A free podcast will be released each Thursday featuring one-on-one interviews with everyone from NEA Jazz Masters to leading arts experts to National Medal of Arts winners and more.
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Al Head 2012 Bess Lomax Hawes Award Recipient
Arts Advocate Al Head discusses the profound impact of traditional arts on communities. [28:50]
Andy Statman Klezmer Clarinetist, Mandolin-player, Composer, 2012 National Heritage Fellow
In the first of two-part interview, musical wonder Andy Statman talks about his early musical career, including the importance of bluegrass for a boy born in Brooklyn. [31:04]
Andy Statman Klezmer Clarinetist, Mandolin-player, Composer, 2012 National Heritage Fellow
In part 2 of our conversation with Andy Statman, we follow his musical path as he blends klezmer, jazz, blues, and bluegrass into a distinctive musical voice. [37:48]
Billy Luther explores different facets of his heritage in his documentaries. His latest looks at a little known celebration of the Laguna Pueblo, Grab Day. [26:38]
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Phoebe Jacobs, former Executive Director of the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, discusses hearing the inimitable Louis Armstrong for the first time. [2:05]
