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06-04-23 RI Music Hall of Fame Member Greg Abate - Conducting Conversations

Greg Abate, saxophonist, flutist, composer, arranger and member of the RI Music Hall of Fame is our special guest this week. We talk about his many upcoming concerts and listen to some of the music from his multiple recordings. For more information you can go to www.gregabate.com.

06-02-23 Pianist & Big Band Leader ”Count” Basie - Jazz After Dinner

This week on Jazz After Dinner Joe features Pianist and Big Band Leader William “Count” Basie from a 1991 EMI Records compilation titled “The Best of the Roulette Years.”

05-25-23 Befriended - A Walk In The Park

In this week's A Walk In The Park with Jane Andrews...Jane explores the realties of renewal.

05-27-23 The First 9/11 Survivor Trees - This Old Tree

In this months This Old Tree host Doug Still explores The Survivor Tree. The Survivor Tree is a well known tree planted at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City that was rescued from the rubble at the World Trade Center site after the terrorist attacks. It has become a stirring symbol of resilience and survival visited by millions of people. But few people remember there were six other trees rescued from the site and transplanted in early October of 2001. Host Doug Still was part of the City Parks Department team that found them along with his former boss Bram Gunther. Doug and Bram recount the day they visited Ground Zero, describe how these remarkable trees were saved, and discover what's become of them. 

05-28-23 Music On The Hill 2023 - Conducting Conversations

Music On The Hill is the subject of this week's program with John M. Pellegrino, Artistic Director of the festival. We talk about their upcoming concerts and listen to some of the music from the programs being presented May 29th to June 10th. For more information you can call 401-738-5632 or go to www.musiconthehillri.org

05-26-23 Pianist Masahiko Satoh - Jazz After Dinner

This week on Jazz After Dinner Joe features Pianist Masahiko Satoh from the 1985 Denon Records recording titled “As If.”

05-18-23 Getting Old - A Walk In The Park

In this week's A Walk In The Park with Jane Andrews...Jane looks at how acceptance of old age can make all the difference.

05-21-23 Theatre by the Sea’s Production of ’My Way’ - Conducting Conversations

Theatre By The Sea's opening production of the 2023 season, My Way, the music of Frank Sinatra is the subject of this week's program with Greg Santos, director. We talk about the musical and listen to some of the very popular songs from the show. For more information you can call (401) 782-8587 or go to www.theatrebythesea.com

05-19-23 Pianist George Shearing - Jazz After Dinner

On this week’s  Jazz After Dinner Joe features Pianist George Shearing from the 1980 Concord Jazz Records recording titled “Blues Alley Jazz.”

05-11-23 Nature’s Solutions - A Walk In The Park

In this week's A Walk In The Park with Jane Andrews...Jane admits she didn't see the big picture until it was standing right next to her.

05-14-23 Classical Guitarist Aaron-Larget Caplan - Conducting Conversations

This week we feature Aaron-Larget Caplan, classical guitarist. He’s back after just a couple of months to introduce another brand new album, “Spanish Candy” and we will listen to examples of music from his other CDs. We will discuss his career and how he has had the opportunity to travel the world playing at great concert venues. For more information you can go to www.alcguitar.com

05-12-23 Saxophonist Joshua Redman - Jazz After Dinner

On this week’s Jazz After Dinner Joe feature Saxophonist Joshua Redman from the 1993 Warner Brothers Records recording titled “Wish.”

05-04-23 Blending - A Walk In The Park

In this week's A Walk In The Park with Jane Andrews...Jane explores how humans assisting is actually coexisting.

05-06-23 May The 4th Be With You...Star Wars - WCRI‘s Kids Hour

On this months episode of WCRI's Kids Hour hosts Jamie and Spencer celebrate Star Wars Day (May the 4th) by listening to music from the Star Wars galaxy of movies, TV shows, video games, and more!

05-06-23 Wood River Health - The 95.9 Company Break

In this month's The 95.9 Company Break, we welcome Wood River Health President and CEO Alison Croke. Since 1976, Wood River Health has provided high-quality affordable medical, dental and social services to the communities of southwestern Rhode Island and southeastern Connecticut. A private, non-profit Community Health Center, their providers and staff are devoted to delivering quality patient care to our patients. For more information call 401-539-2461 or visit www.woodriverhealth.org

05-07-23 Kingston Chamber Music Festival 2023 - Conducting Conversations

The Kingston Chamber Music Festival is the subject of this week's program with Dr. Beth Etter, Executive Director. We talk about the upcoming Festival and listen to some of the amazing music that will be presented from July 26th through August 6th. For more information you can go to www.kingstonchambermusic.org

05-05-23 Pianist Bud Powell - Jazz After Dinner

This week on Jazz After Dinner Joe features Pianist Bud Powell from the 1990 EMI Records recording titled “The Bud Powell Trio Plays.” A compilation of songs originally recorded in 1947 and1953 for Roost Records.

04-27-23 Keystones - A Walk In The Park

In this week's A Walk In The Park with Jane Andrews...Jane shares about studies that train us to look for things we cannot see.

04-29-23 Chronicling a Tree: Thoreau’s Concord Elm - This Old Tree

In this months This Old Tree host Doug Still explores Thoreau's Concord Elm. Concord, Massachusetts, 1856. Four men cut down a huge, seemingly healthy American elm tree using block and tackle, and ropes drawn by a horse. The graceful tree towered above a house whose owners heard creaking during a storm - they felt unsafe and had it removed. The event would have been long forgotten, except one of America’s greatest writers and earliest environmentalists also lived in Concord - Henry David Thoreau. Supremely ticked-off, the removal of the stately elm inspired a flurry of journal writing by Thoreau that defined elms as symbols of virtue that looked to Concord’s past and the country’s future. Guest Thomas Campanella, Professor at Cornell University and author of Republic of Shade: New England and the American Elm, shares his work. It turns out, elm trees  helped define our young nation’s sense of itself.
 

04-30-23 Westminster Youth String Ensemble - Conducting Conversations

This week Westminster Youth String Ensemble is the subject of the program with Kathleen Curran Monroe, Director. We talk about the upcoming season and the Spring Concert on Sunday May 7th 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