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.
Wednesday, July 24, 2019, 3:00pm
Programs will use the power of music and its potential to aid in the fostering of increased understanding of those who are different and, aims to illumine the commonalities and unique human expressions of those whose sacred, spiritual, religious, or communal traditions hold some of humanities deeply held ideas about life.
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,...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Friday, September 22, 2017, 12:00pm
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...
Thursday, September 7, 2017, 12:00pm
Soul Jazz Records' says this about their 2016 "Nigeria Freedom Sounds Release: (The album with great liner notes) "features a stunning selection of material spotlighting the vibrant musical scene in Nigeria at the start of the 1960s. With a wealth of musical and cultural history and newly...
Friday, September 1, 2017, 12:00pm
While dining is a Turkish restaurant in Inverdeen, Scotland just weeks ago, I was struck by the music, quite robustly bellowing from the speaker just above my table. In truth, I have a hard time sustaining a conversation or even eating with music playing in the background - it distracts me and...
Wednesday, April 19, 2017, 12:00pm
The internationally acclaimed African Children’s Choir recently performed at Crossroads Church, 3815 S Dutch Mill Rd, Madison Wisconsin. E vent Date: Fri, 2017-05-19 . The African Children’s Choir melts the hearts of audiences with their charming smiles, beautiful voices and lively African songs...
Monday, January 16, 2017, 12:00pm
On Monday, January 16, 2017 at Noon, the State of Wisconsin presented the 37th Annual “Tribute & Ceremony” honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the State Capitol Rotunda in Madison, Wisconsin. This event was produced, directed and hosted by Wisconsin Public Radio’s Dr. Jonathan L. Overby,...
Wednesday, November 23, 2016, 1:00pm
Tango is a dance that has influences from European and African culture. The exact origins of tango—both the dance and the word itself—are lost in myth and unrecorded history. One plausible theory is that in the mid-1800s, enslaved Africans transported to Argentina would - with their descendants...
Thursday, May 26, 2016, 1:00pm
ARC Music Productions - World Music Label Praises Higher Ground 5.26.16 "Thanks to The Road To Higher Ground With Jonathan Overby covering over 30 stations in the state of Wisconsin, USA... A terrific show playing music from This edition of Hg features music by Dr. Michael White, Skinny Tuba, Rokia...
Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 1:00pm
The Garifuna People , descendants of West Africa, Central Africa, the Caribbean and the Arawak people, represent a group of shipwrecked enslaved Africans who intermarried with locals on the island known today as St. Vincent. In time the Garifuna people would be deported to the Central American...
