Reverbiage: Stories from NPR tagged 'connor'

Remembering Wayne Conner

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:53:00 EDT

Operatic tenor Wayne Conner was an classical-music radio personality and a teacher at the Curtis Institute of Music and the Academy of Vocal Arts and Peabody conservatory. For 30 years, he also produced and hosted WHYY's "Singer's World" and "Collector's Corner." Connor died May 9 of liver cancer at the age of 79.

After Rape, Woman Tells of Unusual Path to Healing

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter Joanna Connors was raped in 1984. Over the course of twenty years, she struggled to reclaim her life, and put her attacker behind bars. Connors talks about her path to healing, and the surprising things she discovered about her attacker along the way.

Philip Connors, Fired Up About Books

Sun, 13 Aug 2006 15:58:00 EDT

Feelance writer Philip Connors doubles as a fire lookout in the Gila National Forest in New Mexico. The job lasts six months a year, and gives him a chance to peruse a fair amount of literature. He offers a few recommendations, including the novel Homeland, a series of updates provided to a high school alum newsletter and one of "the funniest things" he's ever read.

O'Connor's Low-Key Last Days on High Court

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST

USA Today reporter and author Joan Biskupic talks about the Supreme Court after Sandra Day O'Connor.

Sinead O'Connor Finds New Roots in Jamaica

Tue, 06 Dec 2005 00:00:00 EST

Once one of pop music's most distinctive and controversial stars, Sinead O'Connor returns for a night of Jamaican roots music with reggae legends Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, recorded live at Washington, D.C.�s 9:30 Club.

The Appalachia Waltz Trio: Musical Americana

Thu, 24 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST

As the Appalachia Waltz Trio, fiddler Mark O'Connor, violist Carol Cook and cellist Natalie Haas combine the elegance of classical training with the rhythmic drive of American and Celtic roots music. The group performs music from their new CD Crossing Bridges in Studio 4A.

Sinead O'Connor Finds New Roots -- in Jamaica

Sun, 16 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT

Throw Down Your Arms, Sinead O'Connor's new album, is quite a departure from her past efforts. The Irish songstress takes a tour of Jamaican music that grooves along as it scores political points.