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What did French composer Paul Dukas have in common with that famous cartoon mouse?
November 6, 2023You’re listening to Herbert R. Clarke’s Bride of the Waves from 1915, and…
October 31, 2023Cylinders served as much more than simple entertainment. This one aimed to capture, and perhaps ease, a nation’s sorrow.
October 26, 2023A mother’s lament that perfectly encapsulated American anti-war sentiment.
October 23, 2023Legend has it this song came to Williams while with fiancé Billie Jean Horton. Just driving around, talking about standard fiancé stuff…like, his ex-wife.
October 20, 2023It’s hard to imagine a jazzy Hit Parade favorite having once been a poem…and a super-creepy poem at that.
October 19, 2023Can you name an Army with outposts in over 100 countries, yet 0 weapons?
October 16, 2023Considered one of the most influential saxophonists in history, Lester “Prez” Young succeeded Coleman Hawkins at the height of the swing era.
October 11, 2023