Episode 495. A Birthday Potpourri II (Sneak Preview Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Welcome to the second of my birthday…
Episode 494. A Birthday Potpourri I (Rescue Mission Edition) It’s my birthday! And we’re heading south for a week. But…
Episode 492. Mommie Dearest, One Year Later SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today is the one-year anniversary of my dear mother’s…
Episode 490. José van Dam chante l’éternité SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today we commemorate the quarter century since 9/11, an…
Episode 488. Ileana Cotrubaș In Memoriam Ileana Cotrubaș, the exquisite Romanian soprano, departed this earthly plane last week at the…
Episode 487. Jill Gomez In Memoriam Jill Gomez, the brilliant, intrepid Trinidadian-British soprano, known for the last fifteen years of…
Episode 480. Bacquier Encore SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Allons, enfants de la patrie! Let’s celeberate Bastille Day in style! And…
Episode 478. Martial Singher: Un recueil de mélodies SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today is the first in a series of…
Episode 477. American Orchestral Song [Queer Edition] I know, I know, I said that we were done with Pride for…
Episode 476. Getting a Handle on Henriëtte Bosmans The final official #Pride2026 episode on Countermelody introduces the Dutch composer, pianist,…
Episode 472. Ben Bagley Revisited: Lies Come True SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM A year ago I published an episode entitled…
Episode 468. Deutsche Orchesterlieder: Beyond Mahler and Strauss SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode is another devoted to orchestral song,…
Episode 466. Baritones Both Butch and Bonnie SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode features baritones of all stripes (with the…
Episode 459. The Art of Steven Blier SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM There was only one way to follow up my…
Episode 458. From Ear to Ear: A Conversation with Steven Blier SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today a new segment of…
Episode 451. Norman Bailey Sings Three Song Cycles SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I have twice featured the great British bass-baritone…
Episode 450. Onelia Fineschi Sings the Undoing of Women SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Onelia Fineschi (1921 – 2004) was one…
Episode 448. Get to Know Germaine Cernay SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s featured artist is, I hope, a name that…
Episode 442. Henry Wright Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Last week I published an episode about Black Pop Singers who…
Episode 441. A Cavalcade of Spirituals SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM As the last official entry in Countermelody’s Black History Month…
Episode 440. Black Expat Baritones SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM As the penultimate episode in my 2026 Black History Month series,…
Episode 431. Hermann Prey singt Schubert Orchesterlieder SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I’m sure many of you balked when you saw…
Episode 427. Rep. Andrew Gray [AK] (Countermelody Conversations) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM In the past I have featured interviews with…
Episode 426. Teresa Stratas [Season Seven Premiere] SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I wanted to start off the year (and the…
Episode 419. Wunderlich in Duet SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Anytime I do an episode on Fritz Wunderlich, the sun breaks…