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#7: THE BAKERSFIELD SOUND with Robert E. Price
In which we compare midcentury Bakersfield to Paris in the 1920s, discuss how to build a music scene, and hear a song sung by a truck.... + more
#6: AN INTRODUCTION TO OPERA with Greg Freed
In which we discuss music as math homework, the excitement of "wrong" singing, Lawrence Tibbett's forehead, and the proper way to insult one's seatmates at the Met... + more
#5: WOMEN'S TEXTILE SONGS AND RITUAL MAGIC with Kristine Barrett
In which we visit Scandinavia, the Celtic world, the Baltic and the Black Sea to tease out the threads connecting the voice and magic, spinning and the other world, art and power, weaving and polyphony.... + more
In which we explore the cyclical nature of the universe, the philosophy of "in tune" versus "out of tune," and feeling the vibrations in your body, by way of illuminating the ancient art of Hindustani classical music in the modern day..... + more
#3: VINTAGE ROMANI VOCAL MUSIC with Eva Salina
In which we discuss the thrills and perils of cultural exchange, the correct time of day to listen to songs that make you cry, and why brass band swagger is the international language.... + more
#2: INDUSTRIAL MUSIC with Kevin NO!
In which the klangs of the factory and the howlings of our psyches come together to produce music! Which you can dance to, weep to, or play while you throw a bunch of metal objects down the stairs.... + more
#1: REBETIKA with Christos Govetas
In which we discuss hashish, tuberculosis, the evolution of the bouzouki and the death of the Ottoman Empire, all by way of understanding Greek urban folk music of the 1920s and 1930s.... + more
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