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Episodes
Monday Jul 01, 2024
06-28-24 Trumpeter Jerry Gonzalez - Jazz After Dinner
Monday Jul 01, 2024
Monday Jul 01, 2024
This week, Joe is featuring Trumpeter Jerry Gonzalez from his 1995 Sunnyside Records recording “Ya Yo Me Cure.”
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
This special Kingston Chamber Music Festival concert on WCRI highlights some of the performances at their 2023 music festival. The Kingston Chamber Music Festival (KCMF) will celebrate its 36th season this summer. The two-week festival brings renowned musicians and young, rising artists to perform seven exciting concerts in Edwards Auditorium at the University of Rhode Island. KCMF also presents special concerts and events in varied settings throughout the year. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (401) 308-3614 or visit www.kingstonchambermusic.org
Monday Jun 24, 2024
06-20-24 Brutality - A Walk In The Park
Monday Jun 24, 2024
Monday Jun 24, 2024
In this week's A Walk In The Park with Jane Andrews, Jane talks about seeing the balance of nature firsthand.
Monday Jun 24, 2024
Monday Jun 24, 2024
This week, Joe is featuring Pianist Thelonious Monk and Saxophonist John Coltrane from their 1957 Blue Note Records recording, titled “Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall.”
Monday Jun 24, 2024
Monday Jun 24, 2024
Theatre By The Sea's production of “Tootsie” is the subject of this week's program with Richard Hinds, Director, and Choreographer Brooke Jacob, who plays the role of Sandy, and Kyle Nicholas Anderson, playing Michael/Dorothy. We talk about the musical and listen to some of the songs from the show. For more information, you can call (401) 782-8587 or go to www.theatrebythesea.com
Monday Jun 17, 2024
06-13-24 Earth & Death - A Walk In The Park
Monday Jun 17, 2024
Monday Jun 17, 2024
In this week's A Walk In The Park with Jane Andrews, Jane talks about earth and death.
Monday Jun 17, 2024
06-16 -24 Newport Classical Music Festival 2024 - Conducting Conversations
Monday Jun 17, 2024
Monday Jun 17, 2024
Newport Classical is the program's subject with Trevor Neal, Artistic Director, this week. We talk about their upcoming Concert Season at many venues throughout Newport that runs from July 4th to the 21st. For more information, you can go to https://www.newportclassical.org/
Monday Jun 17, 2024
06-14-24 Saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley - Jazz After Dinner
Monday Jun 17, 2024
Monday Jun 17, 2024
This week, Joe is featuring Saxophonist Julian “Cannonball” Adderley from his 1963 Riverside Records recording titled “Jazz Workshop Revisited.”
Tuesday Jun 11, 2024
Tuesday Jun 11, 2024
Join Ocean House owner, actor, and bestselling author Deborah Goodrich Royce for a conversation with New York Times bestselling authors and mother/son duo Elliott Ackerman and Joanna Leedom-Ackerman. They discuss their books: Joanne Leedom-Ackerman’s The Far Side of the Desert and Elliott Ackerman’s 2054.
About the Authors:
Elliot Ackerman is the author of the novels Halcyon, Red Dress in Black and White, Waiting for Eden, Dark at the Crossing, Green on Blue, and the memoirs The Fifth Act and Places and Names. His books have been nominated for numerous awards, including the National Book Award, the Andrew Carnegie Medal in fiction and nonfiction, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and a Marine veteran, having served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, where he received the Silver Star, the Bronze Star for Valor, and the Purple Heart.
About 2054:
From the acclaimed authors of the runaway New York Times bestseller 2034 comes another explosive work of speculative fiction set twenty years further in the future, at a moment when a radical leap forward in artificial intelligence combines with America’s violent partisan divide to create an existential threat to the country, and the world
It is twenty years after the catastrophic war between the United States and China that brought down the old American political order. A new party has emerged in the US, holding power for over a decade. Efforts to cement its grip have resulted in mounting violent resistance. The American president has control of the media but is beginning to lose control of the streets. Many fear he’ll stop at nothing to remain in the White House. Suddenly, he collapses in the middle of an address to the nation. After an initial flurry of misinformation, the administration reluctantly announces his death. A cover-up ensues, conspiracy theories abound, and the country descends into a new type of civil war.
A handful of elite actors from the worlds of computer science, intelligence, and business have a fairly good idea of what happened. All signs point to a profound breakthrough in AI, of which the remote assassination of an American president is hardly the most game-changing ramification. The trail leads to an outpost in the Amazon rainforest, the last known whereabouts of the tech visionary who predicted this breakthrough. As some of the world’s great powers, old and new, state and nonstate alike, struggle to outmaneuver one another in this new Great Game of scientific discovery, the outcome becomes entangled with the fate of American democracy.
Combining a deep understanding of AI, biotech, and the possibility of a coming Singularity, along with their signature geopolitical sophistication, Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis have once again written a visionary work. 2054 is a novel that reads like a thriller, even as it demands that we consider the trajectory of our society and its potentially calamitous destination.
Joanne Leedom-Ackerman is a novelist, short story writer, and journalist. Her works of fiction include Burning Distance, The Dark Path to the River, and No Marble Angels. She has published PEN Journeys: Memoir of Literature on the Line and was the editor for The Journey of Liu Xiaobo: From Dark Horse to Nobel Laureate. Former International Secretary of PEN International, she is a Vice President of PEN International and a former board member and Vice President of PEN American Center. She serves on the boards of Refugees International, the International Center for Journalists, the American Writers Museum, and Words Without Borders and is an emeritus director of Poets and Writers, the PEN/Faulkner Foundation, and Human Rights Watch and an emeritus trustee of Brown University and Johns Hopkins University. Joanne is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Texas Institute of Letters. A former The Christian Science Monitor reporter, Joanne has taught writing at New York University, City University of New York, Occidental College, and the University of California at Los Angeles extension.
About The Far Side of the Desert: A terrorist attack—a kidnapping—the ultimate vacation gone wrong Sisters Samantha and Monte Waters are vacationing together in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, enjoying a festival and planning to meet with their brother, Cal—but the idyllic plans are short-lived. When terrorists’ attacks rock the city around them, Monte, a U.S. foreign service officer, and Samantha, an international television correspondent, are separated, and one of them is whisked away in the frenzy.
The family mobilizes, using all their contacts to try to find their missing sister, but to no avail. She has vanished. As time presses on, the outlook darkens. Can she be found, or is she a lost cause? And, even if she returns, will the damage to her and those around her be irreparable?
Moving from Spain to Washington to Morocco to Gibraltar to the Sahara Desert, The Far Side of the Desert is a family drama and political thriller that explores links of terrorism, crime, and financial manipulation, revealing the grace that ultimately foils destruction.
Monday Jun 10, 2024
06-06-24 Mission - A Walk In The Park
Monday Jun 10, 2024
Monday Jun 10, 2024
In this week's A Walk In The Park with Jane Andrews, Jane talks about getting busy before it's too late.
Monday Jun 10, 2024
06-09-24 Coffee Milk Opera Company - Conducting Conversations
Monday Jun 10, 2024
Monday Jun 10, 2024
This week, Coffee Milk Opera Company is the program's subject, with Krista Wilhelmsen, Co-founder and Artistic Director. We listen to music from the company and talk about its first season and the plans for two concerts in September. For more information, you can email coffeemilkopera@gmail.com or go to www.coffeemilkopera.com.
Monday Jun 10, 2024
06-07-24 Vocalist Diane Reeves - Jazz After Dinner
Monday Jun 10, 2024
Monday Jun 10, 2024
This week, Joe is featuring Vocalist Diane Reeves from her 1991 Blue Note Records recording “I Remember.”
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
06-01-24 The Music of Anime & R.I. Anime Con 2024 - WCRI‘s Kids Hour
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
On this month's episode of WCRI's Kids Hour, host Jamie and Skylar listen to music from Anime and discuss the upcoming R.I. Anime Con!
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
This month, The 95.9 Company Break welcomes Lisa Toth - Marketing Director of The Seasons, and Ashley Leonardo of Grand View Gardens. The Seasons in East Greenwich is a special not-for-profit assisted living residence offering traditional assisted living and memory care neighborhoods. Founded in 2002, The Seasons has continued the legacy of excellence established by their founders, Steere House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center and Scandinavian Home. As a not-for-profit organization, they are focused on the quality of care and services they provide to their residents versus the daily pressures to increase “the bottom line” by owners or investors. All resources are invested into their community and used to increase staffing, improve facilities, and enhance services or activities.
Grandview Gardens at The Seasons is a safe and caring neighborhood for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and other memory impairments. We’ve created a therapeutic environment where our compassionate, professional, and experienced staff works to provide understanding, support, and encouragement to residents and their families. Their goal is to facilitate independence, comfort, and security while surrounding your loved one with a sense of belonging and community.
For more information, call (401) 884-9099 or visit theseasons.org
Monday Jun 03, 2024
05-30-24 Pandemonium - A Walk In The Park
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Monday Jun 03, 2024
In this week's A Walk In The Park with Jane Andrews, Jane talks about how old skills come back to us.
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Monday Jun 03, 2024
The Narragansett Bay Symphony Community Orchestra is the subject of this week's program with John Eells, Founding Music Director, and Ivan Kirschner, Past President. We talk about their upcoming concert and listen to some of the music that will be presented on June 9th at the GAMM Theater. For more information, you can call (401) 274-4578 or go to www.nabsco.org
Monday Jun 03, 2024
05-31-24 Vocalist & Pianist Diana Krall - Jazz After Dinner
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Monday Jun 03, 2024
This week, Joe features Vocalist and Pianist Diana Krall from her 1997 Impulse Records recording “Love Scenes.”
Wednesday May 29, 2024
05-25-24 Texas Shade: The Founders' Oak - This Old Tree
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Host Doug Still introduces you to The Founders' Oak in this month's episode of This Old Tree. The Founder's Oak in New Braunfels is a "Famous Tree of Texas." The 300-year-old live oak has given shelter to a Spanish Mission, a German Prince who brought thousands of settlers, old Texas families that date back to the Alamo, and the Comanche Nation. Its rich cultural history includes a new designation as a "Comanche Marker Tree." What is it about this tree's history that mirrors the founding of Texas itself?
Tuesday May 28, 2024
05-23-24 Cartoons - A Walk In The Park
Tuesday May 28, 2024
Tuesday May 28, 2024
In this week's A Walk In The Park with Jane Andrews, Jane shows there is humor in nature.
Tuesday May 28, 2024
05-24-24 Saxophonist Stanley Turrentine - Jazz After Dinner
Tuesday May 28, 2024
Tuesday May 28, 2024
This week, Joe is featuring Saxophonist Stanley Turrentine from his 1961 Blue Note Records recording titled “Blue Hour.”
Classical 95.9-FM WCRI
The Classical Station
Classical 95.9-FM WCRI is owned by Judson Group, Inc., a company that includes the son and grandsons of broadcasting pioneer Ted Jones, founder of Charles River Broadcasting Company and Boston’s legendary classical music station, WCRB. Judson Group acquired Classical 95.9-FM WCRI from Charles River Broadcasting in 2006 and is committed to carrying on the Ted Jones tradition of radio excellence.
In addition to popular classical movements and pieces, WCRI presents special local arts programming such as Jazz After Dinner w/ Joe Parillo, WCRI’s Kids Hour, Conducting Conversations w/ Mike Maino, The 95.9 Company Break and more.