Episode 399. Eileen Farrell (Jane’s Divas II)

Episode 399. Eileen Farrell (Jane’s Divas II) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today, the day that we lay my beloved mother,…

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Episode 396. Meet Shannon Bolin

Episode 396. Meet Shannon Bolin SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode celebrates a prime example of that rara avis, the…

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Episode 385. Classical Singer-Songwriters

Episode 385. Classical Singer-Songwriters SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM You’re all going to laugh at me, but that’s okay, cuz I’m…

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Episode 381. I Got a Name (Pride Edition)

Episode 381. I Got a Name (Pride Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM At first blush, this episode may look a…

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Episode 378. Rescue Mission III

Episode 378. Rescue Mission III (Friends Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Even after I publish a Countermelody episode on a…

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Episode 370. Lesbian Concentrate and Beyond

Episode 370. Lesbian Concentrate and Beyond SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Continuing the Countermelody show of Pride for this month’s LGBTQ+…

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Episode 369. Joséphine Baker Revisited (Live Edition)

Episode 369. Joséphine Baker Revisited (Live Edition) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Yesterday was a crucial celebration for all US-Americans: Juneteenth.…

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Episode 368. Gay Eccentrics (Pride 2025)

Episode 368. Gay Eccentrics (Pride 2025) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Somewhere along the line in planning my Pride 2025 episodes,…

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Episode 360. Ben Luxon: King of Crossover

Episode 360. Ben Luxon: King of Crossover SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Benjamin Luxon, the esteemed Cornish baritone who died at…

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Episode 352. Faboo Young Singers, Part Two

Episode 352. Faboo Young Singers, Part Two SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This is the second part of an episode begun…

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Episode 339. Todd Duncan

Episode 339. Todd Duncan SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I present the male lead creator of Gershwin’s towering masterpiece, Porgy…

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Episode 335. Felicia Weathers, Schlagersängerin

Episode 335. Felicia Weathers, Schlagersängerin SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week a light-hearted (and therefore much-needed!) tribute to the marvelous…

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Episode 326. Paul Robeson Unchained

Episode 326. Paul Robeson Unchained SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today, Martin Luther King Day and the day before the reinauguration…

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Episode 325. Marni Nixon Revisited

Episode 325. Marni Nixon Revisited SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I present to you the extraordinarily versatile, even chameleon-like singer…

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Episode 321. Anna Moffo und die leichte Muse

Episode 321. Anna Moffo und die leichte Muse SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode, “Anna Moffo und die leichte Muse,”…

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Episode 319. Leslie Uggams 1965–1975

Episode 319. Leslie Uggams 1965–1975 SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Leslie Uggams’ long-standing place in American pop culture matches that of…

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Episode 313. Get to Know Gilbert Price

Episode 313. Get to Know Gilbert Price SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM If you have never heard of Gilbert Price, this…

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Episode 312. John Reardon Revisited (World AIDS Day 2024)

Episode 312. John Reardon Revisited (World AIDS Day 2024) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Yesterday was World AIDS Day and many…

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Episode 308. Mezzos on the Verge

Episode 308. Mezzos on the Verge SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I am taking a short break before posting the final…

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Episode 305. Rage and Despair

Episode 305. Rage and Despair SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Before I traveled to my home state of Wisconsin this week,…

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Episode 303. Everything Must Change

Episode 303. Everything Must Change SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Something a little outside of the normal scope of Countermelody for…

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Episode 299. Rogue Tenors

Episode 299. Rogue Tenors SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Remember the summer of 2020? The good old days of lockdown? That…

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Episode 297. In Pace

Episode 297. In Pace SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today I present part two of my “In Memoriam” series, honoring treasured…

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Episode 296. Dan’s Operatic Picks

Episode 296. Dan’s Operatic Picks SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I’m still under the weather, but I can’t let that keep…

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Episode 295. Requiescat

Episode 295. Requiescat SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today on Countermelody is the first of two memorial episodes paying tribute to…

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