Not Your Average Run of the Mill Blog

by Ian Stewart
Fri, February 3, 2012
Desi Arnaz

In looking over this week’s World Music Show playlist (2/4), I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m stumped. That’s right, I’m stymied as to what to hang a hook on. There’s so much goodness for your ears that it’s hard to pick just one thing, just one artist as to give you a reason to tune in. So, let’s break it down so I give you a dozen reasons to listen.

Levon’s People

by George Maida
Thu, February 2, 2012
Before The Frost...Until The Freeze

It sounds too pompous and way too much of a cliche to state one particular Americana ensemble has taken up where The Band left off--on the other hand--if anyone deserve's to be in that category, The Black Crowes certainly do.  Critics in the past loved to slap  miselading labels on them. 

Water Matters at the Rice Center

Rice Center

The Rice Center for Environmental Life Sciences is Virginia Commonwealth University’s large outdoor laboratory devoted to environmental research. Located on 494 acres along the James River, the Rice Center is a place where scientists study the role of conservation in helping to protect our rivers and wetlands. This unique field station on the James is in an area rich in natural and cultural resources and is an ideal place to teach how we all can become better stewards of our natural resources.

The Winter Muse

by George Maida
Fri, January 27, 2012
Sophie Hernandez

There is more to American youth's involvement in music than American Idol.  Unfortunately, what is truly worthy in other forums seldom gets the attention it deserves. Last fall, I highlighted how the band Styxx did a concept DVD with a youth orchestra and you heard insightful thoughts from prog guitarist James Young.

WCVE Forum: “Responding to Disasters–From Prediction to Recovery”

tornado

Engineers of the New Millennium: Responding to Disasters is a one-hour long program examining technological innovations in disaster emergency response.

Engineers of the New Millennium is a radio series that tells stories from the frontiers of engineering. The series, developed as a partnership between IEEE Spectrum Radio and the National Science Foundation, is broadcast on public radio stations across the U.S.

A Smorgasbord of Sound

by Ian Stewart
Fri, January 27, 2012
Tinariwen

On this week's World Music Show (1/28), I feel like I took all the cool sounds and songs from around the globe and put them into a blender and came out with a show worthy of a few hours. Where to begin, oh, where to begin! Ok, how about with a few tracks from the Maylasian singer and ukelele player Zee Avi.  Her voice is smooth, deep, sultry and even whimiscal. And her songs evoke a bit of magic, too. 

How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? With the American Youth Harp Ensemble!

by Bobbie Barajas
Wed, January 25, 2012

The story goes that the great pianist Arthur Rubinstein was in New York City and was approached by a man on the street who asked "Pardon me sir, how do I get to Carnegie Hall?" to which Rubinstein replied "Practice, practice, practice." The American Youth Harp Ensemble knows this to be true as on March 4, 2012 they will play their third concert at one of the most prestigious concert halls in the world.

WCVE Forum: “In the Beginning: Evolution & Creation in American History”

Darwin cartoon

More than 85 years after the Scopes “Monkey Trial,” debates over the proper place of Darwin in American schools are alive and well. In this episode of BackStory, the History Guys explore the relationship between science and religion throughout American history, especially where questions of human origins are concerned.