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The 1919 premiere of the Elgar Cello Concerto was a disaster due to a rehearsal schedule that bordered on sabotage. As a result the concerto was pretty…

Beethoven was outraged when Napoleon declared himself emperor, and when the latter's army was defeated at the Battle of Vitoria, he used the opportunity…

In 1950, with the Cold War in full force, an international Bach festival and competition was held in the city of Leipzig in what was then the German…

Comparatively little of the music Antonio Vivaldi wrote for the orphanage where he worked for thirty years was vocal. He was, after all, in charge of the…

We have music from Russia, Ukraine, and countries of the Baltic this week, ranging from Rachmaninoff's channeling of age-old Orthodox chant to some…

We've got a program of music written not-so-far-from Plymouth Rock this Thursday night.William Billings was one of the foremost composers around the time…

How many degrees of separation are there between Richard Nixon, a North Sea fisherman and a bullfighter?Not many at all.Tune in this week and see how we…

Sister Mary from Blues With A Twist had the opportunity to bring this interview with Paul Nelson to our listeners. Paul is the guitarist/producer for the…

Blues With A TwistTop 10 Albums for 2014Album/ArtistSock It To Me / Stompy Joneshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXH_2hTHI0wLive In Amsterdam / Beth Hart…

Sun. 1/10 on FM Odyssey - Marks the beginning of my 25th year doing this radio show, and I'll kick it off with an hour of songs about changes and new…