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Music

  • Interviewing Peggy Terry and Roger Phillips

    Jul. 13, 1976
  • Empire Brass discuss who they are and their backgrounds

    1986
  • Michael Feinstein discusses George and Ira Gershwin

    Feb. 26, 1990
  • Sam Pilafian and Gerhard Meinl discuss the tuba

    Aug. 30, 1991
  • Terkel comments and presents a musical performance byIrish singer and harpist Mary O'Hara

    Apr. 24, 1986
  • Interviewing singer, songwriter and musician Tom Chapin

    Feb. 17, 1987
  • Edith Wilson discusses her career

    Dec. 26, 1977
  • Art Hodes in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Aug. 17, 1977
  • Discussing his autobiography "Perfect Pitch: A Life Story" with Russian-born musicologist, pianist and composer Nicolas Slonimsky

    Apr. 13, 1988
  • Earl Robinson, Lewis Allan, and Bob Schneiderman discuss the upcoming production of "One Foot in America"

    Oct. 27, 1960
  • Interviewing Bessie Jones and Almeda Riddle at the U. of C. Folk Fest

    Feb. 2, 1963
  • Interview with Tad Hidaka

    1960
  • Talking music, with George T. Simon

    Dec. 7, 1979
  • Easley Blackwood, Leonard Meyer and Ralph Shapey talk about standards of composition in contemporary music, part 1

    1965
  • Collier Family, Dr. Kawalak, and Augustine Stevens discuss Sierra Leone and the Peace Corps; part 2

    Jul. 26, 1966
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