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Music Myths, Stories, Storytelling
  • Terkel comments and presents Halloween program with George and Gerry Armstrong

    Oct. 16, 1973

    Presenting Halloween program with singers George and Gerry Armstrong.

  • Shana Alexander discusses her book "Happy Days"

    Nov. 10, 1995

    The book, "Happy Days: My Mother, My Father, My Sister and Me," gives a lot of background about Shana Alexander's father, Milton Ager. A few of Ager's songs are played throughout the interview. Alexander also glosses over her time spent with Life magazine and with 60 Minutes.

  • Ralph Ellison discusses music

    Jun. 18, 1992

    The blues and jazz are topics covered by Ralph Ellison. Ellison himself started to play the trumpet at the age of seven. Ellison said for him, when hearing classical music, he then had to go and find classical literature.

  • Presenting songs and memories with folksinger and songwriter Rosalie Sorrels

    Feb. 22, 1990

    Musical performance by Rosalie Sorrels

  • Presenting music performed by storyteller and musician David Holt

    Jul. 7, 1988

    Terkel comments and presents a performance by David Holt

  • Presenting miner's songs and interviewing Archie Green, author of "Recorded American Coal Mining Songs" ; part 2

    1970
  • Presenting miner's songs and interviewing Archie Green, author of "Recorded American Coal Mining Songs" ; part 1

    1970
  • Presenting a musical performance of Utah Phillips

    Apr. 25, 1984
  • Presenting a musical performance of Utah Phillips

    May. 7, 1986

    Terkel comments and presents a musical performance of Utah Phillips

  • Pete Seeger Cleofas Vigil and Nimrod Workman discuss music and the upcoming anthropology conference

    1970
  • Odetta

    Odetta discusses her music career

    Mar. 12, 1970

    Folk singer Odetta discusses her music; her songs "Another Man Done Gone," "Riding in My Car (Car Song)," "Gallows Pole," "Kaeshite Okure Ima Suguni," "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child," "Battle Hymn of the Republic," and "Whyn Why" are played throughout the program.

  • Interviewing Tom Hall ; part 2

    Apr. 9, 1968
  • Interviewing Tom Hall ; part 1

    Apr. 9, 1968
  • Interviewing Meredydd Evans in the village of Menai Bridge, Wales, while Studs was in England ; part 2

    Dec. 1962
  • Interviewing folksinger and songwriter Rosalie Sorrels ; part 2

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