Audio by Adam » Music http://www.audiobyadam.com Radio and Audio Features and Documentaries Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:41:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Radio and Audio Features and Documentaries - An ever-fattening blog with scores (soon to be 100s) of the sound-rich radio stories and documentaries Adam Phillips has done over 25 years for National Public Radio, the CBC, and, since 1993, the Voice of America, where he is on staff. Phillips' interests are truly eclectic - there are almost no subject that do not engage him, and through his careful use of ambient sound and interviews, lure us in as well. Categories include Americana, religion and spirituality, New York life, arts, offbeat science, oral history, and lots and lots of "other." Phillips has won nearly 20 awards for his work. He is also an adjunct professor at the New School's Graduate School of Media Studies, and teaches oral history workshops. Adam Phillips no Adam Phillips adam@audiobyadam.com adam@audiobyadam.com (Adam Phillips) 1984-2010 Radio and Audio Features and Documentaries radio,documentaries,NPR,human interest,VOA,Americana,profiles,spirituality,New York,immigrants,ethnic,audio,features Audio by Adam » Music http://audiobyadam.com/audio/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/rss.jpg http://www.audiobyadam.com Mister Spoons: Big Apple Flatware Virtuoso http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/mr-spoons-the-big-apples-flatware-virtuouso/ http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/mr-spoons-the-big-apples-flatware-virtuouso/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:22:05 +0000 adamphillips http://audiobyadam.com/?p=366
  • Little League’s Big Adventure
  • Profile: Yo-Yo Ma, Peaceful Virtuoso (VOA 2009)
  • Columbus: Man and Myths
    • ]]>     There are hundreds of musicians, good and bad, tooting and strumming and bowing and belting in the New York subway system, but Mr. Spoons is sui generis. Not only is he fantastic at playing the spoons, he has an outsize character to match. I spent some serious time with him, and filed this report for VOA.

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    ]]>     http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/mr-spoons-the-big-apples-flatware-virtuouso/feed/ 0 buskers,busking,Mr. Spoons,Music,New York,spoons,subways There are hundreds of musicians, good and bad, tooting and strumming and bowing and belting in the New York subway system, but Mr. Spoons is sui generis. Not only is he fantastic at playing the spoons, he has an outsize character to match. There are hundreds of musicians, good and bad, tooting and strumming and bowing and belting in the New York subway system, but Mr. Spoons is sui generis. Not only is he fantastic at playing the spoons, he has an outsize character to match. I spent some serious time with him, and filed this report for VOA. adamphillips no 7:45     Auld Lang Syne Mega-Melange http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/auld-lang-syne-mega-melange/ http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/auld-lang-syne-mega-melange/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:40:26 +0000 adamphillips http://audiobyadam.com/?p=335 There are zillions of ways to sing and play Auld Lang Syne. Here I had fun melding some of them

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    ]]>     http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/auld-lang-syne-mega-melange/feed/ 1 Auld Lang Syne,melange,Music,New Year's,novelty There are zillions of ways to sing and play Auld Lang Syne. Here I had fun melding some of them There are zillions of ways to sing and play Auld Lang Syne. Here I had fun melding some of them adamphillips no 4:21     Traditional Spiritual Music of Hawaii (Radio Smithsonian) http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/traditional-spiritual-music-of-hawaii-radio-smithsonian/ http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/traditional-spiritual-music-of-hawaii-radio-smithsonian/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:34:04 +0000 adamphillips http://audiobyadam.com/?p=305
  • The Spiritual Music of Hawaii
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    • ]]>     A look at the beautiful and diverse spiritual musical traditions of Hawaii, from chanting to slack-key guitar to unaccompanied a capella singing. Interviews and music recorded at the Folklife Festival in Washington DC for the late and much lamented Radio Smithsonian.

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    ]]>     http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/traditional-spiritual-music-of-hawaii-radio-smithsonian/feed/ 0 American,American Folklife Festival,Americana,ethnomusicology,hawaii,Music,music of hawaii,musical traditions,Smithsonian,spiritual music,Washington dc A look at the beautiful and diverse spiritual musical traditions of Hawaii, from chanting to slack-key guitar to unaccompanied a capella singing. Interviews and music recorded at the Folklife Festival in Washington DC for the late and much lamented Rad... A look at the beautiful and diverse spiritual musical traditions of Hawaii, from chanting to slack-key guitar to unaccompanied a capella singing. Interviews and music recorded at the Folklife Festival in Washington DC for the late and much lamented Radio Smithsonian. adamphillips no 10:09     “Deep-Down Irishness” (NPR 1989) http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/deep-down-irishness-npr-1989/ http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/deep-down-irishness-npr-1989/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:43:20 +0000 adamphillips http://audiobyadam.com/?p=278
  • The Loopy Art of English “Changeringing” (NPR 1989?)
  • The Status of Women in Israel (NPR 1990)
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    • ]]>     A survey look at what being Irish is all about deep down –from the “fairy faith” to its music, to Celtic myth, to sean nos and storytelling. Collected entirely in the West of Ireland down some very very back roads.

    See also “Visions and Beliefs in the West Ireland,” which focuses on the spirituality and folkways of the Irish Gaeltacht.

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    ]]>     http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/deep-down-irishness-npr-1989/feed/ 0 culture,Dublin,Eire,faeries,fairy,faith,Gaelic,Gaeltacht,Ireland,leprachaun,Music,Saint Patrick A survey look at what being Irish is all about deep down --from the "fairy faith" to its music, to Celtic myth, to sean nos and storytelling. Collected entirely in the West of Ireland down some very very back roads. - A survey look at what being Irish is all about deep down --from the "fairy faith" to its music, to Celtic myth, to sean nos and storytelling. Collected entirely in the West of Ireland down some very very back roads. See also "Visions and Beliefs in the West Ireland," which focuses on the spirituality and folkways of the Irish Gaeltacht. adamphillips no 15:34     Woodstock (somewhat groovily) Remembered Forty Years Later http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/woodstock-somewhat-groovily-remembered-forty-years-later/ http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/woodstock-somewhat-groovily-remembered-forty-years-later/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:01:58 +0000 adamphillips http://audiobyadam.com/?p=214 trippy girlForty years after Woodstock, the iconic music festival still looms large in the public mind as the high point — or, some say, the death knell — of America’s 1960s’ counterculture. What was it like to be there for “veteran” audience members and performers, and what is the legacy of this unique cultural happening?   Adam went tripping for some answers.

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    ]]>     http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/woodstock-somewhat-groovily-remembered-forty-years-later/feed/ 0 1960s,anniversary,Bethel,drugs,hippie,Music,sex,Woodstock Forty years after Woodstock, the iconic music festival still looms large in the public mind as the high point -- or, some say, the death knell -- of America’s 1960s' counterculture. What was it like to be there for "veteran" audience members and perf... (http://audiobyadam.com/audio/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/trippy-girl1-150x150.jpg)Forty years after Woodstock, the iconic music festival still looms large in the public mind as the high point -- or, some say, the death knell -- of America’s 1960s' counterculture. What was it like to be there for "veteran" audience members and performers, and what is the legacy of this unique cultural happening?   Adam went tripping for some answers. adamphillips no 7:26     New (serious) Music for Toys http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/new-serious-music-for-toys/ http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/new-serious-music-for-toys/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:53:51 +0000 adamphillips http://audiobyadam.com/?p=208
  • Traditional Spiritual Music of Hawaii (Radio Smithsonian)
  • The Spiritual Music of Hawaii
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    • ]]>     Avant-garde musical artists have always liked to stretch the limits of what traditional musical instruments can do. But some artists have gone even farther and explored the less orthodox music of familiar objects.  This story explores the experimental music written especially for toys as performed in a concert in hipster Brooklyn.  Features toy piano virtuouso Margaret Leng Tan, a balloon composer and instrumentalist, and Isabel Negron, among others.

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    ]]>     http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/new-serious-music-for-toys/feed/ 0 avant-garde,baloonns,John Cage,Margaret Leng Tan,MATA,Music,toys Avant-garde musical artists have always liked to stretch the limits of what traditional musical instruments can do. But some artists have gone even farther and explored the less orthodox music of familiar objects. Avant-garde musical artists have always liked to stretch the limits of what traditional musical instruments can do. But some artists have gone even farther and explored the less orthodox music of familiar objects.  This story explores the experimental music written especially for toys as performed in a concert in hipster Brooklyn.  Features toy piano virtuouso Margaret Leng Tan, a balloon composer and instrumentalist, and Isabel Negron, among others. adamphillips no 7:13     Yo-Yo Ma and “Songs of Joy and Peace” Album http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/yo-yo-ma-and-songs-of-joy-and-peace-album/ http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/yo-yo-ma-and-songs-of-joy-and-peace-album/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:29:00 +0000 adamphillips http://audiobyadam.com/?p=188
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    • ]]>     A collection of music produced by Yo-Yo Ma in connection with the winter holiday season, which exemplifies his wide-ranging and talented musical family – including traditional and modern and world music arrangements from the USA,  Brazil, medieval Ireland and closer to home.  Yo-Yo Ma is his normal charming, charismatic and virtuosic self.

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    ]]>     http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/yo-yo-ma-and-songs-of-joy-and-peace-album/feed/ 0 cello,Christmas,family,holidays,James Taylor,Music,profiles,Renee Fleming,Yo-Yo Ma A collection of music produced by Yo-Yo Ma in connection with the winter holiday season, which exemplifies his wide-ranging and talented musical family - including traditional and modern and world music arrangements from the USA,  Brazil, A collection of music produced by Yo-Yo Ma in connection with the winter holiday season, which exemplifies his wide-ranging and talented musical family - including traditional and modern and world music arrangements from the USA,  Brazil, medieval Ireland and closer to home.  Yo-Yo Ma is his normal charming, charismatic and virtuosic self. adamphillips no 6:42     Profile: Pamelia Kursten and the Art of the Theremin (VOA May 2003) http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/the-art-of-the-theremin-voa-may-2003/ http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/the-art-of-the-theremin-voa-may-2003/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:01:27 +0000 adamphillips http://audiobyadam.com/?p=182
  • Profile: Art Spiegelman “Maus” Creator & Comics and Graphics Novel Artist
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    • ]]>     Pamelia Kursten is the 21st century’s greatest theremin virtuosa, who has turned an instrument most associate with creepy sci-fi “woo-woo” music into an art form. Hear what she has to say and how she does it in this sound-rich piece, originally produced for the Voice of America’s “Our World” science program.

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    ]]>     http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/the-art-of-the-theremin-voa-may-2003/feed/ 0 avant-garde,Brooklyn,Clara Rockmore,Good Vibrations,Music,Pamelia Kursten,The Swan,Theremin Pamelia Kursten is the 21st century's greatest theremin virtuosa, who has turned an instrument most associate with creepy sci-fi "woo-woo" music into an art form. Hear what she has to say and how she does it in this sound-rich piece, Pamelia Kursten is the 21st century's greatest theremin virtuosa, who has turned an instrument most associate with creepy sci-fi "woo-woo" music into an art form. Hear what she has to say and how she does it in this sound-rich piece, originally produced for the Voice of America's "Our World" science program. adamphillips no 8:30     Hillbilly Stereotypes (VOA 1999) http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/hillbilly-stereotypes/ http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/hillbilly-stereotypes/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:48:08 +0000 adamphillips http://audiobyadam.com/?p=160
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    • ]]>     Adam went down to the coal-rich mountains of the southern Appalachian mountains, where “hillbillies” are presumed to live.  Through on-site interviews and a survey look at American pop culture, he examines the hillbilly stereotype, its roots and impact.

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    ]]>     http://www.audiobyadam.com/2009/hillbilly-stereotypes/feed/ 0 Appalachia,Appalshop,Beverly Hillbillies,hillbillies,hillbilly,Kentucky,mountains,Music,Scotch-Irish,stereotypes Adam went down to the coal-rich mountains of the southern Appalachian mountains, where "hillbillies" are presumed to live.  Through on-site interviews and a survey look at American pop culture, he examines the hillbilly stereotype, its roots and impact. Adam went down to the coal-rich mountains of the southern Appalachian mountains, where "hillbillies" are presumed to live.  Through on-site interviews and a survey look at American pop culture, he examines the hillbilly stereotype, its roots and impact. adamphillips no 8:01