Episodes
Friday Nov 21, 2014
Aging Voices
Friday Nov 21, 2014
Friday Nov 21, 2014
See more at: http://www.cpr.org/news/story/voicebox-colorado-seniors-sing-intellectual-spiritual-health
Friday Feb 21, 2014
The Many Voices of Bob Dylan
Friday Feb 21, 2014
Friday Feb 21, 2014
(Re-run: program initially aired on November 23, 2012)
Bob Dylan’s voice has been compared to sandpaper and described as "a catarrhal death rattle." Blues music aficionado Devon Strolovitch discusses the colors of Dylan's vocal instrument.
Friday Feb 07, 2014
Gramophone Gods
Friday Feb 07, 2014
Friday Feb 07, 2014
(Re-run: This program originally aired on March 29, 2013)
Singer and early vocal recordings champion Meredith Axelrod chats about the vocalists who pioneered recorded sound technologies in the early twentieth century and the revival of interest in singing and recording techniques from this period today.
Friday Jan 10, 2014
It’s reigning men
Friday Jan 10, 2014
Friday Jan 10, 2014
(Re-run: This program originally aired on February 1, 2013)
Aaron Humble and Adam Reinwald, who sing with Cantus, one of only two full-time professional men’s choruses in the country, share their thoughts about the culture of the male singing voice in the United States and elsewhere and how they promote singing to young people, especially boys.
Wednesday May 29, 2013
Slave To Song
Wednesday May 29, 2013
Wednesday May 29, 2013
Vocalist Linda Tillery, artistic director of the Cultural Heritage Choir, and Sam Edwards and Lyvonne Chrisman, founders of Friends of Negro Spirituals, discuss the African roots of the word "spiritual" and the vocal music traditions that led to -- and came out of -- the development of this quintessentially American vocal art form.
Friday Feb 08, 2013
It takes two, baby
Friday Feb 08, 2013
Friday Feb 08, 2013
Husband and wife vocal artists Nicki and Tim Bluhm talk about what it takes to sing and live as a duo and explore the history of famous duetting couples.
Friday Sep 21, 2012
Yoga Of Voice
Friday Sep 21, 2012
Friday Sep 21, 2012
There are countless ways in which voice as been used within yoga over the last several thousands of years, including Vedic hymns, tantric mantra, devotional chant, Indian raga and more. Yoga and singing instructor Ann Dyer talks about how and why these ancient practices are relevant today and how they can make professional singers better performers.