms later this month, and will be putting out limited edition 7" records. They join us with an exclusive preview of the song.With the deadline for the Public Song Project less than six weeks away, now is the time to get your songs recorded! Submissions can come in all shapes and sizes -- we are more than happy to accept songs recorded entirely on your cell phone or laptop! But if you want to step things up a bit, one great resource is your local public library. Today we're joined by representatives from the Brooklyn Public Library, New York Public Library, and Westport Public Library in Connecticut to hear about free recording studios, an instrument loan program, thousands of sheet music books, and more resources for exploring the public domain and recording your songs. Guests include Christine Schonhart, the director of Brooklyn Public Library's central library; Jenna Li, Lead Media Lab Specialist for New York Public Library; Brendan Toller, Marketing Manager of Verso Studios at the Westport Public Library.You can find more about these resources on the Public Song Project homepage, as well as more information about how to participate: https://www.wnyc.org/story/public-song-project-2024/.

All Of It producer Simon Close joins to give an update on the 2024 Public Song Project — you still have six weeks to submit! — and share two new submissions, both originally by Irving Berlin, for the WNYC Public Songbook: Daneshevskaya's take on "What'll I Do," and Jonathan Coulton's adaptation of "All Alone" which Berlin composed in 1923 and 1924 respectively. 

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. How Memory Works  (First) | Assessing Where Israel Went Wrong in Gaza (Starts at 18:45) | Introducing the 2024 Public Song Project (Starts at 54:15) If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.

All of It's Public Song Project, now back for a second year, invites musicians to incorporate works of art that have entered the public domain into new compositions. Simon Close, All of It producer, introduces the contest and shares a few tracks.→ The 2024 Public Song Project (All Of It with Alison Stewart and WNYC)

All this week, as part of the launch of the 2024 Public Song Project, we're debuting contributions from professional musicians and friends of WNYC. To wrap up the launch, we hear a song from Brooklyn supergroup Coco and speak to bandmember Maia Friedman. Afterwards, we're joined again by musicology professor Anna Celenza to talk about Tin Pan Alley and Broadway of the 1920s.

All this week, as part of the launch of the 2024 Public Song Project, we're debuting contributions from professional musicians and friends of WNYC. Today we hear Valerie June's song for the project, and discuss how the 1920s were a pivotal decade for music and recording technology.  

All this week, as part of the launch of the 2024 Public Song Project, we're debuting contributions from professional musicians and friends of WNYC. For Valentine's Day, Billie Marten shares a song of heartache blues. After the song, we're joined by musicology professor Anna Celenza to talk about the history of love and heartbreak songs and take your calls.

American Patchwork Quartet is a new musical group that seeks to highlight the immigrant histories of American roots music. Their debut album features American folk songs and standards blended with jazz, West African, East and Southeast Asian influences. Members Falu and Clay Ross join us to share performances, including their contribution to our 2024 Public Song Project.

All this week, as part of the launch of the 2024 Public Song Project, we're debuting contributions from professional musicians and friends of WNYC. Today we hear a piano blues tune from Adam Weiner of Low Cut Connie. After the song, we're joined by Ambre Dromgoole, Cornell University assistant professor in the department of Africana studies, to dive more into the history of blues in the 1920s and, in particular, the leading women of the era.

We're launching the 2024 edition of the Public Song Project! Today we share the details for this year's project with producer Simon Close, and debut a contribution from Arturo O'Farrill, pianist and bandleader of the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra. After the song, we're joined by musicology professor Anna Celenza to dive more into the history of jazz in the 1920s.

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The Chicana Art Song Project takes the texts of Chicana writers and sets them to original music. Founder Noël Archambeault and South Texas composer Edna Alejandra Longoria discuss the significance of the project in classical music.

[REBROADCAST FROM March 1, 2023] We speak to the winners of the Public Song Project and hear to their submissions. Kat Lewis discusses her summer-fun rewrite of “(I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for) Ice Cream.” Alice Lee explains her modern take on the archetypal country hit, “The Prisoners Song.” And Chloe and Lily Holgate, who perform as sybil, share the inspiration for their musical setting of the Edna St Vincent Millay poem, “Afternoon on a Hill.”  Then we take a tour through highlights from the listener-generated WNYC Public Songbook, and hear more creative submissions. Public Song judges Paul Cavalconte (host of New Standards), Shanta Thake (chief artistic officer of Lincoln Center), and musician DJ Rekha join us to reflect on the project and some favorite tunes. Finally, we hear from Jennifer Jenkins, director of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke University, who explains the meaning of the public domain and highlights some of the works that entered in 2023. You can read more about the public domain and new works in it in her Public Domain Day 2023 blog post.

In this week's culture column, sharing end-of-life stories through the medium of music. Tara Lynn Taylor takes us to The Legacy Song Project. Plus, what Zuppa has planned as the MayWorks festival wraps up.

In this episode, we are honored to welcome Sarah McInnis! At the heart of her work, Sarah is a songwriter, co-creator, and believes in the profound power of storytelling for […]

[REBROADCAST FROM March 1, 2023] We speak to the winners of the Public Song Project and hear to their submissions. Kat Lewis discusses her summer-fun rewrite of “(I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for) Ice Cream.” Alice Lee explains her modern take on the archetypal country hit, “The Prisoners Song.” And Chloe and Lily Holgate, who perform as sybil, share the inspiration for their musical setting of the Edna St Vincent Millay poem, “Afternoon on a Hill.”  Then we take a tour through highlights from the listener-generated WNYC Public Songbook, and hear more creative submissions. Public Song judges Paul Cavalconte (host of New Standards), Shanta Thake (chief artistic officer of Lincoln Center), and musician DJ Rekha join us to reflect on the project and some favorite tunes.

We speak to the winners of the Public Song Project and hear to their submissions. Kat Lewis discusses her summer-fun rewrite of “(I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for) Ice Cream.” Alice Lee explains her modern take on the archetypal country hit, “The Prisoners Song.” And Chloe and Lily Holgate, who perform as sybil, share the inspiration for their musical setting of the Edna St Vincent Millay poem, “Afternoon on a Hill.” Then we take a tour through highlights from the just-launched listener-generated WNYC Public Songbook, and hear more creative submissions. Public Song judges Paul Cavalconte (host of New Standards), Shanta Thake (chief artistic officer of Lincoln Center), and musician DJ Rekha join us to reflect on the project and some favorite tunes.   NOTE: This segment has been edited to remove an instance of a song that was mistakenly played twice on the air.

Megan Ihnen is a “new music force of nature.” The act of live performance is integral to Megan's work and her performances thrive on elaborate sound worlds and fully-developed dramatic interpretations. Through narrative and non-narrative musical storytelling, she explores the subjects of memory, nostalgia, the perception of time, and relationships. Whether through chamber music, staged recitals, opera, or large ensemble soloist work, she emphasizes the full range of vocal sounds, timbres, colors, and uses that characterize the 21st century voice. Megan is a prolific new music vocalist who has appeared with the International Contemporary Ensemble, Fifth House Ensemble, Latitude49, Great Noise Ensemble, Stone Mason Projects, Rhymes With Opera, SONAR new music, and more. She has sung with many outstanding performers including Nadia Shpachenko, Michael Hall, Gregory Oakes, Nick Zoulek, Hillary LaBonte as well as premiered the work of Mara Gibson, Griffin Candey, Garrett Schumann, Christian Carey, Alan Theisen, Anna Brake, D. Edward Davis, and more. A gifted narrative and non-narrative musical storyteller, Megan's performance work explores the depths of memory, nostalgia, the perception of time, and complex relationships. Ihnen's interpretations of modern and contemporary repertoire have garnered growing acclaim. She is particularly recognized as an excellent recitalist. Her This World of Yes program of contemporary music for voice and saxophone with Alan Theisen explores the themes of pathways, choices, and duality through the work of contemporary composers such as Jessica Rudman, Michael Young, and Michelle McQuade Dewhirst. This World of Yes has been performed across the United States including appearances in Kansas City, New Orleans, Atlanta, Washington D.C., Detroit, and Baltimore. With performances in Washington D.C., Baltimore, Colorado Springs, and Kansas City, Ms. Ihnen has worked with violinist Martha Morrison Muehleisen and Rome Prize winner video artist Karen Yasinsky to take audiences on a profound journey through György Kurtág's Kafka Fragments through video and sound. Finally, Ihnen's Single Words She Once Loved is a performance that centers around the ideas and effects of memory, dementia, and time. It is a deeply personal exploration of the dueling forces of ‘eternal sunshine of the spotless mind' and ‘God gave us memories so that we may have roses in winter'. Single Words She Once Loved features compositions by David Smooke, Ryan Keebaugh, Daniel Felsenfeld, Jeffrey Mumford, and more. Megan has enjoyed performing as part of Tuesdays @ Monk Space, Access Contemporary Music Thirsty Ears Festival, NEXTET, Ethos NewSound, 6:30 Concert Series, International U.S. Navy Saxophone Symposium, SPLICE Festival, Oh My Ears, Second Sunday Concert Series at Boston Sculptors Gallery, Winifred M. Kelley Music Series at Salisbury House, and more. She has appeared with Zeitgeist New Music, ÆPEX Contemporary Performance, Detroit New Music “Strange Beautiful Music Marathon”, Omaha Under the Radar Festival, Works and Process at the Guggenheim Series, Notes on Fiction Series at the Center for Fiction, New Music Gathering, Contemporary Undercurrent of Song Project, American Opera Theatre, Vivre Musicale, UCCS Music/Peak Frequency Creative Arts Collective, Harford Community College Sunday Afternoon Concert Series, and Silver Finch Arts Collective. In the spring of 2017, Megan undertook a fundraising project for her first album, “Sleep Songs: Wordless Lullabies for the Sleepless.” She commissioned over 25 diverse composers from the United States and abroad to write brief, wordless lullabies for mezzo-soprano. Megan has also had recordings on Navona Records, Hoot/Wisdom Recordings, I CARE IF YOU LISTEN Fall 2015 Mixtape, and the CarpeDM Seize Des Moines “Music Mix: Volume III” which was featured at the 2016 SXSW Festival. As a chamber musician, Megan is proud to have trained at the following summer festivals: impuls International Ensemble and Composers Academy for Contemporary Music, Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice (SICPP), Fresh Inc Festival, Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA, and MusicX. Her devotion to the proliferation of new music extends beyond the commissioning and performing of music to teaching, workshopping, and mentoring of emerging artists in the field. She also works to increase the visibility and influence of new music through writing on the subject for multiple online and print publications. As a curator, she selected twenty songs for mezzo-soprano and piano for the NewMusicShelf Anthology of New Music. Mezzo-Soprano, Vol. 1 includes works by: Michael Betteridge, Mark Buller, Stephen DeCesare, Douglas Fisk, Matt Frey, Jodi Goble, Ricky Ian Gordon, Cara Haxo, Cameron Lam, Cecilia Livingston, Shona Mackay, Tony Manfredonia, Nicole Murphy, Eric Pazdziora, Frances Pollock, Julia Seeholzer, Alan Thiesen, Dennis Tobenski, Moe Touizrar, and Ed Windels. Megan was honored to receive a Phyllis Bryn-Julson Award for Commitment to and Performance of 20th/21st Century Music in 2009 and a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award in Classical Music: Solo Performance in 2014. She was an accomplished violist and drama student before pursuing degrees in music and vocal performance from Augustana University and the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University. Ihnen has been a board member for Baltimore Concert Opera and HOWL performing arts ensemble. Megan is a devoted teacher who recently shepherded studios at Drake University Community School of Music, Southwestern Community College School for Music Vocations, and Graceland University before taking on communications roles at Nief-Norf, Live Music Project, and New Music USA. She has also been a resident faculty artist for the UMKC Summer Composition Workshop and the Mostly Modern Festival. In addition to UMKC, Megan has presented her popular masterclasses, workshops, and lectures a Bowling Green State University, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Music Gathering, Iowa Thespian Festival, UNCG Greensboro, and Florida Atlantic University. She was also a Visiting Artist for Louisiana State University for the 2018-2019 academic year. In addition to being an avid podcast listener, Ihnen enjoys drinking good coffee, joking around with her sisters, tweeting about contemporary poetry, and watching Law & Order. She has grand dreams that one day her dog, Hunter, will be the best dog in the neighborhood. She lives in New Orleans, LA and out of her suitcase equally.

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Sarah McInnis speaks to Jeff Douglas about legacy songs and the Legacy Song Project.

Dr Ahmad Sarmast, founder and director of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music tells John Wilson of his fears and hopes for music-making as his country falls under the control of the Taliban. Some things can only be expressed in song. That's the idea behind The Song Project at the Royal Court Theatre where five of our foremost female playwrights - E.V. Crowe, Sabrina Mahfouz, Somalia Nonyé Seaton, Stef Smith and Debris Stevenson - collaborate with composer Isobel Waller-Bridge, choreographer Imogen Knight, designer Chloe Lamford and the Dutch singer Wende, who will be performing the songs. These explore the hopes and anxieties women face, diving into the messiness of birth, death, rage, grace, friendship, motherhood, mothers, loss and ageing. So, the whole of life and its end, then. Chloe Lamford and Wende talk to John Wilson about the project and Wende, accompanied by Nils Davidse sings, live, one of the songs. The Manchester Collective are making their debut at the Proms tomorrow. Founder Adam Szabo explains the ethos behind the group, why music genre shouldn't get in the way of programming, and bringing little-known composers to light. Presenter: John Wilson Producer: Julian May Studio Manager: Sue Maillot Production Co-ordinator: Hilary Buchanan

Hello People! Welcome back to the When In Yorkshire Podcast, I hope you're all very well. It's been quite a while since the last episode but it's great to be back! This is episode 45 and features a conversation with Ben Buddy Slack of The Swan Song Project who I heard about a couple of years ago when a video appeared on my Facebook timeline about Ben and an experience he had with Alabama 3 - we talk about this and what happened so I won't ruin that however the work that The Swan Song Project does is fascinating and hit a chord with me as it really highlighted the power and impact music and the arts in general can have on our lives especially as a way of processing emotions. It was great talking to Ben and hearing about his own experiences and what caused him to set this project up.  I mention in the conversation that this podcast does not have a Patreon subscription service or anything like that so if you do enjoy this podcast and are in a position to contribute - please visit and help keep Swan Song Project going. https://swansongproject.co.uk/ https://swansongproject.co.uk/donate/ https://www.facebook.com/TheSwanSongProject/videos/854142078298629/

For twenty years Wende has been one of the most celebrated singers and performers in the whole of Europe. She released her first album in 2004 as a graduate from the Amsterdam Theatre School. The following seventeen years have seen her release nine more albums and tour the continent to sell out audiences. At the Royal Court in 2019 she debuted a remarkable exploration of the form of songwriting with The Song Project. It returns to the Royal Court this Summer 2021.

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.In this episode I'm celebrating Hoovering having turned three years old! Our birthday was back in January and that's when this was recorded and as we, here in the UK, were in lockdown then, this was recorded over the zooms and my guests are some of the most extraordinary people I'd hoovered with during 2020 and future hopeful guests as well. This episode features Kiri Pritchard-Mclean, Amanda Bright, Rich Wilson, Ellie and Helen of Scummy Mummies, Rose Ruane and my future wife Stef Smith. If you're wondering why this is only coming out now - well - these birthday episodes are exclusively for my patrons for the first 6 months of their existence. If you want to be first to the party when we turn four then get your bum over to PATREON and see how you can be part of that. Oh god - we had so much fun and laughter and I think you're gonna have too….Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webpage. Honourable Mentions/ LinksSo there's a lot to shout about here now because these incredible guests have got such a lot going on:KIRI PRITCHARD-MCLEAN has a brilliant new podcast called WHO ARE YOU WEARING all about clothes and style and that. ROSE RUANE is the funniest person on Twitter and her mind-glowingly beautiful book THIS IS YESTERDAY is now out in paperback. Plllllease get it and read it all up. AMANDA BRIGHT has a stunning new short film you can see for free on Youtube called THE LENNOX REPORT starring Adjoa Andoh, Pearl Mackie and Amit fucking Shah no less. STEF SMITH is writing a million brilliant things but most imminently she wrote a giant part THE SONG PROJECT starting at the Royal Court in August, the blooming golden bollocks. SCUMMY MUMMIES are at the EDINBURGH FESTIVAL from 6th-9th of August and then on a BIG TOUR in the autumn the legends. Also Helen's stunning book (which I feature in) is out literally yesterday and it's called GET DIVORCED BE HAPPY And funnyman

How many times have you been guilty of starting a project and not finishing it? I'm in the same boat, my friend. I've learned (errrr.. am learning…) that being selective and focusing on finishing what I start actually helps me win in the end. In today's episode I share with you how “throwing your seeds into the wind” and trying to accomplish too many things can sometimes leave you with a feeling of accomplishing NOTHING. Instead, I share 3 tips on how I re-direct my focus so that I can finish that SONG/PROJECT, and share it with others. Because after all, isn't that what the joy of music is all about? For FREE Tutorials head to: www.musicandmindfulness.co Theme song written by Lisa McEwen, Tawna Goforth, Brandon Adams. Theme song Produced by Brandon Adams --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

It's the big day. The songs are done. Have fun listening to this week's episode where we wrap up our song project and find out how actually easy (or difficult) it was.

The penultimate episode of our songwriting project! Take a listen to us discuss what the final versions will look like and how we'll reach that goal!

The next installment of our songwriting project! We have some lyrics put together and we are delivering them free of charge. So hear what we have so far and what we have learned about this process and music genres themselves.

About a year ago, the team at Morning Edition started asking musicians to write songs about the ways in which the pandemic was upending life. In the last 12 months, Rachel Martin and David Greene talked to 25 different artists. Here are three of their favorites: Old Crow Medicine Show, Indigo Girls and Madison Cunningham.

The first project that we are going to tackle is making a song.  Matt is going for Nerd-Core (and he explains what that is), Tom is thinking Country, and Chris is putting in as little effort as possible. Enjoy this Season 2 pilot episode and if you need us for anything, we'll be at the Grammy's.

When COVID-19 first hit America's cities, despite our physical distance, communities came together to lift each other up and support one another. From that spirit, the City Song Project was born. This project, in collaboration with Americans for the Arts, features local artists from cities all over the country, together using the power of song to show the strength of our cities. On this episode, Austin Mayor Steve Adler, Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve, and Charleston, SC Mayor John Tecklenburg talk about their cities' songs and what the mean to each of their communities.

Ben Buddy Slack is the founder and creator of The Swan Song Project whcih helps those facing the end of their life write a song. "The songwriting process in an incredibly powerful method of exploring, articulating and communicating ones thoughts, experiences and emotions.The Swan Song Project gives people facing end of life and those surrounding them the opportunity to write and record their own original song. A professional songwriter provides support to guide each person, through finding the initial idea to the completed recording. No previous musical experience or abilities are required. Everyone has a unique way of expressing themselves and this is what makes great songs. With the right support everyone can do it."Ben remotely connected to tell me how he got started with the project and his inspiration.He chose to feature the beautiful blues track "The Devil, The Money and The Gun" by Angelo Palladino.https://swansongproject.co.uk/https://www.facebook.com/TheSwanSongProjecthttps://www.instagram.com/swansongproject/https://twitter.com/SwanSongProUKhttps://www.facebook.com/angelo.palladino.332

Mike Bravener has been sharing stories and music of his journey exploring the songs of the province. This is the final cut on his album, Depends Upon the Pay, Peter Emberley.

Mike Bravener tells the story behind the song, The New Brunswick Waltz.

Mike Bravener tells the story behind the song, "The Miramichi Fire".

Mike Bravener tells the story behind the song, "The Scow on Cowden Shore".

This morning on our New Brunswick folk song adventure with Mike Bravener, Depend's Upon the Pay.

This week, we focus on James’ epic short project, a video presentation of The Liki Song, including over two dozen musicians and performers. Since 2012, James Dempsey and the Breakpoints have held LIVE near WWDC, an evening of music, fun, and laughter playing some of the nerdiest developer music around. An online WWDC meant bringing this yearly tradition online as well, so we've gathered the largest virtual group of Breakpoint performers ever assembled for a special event. James talks about the logistical and technical aspects of pulling together so many moving parts in less than a week, and how such an all-consuming project affects one’s usual approach to getting things done. Live-ish Concurrent With WWDC 2020 (Previously known as Live Near WWDC)

This morning on our New Brunswick folk song adventure with Mike Bravener, The Lumberman's Alphabet.

Mike Bravener joins us for another segment in his New Brunswick song project.

Watch Your Mouth .005 David Young Hosted by Chris Crocitto With Special Guest: David Young WE BACK!!!! today's episode, we are joined by Artist David Young, David is working on a 5-7 Song Project, we spoke about shooting videos for 4 of the songs. Check out some of the topics on this episode's Podcast Mic Drops. Enjoy!! As always be easy, Peace & Blessings. Podcast Mic Drops 6:00 |The Move to Orlando & The Big 3 11:30 |David's Current Music 14:00 |Overcoming Self-doubt 20:00 | David's Process 23:00 |Shows & Collaboration 29:00 |David Y-O-U-N-G x clique.the.mag 30:00 |What Are You Listening to 39:00 |David De-rails the Podcast INTRO & OUTRO SONG: DOLO by David Young We Appreciate All Your Support Check out more content: Check Out More of David's content On Youtube On Instagram On Sound Cloud Follow clique.the.mag on Instagram on Anchor.fm Watch Your Mouth: A clique.the.mag Podcast on Spotify Apple Podcast Google Podcast Check out more dope content at cliquethemag.com https://cliquethemag.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In tonight's Gig Guide, Elspeth Hanson has details of the Irish Language Art Song Project in the National Concert Hall, and concerts in An Taibhdhearc that mark the history of the Blasket Islands with a new track from Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh.

Ben Slack is the founder of the Swan Song Project. The Swan Song Project gives people facing end of life and those surrounding them the opportunity to write and record their own original song. A professional songwriter provides support to guide each person, through finding the initial idea to the completed recording. No previous musical experience or abilities are required.  Everyone has a unique way of expressing themselves and this is what makes great songs. With the right support everyone can do it. Ben is such a down to earth, kind and positive guy.  It was great to meet him and I am so glad he got the chance to be a part of the Redbull Ampahiko Academy. On that note going up and seeing what the Redbull Amaphiko Academy was all about was pretty sensational!! For those that don't know what it is the Red Bull Amaphiko is a programme to help Social Entrepreneurs create innovative and sustainable change in their communities.  This episode is part of a 3 part series I recorded. I also interviewed to other great guys with two other great business.   The link for the Swan Song Project is below here. https://www.swansongproject.co.uk/about Also follow their instagram page - @swansongproject

Guests: Ben Hassenger, Victoria Vox Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown It's our 7th anniversary Podcast, and it’s just like starting over again. So watch us stumble through our first LIVE Podcast - and, yes, I said “watch us” because you can view our first LIVESTREAM broadcast on YouTube with returning guests Victoria Vox and Ben Hassenger, along with my co-host Doug Brown, as we reflect back on our seven years of Podcasting. PLUS, watch a Victoria sing a cut from her “Colorful Heart” album. Trivia quiz: * How many episodes? 68. Two of them are interview specials. * When did we record our first podcast? Trick question! August 12, 2009. It was a test Podcast which we never published. * Who has named the most Podcasts? Doug, far and away the most at 27 episodes. I’m next at 7. * Who ranks 3rd in number of episodes named? Gerald Ross at 5 episodes. * What was the first Denver Ukulele Festival we broadcast? UkeFest 2012 with Jake. * What was the title of Episode 1? "An Ukulele Shootenany." * How many ukulele festivals episodes do we have? 5. However, we held 6 OokTown Podcasts at the Denver Ukulele Festivals, but there is the infamous lost Podcast of 2013 which I lost the recording. Victoria Vox: * website: https://www.victoriavox.com/home * 52 Covers Project: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2AB16A6C32471A58 * 52 Song Project: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/victoriavox/52-song-project-by-victoria-vox * Colorful Heart CD: https://www.victoriavox.com/boutique Ben Hassenger: * website: http://benhassenger.com/ * Mighty Uke Day: http://mightyukeday.com/ * Mid-west Uke Camp: http://www.midwestukecamp.com/ Doug Brown: * website: http://den-uke.com/ Links: * YouTube video of Episode 66: https://youtu.be/yUbHJzkQV9Y * Our first Denver Ukulele Festival in 2012: https://ooktown.com/2012-shows/ep-8-denver-ukulele-festival-2012 * Ukulele Underground: https://ukuleleunderground.com/ * K-Town Heroes: https://ukuleleunderground.com/category/podcasts/k-town-heroes-podcast/ * Mya-moe ukuleles: https://www.myamoeukuleles.com/ * Elderly Instruments: https://www.elderly.com/ * TWiT: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech * Episode 33 “A Moody Songwriting Bear”: https://ooktown.com/2015-shows/ep-33-a-moody-songwriting-bear * Cynthia Lin: http://cynthialin.com/ukulele/

If you would like to support our show by becoming a Patreon please visit: https://www.patreon.com/conspirinormal Recorded September 20th, 2017 We finally got around to recording a second Romper Room episode with our good friend Jeff. We talk World War II, religion,Rush Limbaugh, Left and Right Wing conspiracy theories, and cigars. Enjoy! In the intro we talk to Jsaon Von Stein and his father Jim VonStein about their kickstarter campaign: The Jim Von Stein 5000 Song Project. You can contribute at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1641357285/the-jim-von-stein-5000-song-project/description and as always: www.conspirinormal.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/Conspirinormal/445112635502740

Pamela Stein Lynde is a busy person. She is a singer, composer, producer, and music educator. She began her career as a classically trained singer but as the years went on she realized that her abilities were applicable in other areas. We go into detail about the journey of her career and how she was able to create two non-profits that help musicians, composers, and singers. MEET PAMELA STEIN LYNDE Praised for her “rich dramatics” (The Boston Globe), Pamela Stein Lynde is a versatile soprano, composer, contemporary music performer, music educator, and producer, known for inspiration, introspection, and passion in all aspects of her work. Recent performances have included premiering Lesley Flanigan’s haunting sound sculpture VOICES for four singers and loop pedals at Roulette; premiering New York-based composer Eric Lemmon’s The Impossible Will Take a Little While with the Highline Chamber Ensemble at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music; and performing a concert of chamber music by contemporary female composers, including a premier by Philadelphia-based composer Jenny Beck, at the National Opera Center. The 2015 launch of her company Stone Mason Projects has brought exciting performances of contemporary vocal chamber music to the National Opera Center, Arts on Site, Wilmer Jennings Gallery, and multiple other venues across the ti-state area, about which reviews have said, “The singing was stellar, on par with anything I’ve heard recently at higher profile venues such as Zankel Hall or National Sawdust. These concerts deserve a wider audience.” In the fall of 2016, Stone Mason Projects released its first music video, From the Mountain, a co-production with Contemporary Undercurrent of Song Project. Stone Mason’s upcoming endeavors include the commissioning and producing of a new chamber opera and the launch of the inaugural New Hope Sound(e)scape Festival in New Hope, PA in June of 2017. Stone Mason Projects has appeared on a panel discussing contemporary opera creation with will New York Opera Alliance during New York Opera Festival and will be presenting this May at the third annual New Music Gathering conference at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Pamela has appeared as a singer in prior seasons with Helix New Music Ensemble, The Nouveau Classical Project, American Opera Projects, Beth Morrison Projects, Rhymes With Opera, Saratoga Fine Arts Festival, Yamaha Concert Artist Series, Yale’s New Music, New Haven series, and many others. She has worked with award-winning composers including David Lang, Tristan Perich, Jacob Cooper, Trevor Weston, Daniel Felsenfeld, Lisa Bielawa, Jenny Beck, and many others. She appears as a vocalist on minimalist composer Alexander Turnquist’s album Flying Fantasy, released on the Western Vinyl label. She was a featured guest composer at Phoenix’s OME New Music Marathon concert in 2015 and has had her compositions premiered by Patchwork American Song Project in both New York and Chicago, Guided Imagery Opera, Princeton-based group CUSP, and many other ensembles across the country. Pamela has taught voice, composition, music theory, vocal pedagogy, music history, performance practice and chamber music at the College of Saint Elizabeth, Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, and City College of New York. Pamela teaches masterclasses and workshops and gives lectures on creating new music for voice at colleges, universities, and conservatories around the country. She was invited to speak about teaching new music in higher education at the inaugural New Music Gathering conference at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Her organization Your Music Bus, co-founded with superstar composers Lisa Bielawa and Aaron Jay Kernis, has been serving the needs of the university and conservatory composition students and departments across the country since 2014. CONTACT: www.pamelasteinlynde.com (http://www.pamelasteinlynde.com)...

Episode 12! This time I am joined by songwriter Dirk Lind, who sometimes releases music under the name Particlehead.Dirk started an all original music open mic of sorts called the Song Project in Spokane, and songwriters current meet on Thursdays at Boots Bakery here in Spokane, WA.

The 10th episode! Double digits! How cool is that?This episode focuses on local singer/songwriter Erin Parkes. We discuss songwriting, a local collective of songwriters called "The Song Project", and Grey's Anatomy among other topics. Plus, Erin sings a few of her original compositions.You can support Erin's creative endeavors through her Patreon account at https://www.patreon.com/erinparkesmusic

In this episode, I explore the bizarre world of Fiverr, a website that lets you purchase services for five dollars. As an experiment in online music collaboration with strangers, I take one of my own songs and replace each instrument track with a new recording made by a Fiverr session musician. The episode chronicles the process and culminates in a version of the song produced entirely by the Internet.

Host Kevin Willett is joined by Marieke Slovin from Story to Song Project. Story to Song Project offers workshops and consulting sessions to build songs from spoken stories and experiences, celebrating people's lives through collaborative songwriting.  Audio file:  stories2song.mp3

Marieke Slovin is an artist/musician who started this venture to bring music to people via their own stories. I won't lie, I cried 80% of the time during this taping. Making music, especially when it's based on your own story, is such an emotional process where you become completely vulnerable. If this doesn't make you listen, how about this: I manage to embarrass myself by singing without a preset melody. Quite the journey, and I recommend it to anyone!

Host Kevin Willett is joined by Marieke Slovin, the Founder of Story to Song Project. Story to Song Project brings the stories of life into song. They offer workshops and consulting sessions to build songs from spoken stories and experiences, visiting, engaging, and transforming people through collaborative songwriting.  Audio file:  story2song.mp3

Thanks to Abe Hefter and producer Sarah Deshaies for having us on CJAD 800 AM in Montreal to talk about 52 song project. Here’s the audio of the interview, which took place the evening of December 30, 2011 right after they played our last song, It’s over, the end.