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Date |
Title |
Producer |
12/24/07 |
Holiday Music: New Holiday Music From Local Artists
(mp3) |
Jennifer
Guerra |
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Description
It’s the holidays. We’re in Michigan, so why not listen to holiday music MADE in Michigan? Michigan Radio’s Jennifer Guerra offers up some musical alternatives to the standard holiday classics with a look at the new Holiday Compilation album by local music collective, Suburban Sprawl.
Interviews
Zach Norton-musician with Suburban Sprawl
Adem Kempa-musician with Suburban Sprawl
Zach Curd-musician with Suburban Sprawl
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1/21/08 |
Parkour: The Art of Displacement (mp3) |
Jennifer
Guerra |
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Description
If you think park benches are just for sitting and walls are something you walk around…then you probably haven’t experienced parkour (par-CORE). It’s a kind of extreme martial art form that originated in France. Parkour is still relatively unknown in the states, though it did make an appearance in the latest James Bond movie. Michigan Radio’s Jennifer Guerra spent some time with a local parkour club and has this story.
Interviews
Mike Friedman-University of Michigan Parkour Club Co-Founder
Travis Graves-University of Michigan Parkour Club Co-Founder
Michael Atkinson-professor of sport and leisure sciences in the UK
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2/7/08 |
Homegrown Fiddlers: Fiddling for Fun (mp3) |
Jennifer
Guerra |
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Description
Hooten’, hollering, dancing and laughing…probably not your typical description of a string music concert. That is unless the string music in question is fiddle music. A group called the Saline Fiddlers is on a mission to turn string music into a high energy, explosive sound. Michigan Radio’s Jennifer Guerra dropped by for a fiddle practice and has this story.
Interviews
Andrew Schantz-Saline Fiddler
Ben Culver-Saline Fiddler's artistic director
Nick Armstrong
Casey Lee-Saline Fiddler
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2/14/08 |
A Detroit Thing: A Film About Detroit Music (mp3) |
Jennifer
Guerra |
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Description
Anthony Brancaleone (BRANK lee own) is one of the guys behind a new, independent documentary called A Detroit Thing. The movie looks at the struggles Detroit musicians go through to make it big and what happens when they don’t. Jennifer Guerra spoke with Brancaleone about what it takes to make it as a musician in Michigan and as a filmmaker.
Interviews
Anthony Brancaleone-film-maker in Detroit
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2/15/08 |
Slatkin and the DSO: A New Conductor (mp3) |
Vince Duffy |
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Description
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra announced its new fall season today. The schedule features four world premieres, several works by American composers, and many guest artists. But perhaps MOST notable about the season is the debut of Leonard Slatkin (SLAT kin) as the DSO’s new Music Director. Michigan Radio’s Jennifer Guerra spoke with the maestro.
Interviews
Leonard Slatkin-Detroit Symphony Orchestra Music Director
Justin Davidison-New York Magazine Classical Music Critic
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2/21/08 |
A New Way to See the Holocaust: Art Created From Letters (mp3) |
Richie Duchon |
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Description
The Holocaust is something we learn about through books and photographs, or maybe a visit to a museum. But a University of Michigan Professor and a world renowned artist are teaming up to change that. Michigan Radio's Richie Duchon reports.
Interviews
Trimpin-German sound and sculpture artist
Victor Rosenberg-University of Michigan Professor (School of Information)
Michael Berenbaum-Holocaust scholar at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles
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2/29/08 |
Our Shifting Vowels: The Way We Talk Changes (mp3) |
Linda Stephan |
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Description
In Michigan -- the way we pronounce some of our vowels is shifting. Something called the "Northern Cities Vowel Shift" is taking over the way we talk. It's a way of pronouncing words that didn't exist 75 years ago. Now it's spreading from Michigan's cities out to the countryside. As Linda Stephan reports, if you don't have this new dialect -- your daughter likely will.
Interviews
Young Women at Mall
Dennis Preston - Linguist, Michigan State University
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