Jan 10th, 2006 · The Itsy Bitsy Spider better watch out: The young people of Syracuse, N.Y. are singing some new tunes. An engaging music teacher is expanding the schoolroom repertoire -- to include classic tunes by Sam Cooke and other, non-Disney characters. Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers introduces us to Mr. Songflower Man.
Jan 3rd, 2006 · At 22, Kate Earl is writing and singing songs about love and tragedy. If that seems a young age for such subjects, consider that Earl honed her musical talents in isolation, as she grew up in Chugiak, Alaska.
Jan 1st, 2006 · Hal Cannon of the Western Folklife Center visits Kyrgyzstan with a group of singing American cowboys. He sent an audio postcard from his trip.
Dec 30th, 2005 · Folk music legend Odetta was a force in the 1960s push for social justice. She turns 75 this New Year's Eve, but still sings and testifies with the passion that inspired fellow musicians and rights activists Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and Harry Belafonte.
Dec 24th, 2005 · Helen Hartness Flanders spent 35 years preserving Vermont's vanishing folk songs. She eventually collected more than 4,000 songs by carrying sound equipment to remote corners of the state -- and by charming residents into singing for her.
Dec 19th, 2005 · A holiday treat -- Koko Taylor sings "Merry, Merry Christmas." Taylor was born Cora Walton on a sharecropper's farm in Memphis, Tenn. She got the nickname "Koko" for her love of chocolate. She started singing gospel in church, and later she made a career for herself singing the blues.
Dec 12th, 2005 · Grammy-nominated soul singer Anthony Hamilton talks about his new album, Ain't Nobody Worryin,' and the long road to success. A soul singer often compared to Bill Withers and Bobby Womack, Hamilton got his start in music when he was 10 years old, singing in the church choir.
Dec 8th, 2005 · Michele Norris says she's had enough of chatty dolls, singing globes and anything else with a talking microchip. All those annoying playthings make her wonder: Why are toys so loud?