Fonotopia Episode #1: Vocal Virtuosi
Series: Fonotopia with Ian Nagoski
From: Fonotopia Radio
Length: 00:59:00
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In this first episode of Fonotopia, musicologist Ian Nagoski raids his 78 r.p.m. collection to find the most moving vocal performances from all over the world. Greek rembetika legend Dalgas, Jimmie Rodgers singing his despair through the TB-generated holes in his lungs, Egyptian icon Oum Kalsoum singing one of the songs that inspired a million people to attend her funeral, Romanian-born cantor Shalom Katz lamenting the dead of Auschwitz in 1946...just tons of great singing in this hour. Tons.
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In this first episode of Fonotopia, musicologist Ian Nagoski raids his 78 r.p.m. collection to find the most moving vocal performances from all over the world. Greek rembetika legend Dalgas, Jimmie Rodgers singing his despair through the TB-generated holes in his lungs, Egyptian icon Oum Kalsoum singing one of the songs that inspired a million people to attend her funeral, Romanian-born cantor Shalom Katz lamenting the dead of Auschwitz in 1946...just tons of great singing in this hour. Tons.
Timing and Cues
This is a straight 59 minutes, no breaks.
Additional Credits
Host: Ian Nagoski
Producers: Bruce Wallace, Lawrence Lanahan
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