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Limited Run Programs
Sunday, July 6, 2008 ~ 11:00am-Noon Radio Lab is an experiential investigation that explores themes and ideas through a patchwork of people, sounds, and stories. In each episode, Radio Lab experiments with sound and style allowing science to fuse with culture and information to sound like music.
Hosted by Jad Abumrad with co-host Robert Krulwich, Radio Lab is designed for people who demand skepticism but appreciate wonder; who are curious about the world, but also want to be moved and surprised.
Pop Music
Why do some songs mercilessly stick in our heads and repeat themselves over and over? What makes these hooks so hooky? And what happens when a song, or just a piece, really and truly won't disappear from your head -- for years? This program features nightmarish stories of musical hallucinations, ear-worms that won't quit, and the triumphant return of the Elvis of Afghanistan.
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Sunday, July 19, 2008 ~ Noon–1:00pm Discoveries at Disney Hall – McCoy Tyner
"Discoveries at Disney Hall" is back for 2008 with an all-new lineup of ten concert specials recorded live at Disney Hall in Los Angeles. From singer-songwriters to classical, world music and Broadway stars, it's an eclectic celebration of the diversity of our thriving musical culture. In addition to the dynamic live performances, these programs feature the artists introducing their music from stage and weaves in brief interview clips. Hosted by Renée Montagne.
McCoy Tyner
A jazz titan, Grammy-winning pianist McCoy Tyner heads a quartet of luminaries in this performance at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Evolving from his legendary work with John Coltrane in the '60s, Tyner's blues-based piano style, abounding with sophisticated chords and an explosively percussive left hand, has become one of the most identifiable sounds in improvised music. He's joined by Dave Holland (bass), Joe Lovano (saxophone) and Lewis Nash (drums).
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Sunday, July 13, 2008 ~ 11:00am-Noon America Abroad: Power, Politics and the Olympics
The Olympic Games aren't just for the athletes. Political leaders, NGOs, and social activists all have an agenda when it comes to the torch. It's the summer of political conventions: Democrats in Denver, Republicans in Minneapolis, and jocks in Beijing. The Olympics are more than just fun and games they re also a forum for international politics. China hopes to make its Olympic games the nation s coming out party. It's hardly the first time the
five-ring spectacle has been the venue for national agendas or grandstanding - think Moscow in 1980 or Hitler's Berlin. And so far, controversy has surrounded Beijing - Tibet, Darfur, protests, threats of boycotts. Still, fans cheer that the Olympic flame could light the way to liberalization in China, as it did for South Korea in 1988. And that fuels the debate over whether ping-pong and the pentathlon should be tools of political change. Join KGOU for America Abroad's "Power, Politics and the Olympics" and let the games behind the games begin!
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Sunday, July 13, 2008 ~ Noon–1:00pm Discoveries at Disney Hall – Burt Bacharach
"Discoveries at Disney Hall" is back for 2008 with an all-new lineup of ten concert specials recorded live at Disney Hall in Los Angeles. From singer-songwriters to classical, world music and Broadway stars, it's an eclectic celebration of the diversity of our thriving musical culture. In addition to the dynamic live performances, these programs feature the artists introducing their music from stage and weaves in brief interview clips. Hosted by Renée Montagne.
Discovery At Disney: Burt Bacharach
Legendary songwriter and pop icon Burt Bacharach takes the Disney Hall stage with vocalists and a full string section, to survey some of his greatest hits from the '60s and '70s -- "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head," "What the World Needs Now is Love" and "Walk on By," among others -- as well as newly minted songs from his latest album, At This Time.
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