I ve got a thrilling bunch of new artists on this week s
All Songs Considered, and at the top of my list are two Los Angeles musicians; the first is mehro, a young singer whose high, soaring voice is reminiscent of Jeff Buckley. Then there s Buzzy Lee, another artist with a wide-ranging voice and a record she made with producer/composer Nicolas Jaar.
NPR Music s Lyndsey McKenna joins me to share the music of Johanna Samuels, a singer who s got a video that features Erin Rae and Courtney Marie Andrews. And speaking of videos, the funny-sad tale of TÅth s attempt to honor his aunt by playing trumpet at her funeral comes to a crashing, poignant end with the song Turnaround (Cocaine Song). We also have music from the Chicago-based â and friends from college â Moontype.
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A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas
Any other year, theatergoers could seek out almost as many different staged versions of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas tale around town as there are official days in the holiday. During the pandemic, however, the most notable local production available for streaming is the unique one-man
tour de force that has been a popular draw at Maryland’s Olney Theatre Company for 11 years.
In fact, Olney held out hope until just last month that they could offer safe, reduced-capacity live performances of Paul Morella’s