Story Archives of 'Music'

During our fall fund drive, NHPR’s Folk Show offered a special opportunity to donors. We offered a fun incentive for donors giving $500 dollars or more: an opportunity to be a guest d.j. on The Folk Show. Jeannie Dismukes took us up on our offer and joined us Sunday night as our guest. It was a telling experience for me, because it gave me a bit of a glimpse of who is listening to The Folk Show. I determined that there is no “typical” Folk Show listener. It is a mistake, I think, for anyone, like a consultant, to think they can stereotype our Sunday night listening audience.

There aren’t too many European jazz men that get called “the greatest,” but the gypsy pioneer of jazz guitar Django Reinhardt is undoubtedly one of them.

For many, the term lunch lady conjures an image of a grouchy woman in a hairnet who’s as scary as the grub she dishes out. But at Maine’s Biddeford High School, lunch lady is a term of endearment. As Audrey Dilling reports, the women who bear the title offer students more than mac and cheese.

This story comes to us from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Listen to the story on Public Radio Exchange.

There aren’t many bands that can sing about interstellar voyages, pothead pixies, and Zero the Hero without even an ounce of irony. But the progressive rock band Gong wraps itself in its own myth, namely, that we’re in contact with mystical, acid drenched beings from the planet Gong.

Dust off that old turntable and haul your vinyl out of the attic. There’s news that record players are once again making a comeback.

As music has gone totally digital, vinyl might seem a little anachronistic. Maybe it’s a combination of nostalgia, acoustic fidelity, or that satisfying crackle, hiss, and pop you only get with good old vinyl.