by Alex Mansoori | Nov 14, 2018 | Song of the Day
I didn’t grow up listening to the music that my grandparents would call “what the kids are listenin’ to these days”. I never seemed drawn to tune the radio to the station with the top 100 or follow the latest band or singer. Instead, I spent my time listening to...
by Alex Mansoori | Nov 13, 2018 | Song of the Day
It’s Tuesday and for this blog entry, it’s Twos-day. That’s my way of saying I’m cheating a little and have selected two songs to focus on instead of one. They come from one of my favorite chanson composers, Henri Duparc. Duparc was an interesting individual. Born and...
by Alex Mansoori | Nov 12, 2018 | Song of the Day
Hi NYFOS Blog readers and Happy Monday! I’m so thrilled to spend this week with you, and to share some songs that I love and hopefully you will too! When you are tasked with coming up with “Songs of the day”, it’s a little like being asked “Which child is your...
by Elliott Hurwitt | Nov 9, 2018 | Song of the Day
As we prepare for W. C. Handy & the Birth of the Blues with program consultant Elliott Hurwitt, we revisit his first week hosting Song of the Day. This song was originally posted on October 30, 2015. Mose Allison was born on a farm outside Tippo, Mississippi, in...
by Elliott Hurwitt | Nov 8, 2018 | Song of the Day
As we prepare for W. C. Handy & the Birth of the Blues with program consultant Elliott Hurwitt, we revisit his first week hosting Song of the Day. This song was originally posted on October 29, 2015. Champion Jack Dupree was born in New Orleans around 1910 and...
by Elliott Hurwitt | Nov 7, 2018 | Song of the Day
As we prepare for W. C. Handy & the Birth of the Blues with program consultant Elliott Hurwitt, we revisit his first week hosting Song of the Day. This song was originally posted on October 28, 2015. They called the Count Basie Orchestra “The Band That Plays the...
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