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Power Play explores stories about the power of music, the music of the powerful, music as a means to power, and what happens when music and power go head to head.Subscribe: TuneIn-->
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Spirituals: The Power of Community and Music (Part 2)
In this episode, Christen identifies the musical characteristics that make up Black Spirituals. See how the American Black community has preserved Spi...
Spirituals: The Power of Community and Music (Part 2)
In this episode, Christen identifies the musical characteristics that make up Black Spirituals. See how the American Black community has preserved Spi...
Spirituals: The Power of Community and Music (Part 1)
In this episode, Christen details the history and significance of Negro Spirituals. Come along as we trace the story through Spirituals' grooving rhyt...
Spirituals: The Power of Community and Music (Part 1)
In this episode, Christen details the history and significance of Negro Spirituals. Come along as we trace the story through Spirituals’ grooving rhyt...
The Birth of Church Music: Purpose, Polyphony, and the Forming of New Art
In this episode, Christen Crumpler investigates the relationship between music and religion during the Middle Ages. While the musical stylings were un...
The Birth of Church Music: Purpose, Polyphony, and the Forming of New Art
In this episode, Christen Crumpler investigates the relationship between music and religion during the Middle Ages. While the musical stylings were un...
Pirate Radio: Tales from the UK Radio Rebellion
When the English government fails to meet the radio needs of its people a group of “pirates” are ready to make their own. Broadcasting from boats, tre...
Pirate Radio: Tales from the UK Radio Rebellion
When the English government fails to meet the radio needs of its people a group of “pirates” are ready to make their own. Broadcasting from boats, tre...
Chen Yi: Surviving the Chinese Cultural Revolution, Confronting Legacies of Imperialism, and Making Asian-American Music
In this episode, Ross and Karbo become familiar with Chen Yi, a Chinese-American composer who lived through the tumultuous Cultural Revolution in Chin...
Chen Yi: Surviving the Chinese Cultural Revolution, Confronting Legacies of Imperialism, and Making Asian-American Music
In this episode, Ross and Karbo become familiar with Chen Yi, a Chinese-American composer who lived through the tumultuous Cultural Revolution in Chin...
Leon Theremin: Espionage, Stalinism and Sci-fi Sounds
In this episode, Karbo and Ross follow Leon Theremin (born Lev Termen) as he invents the Theremin – an instrument most recognizable for its use in sci...
Leon Theremin: Espionage, Stalinism and Sci-fi Sounds
In this episode, Karbo and Ross follow Leon Theremin (born Lev Termen) as he invents the Theremin—an instrument most recognizable for its use in sci-f...
Karl Muck: An American Dream, Xenophobia and the Music of the Third Reich
In this episode, Ross and Karbo trace the experiences of Karl Muck. A celebrated German conductor who emigrated to Boston struggles against anti-Germa...
Karl Muck: An American Dream, Xenophobia and the Music of the Third Reich
In this episode, Ross and Karbo trace the experiences of Karl Muck. A celebrated German conductor who emigrated to Boston struggles against anti-Germa...
Nina Simone and Taking the Politics of Black Culture Seriously
In this episode, Ross and Karbo take a look at Nina Simone’s participation in the ‘politics’ of her time—and not only the Civil Rights or Black Power...
Nina Simone and Taking the Politics of Black Culture Seriously
In this episode, Ross and Karbo take a look at Nina Simone’s participation in the ‘politics’ of her time—and not only the Civil Rights or Black Power...
Calypso: Race, Land, and Politics through Journalistic Music
In this episode, Karbo and Ross examine the political messages of Calypso music from Trinidad & Tobago. The popular genre has perhaps the most vivid a...
Calypso: Race, Land, and Politics through Journalistic Music
In this episode, Karbo and Ross examine the political messages of Calypso music from Trinidad & Tobago. The popular genre has perhaps the most vivid a...