Episode 128. Leslie Uggams

Episode 128. Leslie Uggams (Black History Month 2022) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM I would bet (though I can’t guarantee it)…

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Episode 127. Maria Ewing

Episode 127. Maria Ewing in Memoriam (Black History Month 2022) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM The exceptional, distinctive Maria Ewing died…

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Episode 126. Canadian Singers of Art Song

Episode 126. Canadian Singers of Art Song (Great Canadian Singers) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM After two weeks of so-called “deep…

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Episode 123. Lois Marshall

Episode 123. Lois Marshall (Great Canadian Singers) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today is my first episode of the New Year,…

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Episode 122. Auld Acquaintance II

Episode 122. Auld Acquaintance II SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Part Two of my “Auld Acquaintance” mini-series on Countermelody continues the…

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Episode 121. Auld Acquaintance I

Episode 121. Auld Acquaintance I SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This special episode, the first of two year-end celebrations, presents artists…

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Episode 119. Christmas Art Songs

Episode 119. Christmas Art Songs SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM It’s time for my third annual Christmas show! Can you believe…

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Episode 118. Stephen Sondheim & Joséphine Baker

Episode 118. Stephen Sondheim & Joséphine Baker SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Two titans of culture were in the news this…

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Episode 117. Buffy Sainte-Marie

Episode 117. Buffy Sainte-Marie (Great Canadian Singers) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM In observation of US-American “Thanksgiving,” known to its Indigenous…

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Episode 116. Pop Songs by Lieder Singers

Episode 116. Pop Songs by Lieder Singers SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week I feature nearly a century’s worth of…

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Episode 115. Jules Bledsoe

Episode 115. Jules Bledsoe SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week I present an important African American artist who has been…

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Episode 111. Verdi auf Deutsch

Episode 111. Verdi auf Deutsch SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s is a mammoth episode on a mammoth topic: historical performances…

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Episode 110. Black Crooners

Episode 110. Black Crooners SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Season Three of Countermelody begins with a potpourri episode of some of…

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Episode 108. Christiane Eda-Pierre

Episode 108. Christiane Eda-Pierre SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Today’s episode is a memorial tribute to the great Martinique-born French soprano…

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Episode 77. Margaret Tynes (BHM2021 V)

Episode 77. Margaret Tynes (Black History Month 2021 V) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM For a special bonus episode this week…

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Episode 75. Lenora Lafayette (BHM2021 III)

Episode 75. Lenora Lafayette (Black History Month 2021 III) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Every so often I discover a singer…

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Episode 70. Paul Robeson: Ballad of an American

Episode 70. Paul Robeson: Ballad of an American SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM January 23 is the 45th anniversary of the…

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Episode 20. Muriel Smith (Black History Month I)

Episode 20. Muriel Smith (Black History Month I) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM This week kicks off my series of Black…

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Episode 8. Williams & Williams

Episode 8. Williams & Williams

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Episode 6. Shirley Verrett II

Episode 6. Shirley Verrett II: La Regina del Bel Canto SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM In this episode in my Shirley…

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Episode 4. Jessye and Her Forebears (Needle Drop I)

Episode 4. Jessye and Her Forebears (Needle Drop I) SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Due to a last minute change of…

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