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12-13-24 Vocalist & Pianist Ray Charles - Jazz After Dinner

This week on Jazz After Dinner, Joe features Vocalist and Pianist Ray Charles from his 2006 Rhino Records recording titled “A Ray Charles Christmas”

12-15-24 Boston Pops & Keith Lockhart - Conducting Conversation

This week will repeat a very special Christmas program that was one of the first ever done on Conducting Conversations with Keith Lockhart, Director of the Boston Pops. We'll listen to selections from their wonderful Christmas CDs” and discuss his music career. For more information, you can go to www.classical959.com
 
 
 

12-12-24 Snowfall - A Walk In The Park

This week, Jane talks about appreciating the weather.

12-07-24 A Christmas Carol Radio Play 2024 - WCRI‘s Kids Hour

In this WCRI's Kids Hour, we invite you to a special radio play of A Christmas Carol! This play was adapted for radio from Charles Dicken's novella by Anthony E. Palermo. We hope you enjoy it. From your friends at WCRI & Newport Classical!

12-07-24 A Walk In The Park Radio Feature - The 95.9 Company Break

On this week's 95.9 Company Break, we speak with Jane and Andy about their feature, A Walk In The Park on WCRI. Jane & Andy discuss their background and how they create these loved features weekly. For more information on A Walk In The Park, visit classical959.com

12-05-24 Look Within - A Walk In The Park

This week, Jane talks about struggling to slow down and to look within.

12-06-24 Vocalist & Pianist Nat "King" Cole - Jazz After Dinner

This week, Joe is featuring Vocalist and Pianist Nat “King” Cole from an EMI and Digital Dejavu recording titled “The Christmas Album and the Christmas Gift. Collection”

12-08-24 Music of Frank Sinatra - Conducting Conversation

This week, the music of Frank Sinatra, a world famous singer and song stylist, is the subject of our program. Stephanie Goddard, singer and huge Sinatra fan, is the special guest co-host. We talk about the extraordinary amount of music Sinatra recorded and listen to some selections that made him one of the greatest of all time. For more information, you can go to wcri@classical959.com

11-28-24 Norman Rockwell - A Walk In The Park

This week, Jane talks about how holiday expectations may differ from how things are.

11-29-24 Vocalist Tony Bennett & the Count Basie Orchestra - Jazz After Dinner

This week, Joe is featuring Vocalist Tony Bennett and the Count Basie Orchestra from their 2008 RPM/Columbia Records recording titled “A Swingin’ Christmas” 

12-01-24 Theatre by the Sea 2025 Line Up - Conducting Conversation

Theatre By The Sea's announcement of the 2025 season is the subject of this week's program with Bill Hanney, owner of the theatre, and Karen Kessler, Director of Marketing. We talk about next summer's musicals and listen to some of the very popular songs from Alway...Patsy Cline, Waitress, Hairspray, and Heartbreak Hotel (about Elvis). For more information, you can call (401) 782-8587 or go to www.theatrebythesea.com

11-23-24 The Tree That Owns Itself - This Old Tree

Host Doug Still introduces us to The Tree That Owns Itself. Legend has it that Col. William H. Jackson of Athens, Georgia, loved his old white oak tree very much. So much so that he created a deed for the tree and the land immediately surrounding it, giving ownership unto itself.  Could it be possible? Who owns a tree? The answers aren't always as simple as they may appear. 
 

11-21-24 Predator vs Prey - A Walk In The Park

Jane talks about predator vs. prey this week on A Walk In The Park.

11-22-24 Vocalist & Trumpet Player Christine Fawson - Jazz After Dinner

This week, Joe is featuring Vocalist and Trumpet Player Christine Fawson from her 2019 Self-published recording titled “Sings Jazz.”

11-24-24 The Cornerstone Church - Conducting Conversation

The Cornerstone Church, on Cowesett Rd. in Warwick, is the subject of this week's program with Jeff Pierce, Assistant Pastor of the Church. We talk about their church ministry and a special Holiday Concert with the Narragansett Bay Chorus being presented on Monday, December 9th. We play some of the music that will be heard that evening. For more information, you can go to www.cornerstonechurchri.org

11-16-24 Bestselling Authors Hank Phillippi Ryan and Carola Lovering discuss their novels One Wrong Word and Bye, Baby - Ocean House Author Series

Join Ocean House owner and author Deborah Goodrich Royce for a conversation with bestselling authors Hank Phillippi Ryan and Carola Lovering as they discuss their new novels One Wrong Word (Phillipi Ryan) and Bye, Baby (Lovering).
Hank Phillippi Ryan is the USA Today bestselling author of thirteen award-winning novels of suspense. National reviews have called her a “master at crafting suspenseful mysteries” and “a superb and gifted storyteller.” Her novel, THE HOUSE GUEST, received a starred review from Library Journal, calling it “Binge-worhty.” The rave review from Publishers Weekly says “Ryan is a master of suspense.” Her work has resulted in new laws, people sent to prison, homes removed from foreclosure, and millions of dollars in refunds and restitution for victims and consumers. She’s been a radio reporter, a legislative aide in the United States Senate and an editorial assistant at Rolling Stone Magazine, working with Hunter S. Thompson, Richard Avedon and Richard Goodwin. Hank is a founding teacher at Mystery Writers of America University and served as 2013 president of national Sisters in Crime. She blogs at Jungle Red Writers and Career Authors. She is a co-host at FIRST CHAPTER FUN and a founder and co-host of THE BACK ROOM, and the host of A Mighty Mystery on A Mighty Blaze.
Carola Lovering is the author of the novels Tell Me Lies, Too Good to Be True, and Can’t Look Away. She attended Colorado College, and her work has appeared in New York Magazine, W Magazine, Marie Claire, National Geographic, Outside, and Yoga Journal, among other publications. Her novel, Tell Me Lies, is now a drama series on Hulu. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and two young children.
For more information about Hank Phillipi Ryan, visit hankphillippiryan.com. For more information about Carola Lovering, visit carolalovering.com. For details on Deborah Goodrich Royce and the Ocean House Author Series, visit deborahgoodrichroyce.com
 

11-14-24 Remembering - A Walk In The Park

This week on A Walk In The Park, Jane shows how nature and wildlife remember acts of kindness.

11-15-24 Vocalist Betty Carter - Jazz After Dinner

This week, Joe is featuring Vocalist Betty Carter from her 1992 PolyGram Records recording titled “It’s Not About The Melody.”
 

11-17-24 Westminster Youth String Ensemble 2024 - Conducting Conversation

This week, Westminster Youth String Ensemble is the program's subject with Kathleen Curran Monroe, Director. We talk about the upcoming season and the Holiday Concert on Sunday, December 1st, at 3 PM at the Westerly Armory in Westerly and listen to some selections of past concerts. For more information, you can call 401.596.5225 or go to www.westminsterstrings.org
 
 

11-09-24 Authors Martha Hall Kelly & Katherine Reay discuss their books The Golden Doves & The Berlin Letters - Ocean House Author Series

Join Ocean House owner and author Deborah Goodrich Royce for a conversation with New York Times bestselling authors Martha Hall Kelly and Katherine Reay as they discuss their books The Golden Doves (Martha Hall Kelly) and The Berlin Letters (Katherine Reay).  
About Martha Hall Kelly: Martha Hall Kelly’s debut novel LILAC GIRLS, about socialite Caroline Ferriday and her fight to help a group of concentration camp survivors, became an Instant NY Times bestseller in 2016 and sold over two million copies. Once the paperback stayed on the NYT list for fifty-four weeks and became published in fifty countries, she wrote two more novels: LOST ROSES, about Caroline’s mother, and SUNFLOWER SISTERS, about her great grandmother, which also became Instant NY Times bestsellers. Martha grew up in Massachusetts and now splits her time between Connecticut and New York City.
About The Golden Doves: Two female spies risk everything to hunt down an infamous Nazi in this sweeping, profound tale of bravery from the bestselling author of Lilac Girls.
About Katherine Reay: Katherine Reay is a national bestselling and award-winning author of several novels and one nonfiction work. For her fiction, Katherine writes love letters to books, and her novels are saturated with what she calls the “world of books.” They are character-driven stories that examine the past as a way to find one’s best way forward. In the words of The Bronte Plot’s Lucy Alling, Katherine writes of “that time when you don’t know where you’ll be, but you can’t stay as you are.” Katherine holds a BA and MS from Northwestern University and, after several moves across the globe, lives outside Chicago.
About The Berlin Letters: Bestselling author Katherine Reay returns with an unforgettable tale of the Cold War and a CIA code-breaker who risks everything to free her father from an East German prison.
For more information about Martha Hall Kelly, visit penguinrandomhouse.com. For more information about Katherine Reay, visit katherinereay.com. For details on Deborah Goodrich Royce and the Ocean House Author Series, visit deborahgoodrichroyce.com