by Kile Smith | Apr 26, 2017 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
All varieties of vernacular show up this week on Now Is the Time, Saturday, April 29th at 9 pm on WRTI.org and WRTI-HD2. With movements like Sip ’N Stir (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and Ramada Inn (Exit 1, New Jersey Turnpike), it sure sounds like Michael Daugherty, and those...
by Kile Smith | Oct 3, 2014 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
Classical covers pop on Now Is the Time, Saturday, October 4th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Cellist Maya Beiser’s new CD Uncovered ranges over the landscape of hits with aggressive yet nuanced playing. The arrangements are by composer Evan Ziporyn; Led...
by Kile Smith | Mar 14, 2014 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
Julius Caesar had better watch his back on Now Is the Time, Saturday, March 15th at 9 pm at wrti.org and WRTI-HD2. Brutus doesn’t show up, but look out for the Silver Dagger of Stacy Garrop, an Appalachian somebody-done-somebody-wrong song. Eric Moe channels...
by Kile Smith | Aug 31, 2013 | American music, new music, Now is the Time, Radio, WRTI
Maybe this weekend you’re traveling with Now Is the Time, Sunday, September 1st at 10 pm. We start with City Columns for orchestra by Shawn Crouch, and then go way, way out with Michael Daugherty’s percussion concerto UFO. Evelyn Glennie solos, sometimes...