by Kile Smith | Aug 19, 2016 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
It’s blue and it’s the blues on Now Is the Time, Saturday, August 20th at 9 pm, We pick a Blueberry Rag-A-Muffin to begin the program, one of Linda Robbins Coleman’s many delightful piano rags, and then turn to the second movement of David Amram’s Violin Concerto,...
by Kile Smith | Sep 14, 2013 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
It’s good-bye to summer with a little—and more than a little—jazz on Now Is the Time, Sunday, September 15th at 10 pm. Quartet San Francisco starts off the program with Jeremy Cohen’s summery Tango Toscana. Saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa honors his...
by Kile Smith | Feb 8, 2013 | American music, CDs, new music, Radio
It’s as if we were all sent Valentines on Now is the Time, Sunday, February 10th at 10 pm. We’re proud of all the music by women composers our show has aired since we began in 2008, but this program we’ve set aside for them and to some pieces that...
by Kile Smith | Oct 20, 2012 | American music, CDs, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
It’s exotic with a touch of pop on Now is the Time, Sunday, October 21st at 10 pm. Gandolfi writes tangos for wind ensemble, Hulse is rhythmic and quirky, Rosenblum bends the flute of Patti Monson with electronics, and Coleman dips into the orchestra and tips...
