Henrietta Yurchenco
Henrietta Yurchenco’s quest to save living music from the past took her from the mountains of Guatemala and southern Mexico to the Jewish community of Morocco and, ultimately WNYC, where she was a...
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Woody Guthrie's New York Radio Debut on WNYC
Woody Guthrie's first New York radio notice from the tabloid PM on July 17, 1940, pg. 22.(WNYC Archive Collections)Woody Guthrie left California and arrived in New York early in 1940. That summer, two...
View ArticleLead Belly and Lomax Together at the American Music Festival
It's always exciting when we turn up an important long-lost recording. In this case, the unlabeled flip side of one of Mayor La Guardia's talks had half a show that's not been heard for 67 years....
View ArticleHow Alan Lomax Segregated Music
This year would have been the 100th birthday of one of the most influential people in American music — not a singer, composer, songwriter, or impresario, but a collector. Alan Lomax was a giant in the...
View Article10th annual WNYC music festival
A mixed bag is the best way to describe this 1949 recording of WNYC's Tenth Annual Music Festival. Ostensibly featuring jazz, the program also includes healthy doses of blues, ragtime, and the just...
View Article#4407, Tributes to Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, and Leadbelly
Hear contemporary takes on songs associated with folk singers Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, and Leadbelly as performed by Kronos Quartet, Wenzel, and Last Forever. Listen to a new tribute to Pete Seeger...
View ArticleLouisiana Legend Aaron Neville Sings Some Prayers (From the Archives)
New Orleans has produced plenty of remarkable singers, but few of those native sons and daughters sing quite like the legendary Aaron Neville. He joined us in 2010 to talk about one of his first loves...
View Article#4407, Tributes to Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, and Leadbelly
Hear contemporary takes on songs associated with folk singers Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, and Leadbelly as performed by Kronos Quartet, Wenzel, and Last Forever. Listen to a new tribute to Pete Seeger...
View Article#4407, Tributes to Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, and Leadbelly
Hear contemporary takes on songs associated with folk singers Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, and Leadbelly as performed by Kronos Quartet, Wenzel, and Last Forever. Listen to a new tribute to Pete Seeger...
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