by Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts | Feb 26, 2020 | Song of the Day
From Tim Coffey, Caramoor’s Artistic Planning Manager It’s winter on the east coast so naturally I’m thinking about a warm sunny day at the beach. And who better to put me in the mood — The Beach Boys. To be honest though, I’ve been on a beach boys kick for about a...
by Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts | Feb 25, 2020 | Song of the Day
From Kathy Schuman, Caramoor’s VP, Artistic Planning and Executive Producer As we prepare to celebrate Stephen Sondheim’s 90th birthday, my thoughts turned to this hilarious song I first heard in a student revue back in college. Written by Mary Rodgers,...
by Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts | Feb 24, 2020 | Song of the Day
From Caramoor’s Senior Artistic Planning Manager, Ellie Gisler Murphy The English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams was known to be deeply intellectual and progressive — a man moved by Shakespeare, and inspired by humanists like Walt Whitman. Well into his career,...
by Mario Diaz-Moresco | Feb 14, 2020 | Song of the Day
Joan Sutherland is indisputably one of the greatest opera singers to have ever lived. Her performances of the coloratura repertoire set the standard for all who have followed, and are the gold standard in living memory. I do not know the exact circumstances of the...
by Mario Diaz-Moresco | Feb 13, 2020 | Song of the Day
This famous live recording of Nina Simone performing “Stars” at the Montreux Jazz Festival is one of my absolute favorites. Simone is in her full glory, at the height of her musical and communicative powers. And this Queen, I say that with no...
by Mario Diaz-Moresco | Feb 12, 2020 | Song of the Day
Odetta Holmes, known simply as Odetta, is a national treasure. I first encountered her incredible voice as I was working my way through The Best of Broadside 1962-1988. Broadside was an underground magazine where many of the most well known protest songs of the...
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