In The Wake Of Wassoulou Music
Saturday, November 26, 2022, 9:00am
Wassoulou music, takes its name from its geographical birthplace, is a form that fuses traditional and contemporary elements authored by women vocalists. The style is set within a pentatonic scale using a hunter's harp and exhibited by womanist-centered vocals that are passionate, pointed, and...
In The Meantime...
Tuesday, November 1, 2022, 2:00pm
Singer/songwriter/feminist/activist/author Ani DiFranco will perform in Madison on November 5th at the Overture Center. DiFranco is celebrating the 25th Anniversary of her seminal first live album, Living In Clip, and her label Righteous Babe Records is currently offering a 25th anniversary...
In The Meantime...
Wednesday, February 16, 2022, 3:00pm
Singer/songwriter/feminist/activist/author Ani DiFranco will perform in Madison on November 5th at the Overture Center. DiFranco is celebrating the 25th Anniversary of her seminal first live album, Living In Clip, and her label Righteous Babe Records is currently offering a 25th anniversary...
Songlines Music Awards 2022: THE LIVE SHOW
Wednesday, February 16, 2022, 3:00pm
Don’t miss our Songlines Music Awards: THE LIVE SHOW, the global music extravaganza making its triumphant return next week. Grab your tickets now to join host Cerys Matthews and some of the world’s finest musicians at London’s Scala on November 2. https://www.songlines.co.uk/news/songlines-music-...
In The Meantime...
Wednesday, February 16, 2022, 3:00pm
REMEMBRANCE Mamak Khadem "One of the wonders of world trance music" is how the L.A. Times described the soul-stirring Persian singer Mamak Khadem and her signature blending of traditional vocals with diverse contemporary influences. With REMEMBRANCE, addressing themes of profound loss and...
In The Meantime...
Wednesday, February 16, 2022, 3:00pm
These two CDs are among my favorites. A solid representation of classic recordings and artists within the genre. From The Soul Stirrers to The Staple Singers, you'll find fitting examples of gospel music that helped popularize Afrocentric sacred around the world. --Jonathan Jubilation! Great Gospel...
TOS from Home - New Season On Hold
Wednesday, February 16, 2022, 3:00pm
On-line programs (assigned to resume asap), will feature interviews, discussions and performances expressed through the power of music and its potential to aid in the fostering of increased understanding of those who are different. The series aims to illumine the commonalities and unique human...
Putumayo World Music Founder Dan Stoper
Friday, October 30, 2020, 3:00pm
Putumayo began in 1975 as a Latin American handicraft shop in New York City, by then 23-year old founder Dan Storper. Dan majored in Latin American Studies, and on a trip to Colombia found himself in the Putumayo river valley where he fell in love with the indigenous handicrafts, people, and...
The Odyssey Series Live - Featuring Sheila "Sile" Shigley
Friday, November 15, 2019, 3:00pm
For the second program in the TOS Live Series, Sheila "Síle" Shigley appears with guest artist, Amy Curl . Shigley was raised in Kowloon, Hong Kong where nestled beneath majestic High Junk Peak in jungled hills overlooking the South China Sea, a tightly-knit missionary community spent a good deal of time engaged in musical pursuits, including spirited hymn singing. Sheila’s family was particularly fond of early American hymns - many with deep roots in the old Celtic song traditions. Her interest in Celtic music was rekindled in the early 1980’s when she discovered WPR’s broadcasts of Simply Folk and The Thistle & Shamrock.
The Odyssey Series Live - New Season Coming This Fall
Friday, October 19, 2018, 3:00pm
The Odyssey Series Live - “Sacred World Music” Public Programs that are World Music Centered and Designed To Explore Pathways To Increased Understanding of Varied Cultural, Spiritual, Sacred and Communal Traditions. "each program in the series is designed to illumine the Wisconsin Idea, inclusion,...
The Odyssey Series Live
Friday, October 19, 2018, 3:00pm
The Odyssey Series Live - “Sacred World Music” produced and hosted by Jonathan Øverby presenting Public Programs that are World Music Centered and Designed To Explore Pathways To Increased Understanding of Varied Cultural, Spiritual, Sacred and Communal Traditions. Øverby says "each program in the...
Premier of The Odyssey Series Live
Saturday, August 4, 2018, 7:00pm
Thursday, October 4, 2018, at 12 Noon, WPR presents the premiere of The Odyssey Series Live - “Sacred World Music” produced and hosted by Jonathan Øverby. Each Public Program staged in Buck Studio is world-music-centered and designed To explore Pathways To Increased Understanding of Varied Cultural, Spiritual, Sacred and Communal Traditions.
Peruvian Music Comes To Madison
Thursday, July 26, 2018, 10:00am
Peruvian genre-bending musical force Novalima will be performing in Madison, WI on Wednesday, August 1st! From their humble start, file-sharing musical ideas and producing their first album in separate countries during the dawn of the internet, Novalima is now revered worldwide for breaking...
CITY OF CHICAGO 2018 MILLENNIUM PARK SUMMER SEASON
Friday, March 9, 2018, 10:00am
CITY OF CHICAGO ANNOUNCES THE 2018 MILLENNIUM PARK SUMMER SEASON Millennium Park’s 2018 summer season which runs from May through September. Millennium Park will offer traditional favorites like the Chicago House Music Festival, Chicago Gospel Music Festival, Chicago Blues Festival, Summer Music...
Madison Celtic Festival 2018 - Weekend Of Celtic Culture
Friday, March 9, 2018, 10:00am
From Esty Dinur Communications, Community Relations, and Publicity Director, Wisconsin Union TheaterChair for Artistic Selection, Madison World Music Festival Experience a world of Celtic Culture at the Madison Celtic Festival during the weekend of March 9 th /10 th ! Festival passes for the two...
Pankhurst Anthem and UK's Centenary of Women's Suffrage
Friday, February 16, 2018, 11:00am
Source: BBC Radio 3 6 February 1918 ground-breaking Act of Parliament allowed some women in the United Kingdom to vote for the first time. Although it would be another ten years before all UK women could vote on the same terms as men, it was a momentous step on the road to voting equality. 100...
Hindustani Classical Music
Wednesday, February 14, 2018, 11:00am
North Indian or Hindustani art music has a wealth of vocal genres and instrumental styles, some of them rooted in the past and others of a more recent origin. Although Indian music is primarily an oral tradition, it has a long practice of written music theory. Through dozens of musicological...
La Banda Morisca In Concert
Thursday, November 16, 2017, 11:00am
La Banda Morisca brings together a mix of flamenco, Andalusian folk music and the musical traditions of the three monotheist religions to create a unique and exciting sound all its own. The group originates from the Spanish city Jerez in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of...
Music from Russian to Manchurian to Han Chinese
Friday, September 22, 2017, 12:00pm
Daniel Ho, a native Hawaiian currently based in Los Angeles, plays piano, ukulele and slack key guitar. He has received six Grammies as a producer and his album Polani (Pure) was the first 'ukulele album to be nominated for a Grammy. Ho, who visited Oberlin as part of Asian/ Pacific Islander...