Episode 95. Queer Blues (and Beyond) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM For my second Queer Pride episode this month, I offer…
Episode 93. Evelyn Lear sings Sondheim and Bernstein SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I had intended a no-holds-barred Queer Pride extravaganza…
Episode 92. Blessed Memory (In Memoriam III) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The final episode (for now) in my series commemorating…
Episode 89. The Radiant Heather Harper SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I have dreamed of doing an episode on the great…
Episode 88. Jorma Hynninen @ 80: A Celebration in Song SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM A month ago the great Finnish…
Episode 86. Cathy Berberian’s Second Hand Songs SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I return to Cathy Berberian, Prima Donna of the…
Episode 85. George Shirley @ 87 SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I finally get to pay tribute to one of…
Episode 84. Cathy Berberian, Part I: MagnifiCathy SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This episode is the first part of a tribute…
Episode 83. Frühlingslieder [Spring Songs] SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Dear listeners, it is Easter Sunday. While we are strictly non-sectarian…
Episode 82. Magda Olivero: La Verissima SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week we celebrate the recent 111th birthday of the…
Episode 81. Happy Songs (straight up) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week I offset the gloom of last week’s music…
Episode 80. Sad Songs (with a twist) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM It’s been a year since the pandemic sent us…
Episode 79. Dusty Springfield Sings Carole King SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM How exciting to go straight from Black History Month…
Episode 78. Twentieth Century Pioneers (Black History Month 2021 VI) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM To round off #BlackHistoryMonth2021, I bring…
Episode 76. William Warfield (Black History Month IV) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week’s subject is one of the towering…
Episode 75. Lenora Lafayette (Black History Month 2021 III) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Every so often I discover a singer…
Episode 74. Lucretia West (Black History Month 2021 II) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The great African American contralto Lucretia West,…
Episode 73. Carol Brice (Black History Month 2021 – I) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Countermelody’s Black History Month celebration for…
Episode 72. Igor Gorin (Great Baritones II) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I recently rediscovered the great Ukranian-American baritone Igor Gorin…
Episode 71. Eidé Noréna SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Kaja Eidé Noréna(1884-1968, née Karoline Hansen), the Norwegian lyric-coloratura soprano, is one…
Episode 70. Paul Robeson: Ballad of an American SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM January 23 is the 45th anniversary of the…
Episode 69. Voiceless Wonders: An Introduction SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Some of the greatest singers in history are not necessarily…
Episode 68. Margaret Marshall, Songbird SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Welcome to 2021 chez Countermelody! Today’s episode is a birthday tribute…
Episode 67. Goodbye 2020 (and Good Riddance!) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Is there anyone out there who will not be…
Episode 66. Christmas (Art) Songs SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM In preparation for the upcoming holiday, I offer this week a…