by Kile Smith | Apr 19, 2013 | American music, CDs, new music, Radio
We’re traveling far and enjoying the journey on Now is the Time, Sunday, April 21st at 10 pm. From his CD Stream of Stars, Dylan Mattingly’s Atlas of Somewhere on the Way to Howland Island imagines the last flight of Amelia Earhart, somewhere over the...
by Kile Smith | Apr 13, 2013 | American music, CDs, new music, Radio
It really is spring, and our thoughts turn to… Now is the Time, Sunday, April 14th at 10 pm. Why not make up a story, and let the boys start. Eric Whitacre’s emotionally surprising A Boy and a Girl leads us to the fresh Gate of Michael McDermott. A Charles...
by Kile Smith | Apr 5, 2013 | American music, CDs, new music, Radio
We’re still waiting for spring to really get here on Now is the Time, Sunday, April 7th at 10 pm. Carlos Carrillo’s plummy Como si fuera la primavera (As if this were spring) features clarinet, and Emma Lou Diemer’s Before Spring, the violin. Jason...
by Kile Smith | Mar 29, 2013 | American music, CDs, new music, Radio
It’s the mystery of creation and Casals on Now is the Time, Sunday, March 31st at 10 pm. Paul Moravec visited Montserrat, home of a monastery and of a statue of Pablo Casals. The great cellist had played there and was friends with the monks who attended to the...
by Kile Smith | Mar 22, 2013 | American music, CDs, new music, Radio
We’re trying to kick-start spring on Now is the Time, Sunday, March 24th at 10 pm. Leaps and Bulls is all funky frogs and swamps, from the group Blob. Yes, Blob. Gary Schocker tempts us out of the house with Out of Doors Duets for two flutes, and Ned...
by Kile Smith | Mar 14, 2013 | American music, CDs, new music, Radio
Time’s marching on Now is the Time, Sunday, March 17th at 10 pm. Whether it’s the change of clocks or seasons, something is trying to get our attention. Former Take 6 member Cedric Dent arranges the gospel song Somebody’s Knocking at Your Door for...
