Birth of a Bad Boy
George Antheil was known as the Bad Boy of Music. Where did he come...
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Donal Fox
Tonight’s special guest is composer Donal Fox, and our theme is “Confounding the Genre...
Sacred and Profane Music (2)
Sacred and Profane (part 2): this episode features music of William Bolcom (two ghostly...
Antheil – no strings attached?
George Antheil, known as the Bad Boy of Music, was hardly a conventional composer....
La Bonne Cuisine
Music of Leonard Bernstein, Frank Zappa, Henry Mancini, T.J. Anderson and Taj Mahal. Songs...
Top Forty Songs about Food
Lenny White Twennynine ~ peanut butter
funk song Hank Williams Jambalaya (on the Bayou)...
Composing Rhythm: Ned McGowan
Ned McGowan, American composer living in Amsterdam, uses rhythm in bold and surprising ways....
Lonesome Highway
More music from the lonesome highways of America – Bessie Smith, George Antheil, Flynn...
Desert Highway
The open road, the desert heat, the shimmering mirage in the distance; the mountains...
‘Round Midnight
“The nostalgia, loneliness and tears of the night” Music of Earle Hagen, William Bolcom,...