Turntable: What's GBH Jazz’s Al Davis listening to this summer?
Listen to jazz connoisseur Al Davis' three playlist picks on this edition of Turntable on GBH's All Things Considered.
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A North American father of ‘period instrument’ performances takes his final bow with Boston Baroque
After half a century, Martin Pearlman is retiring from the group he started.
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Beyond The Page: Reading Selections From Author Emily Gray Tedrowe
Each month, Beyond The Page: A WGBH Book Club features a notable author, who takes part in a live Q&A with a WGBH personality to discuss the intricacies of that month's novel. With each monthly book selection, we also ask the author for a list of reading recommendations. For its December edition, Beyond The Page selected Emily Gray Tedrowe's "The Talented Miss Farwell," an electrifying page-turner of greed and obsession, survival and self-invention that is a piercing character study of one unforgettable female con artist. -
'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' Shines A Light On August Wilson's Vision
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom was August Wilson's first Broadway hit — and a preamble to his cycle of award-winning plays about the African-American Experience… -
Arts This Week: 'The Gift,' 'A Blue Heron Christmas Special' and 'A Christmas Carol Live'
This week, Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen brings the holiday cheer with seasonal performances from Boston Ballet and Blue Heron. Plus, a one-man digital production of "A Christmas Carol."
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Misty Copeland’s Advice for Young Artists
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Summers at Oak Bluffs
Hilda Wilkinson Brown spent her summers painting at Oak Bluffs in Martha’s Vineyard. -
Painting as Sculpture
Lilian Thomas Burwell describes the process of creating her "sculptural paintings." -
Episode 4, Season 2<br> Jazz Shaped Hip-Hop, but How Did Hip-Hop Change Jazz?
Linda Diaz and LA Buckner work together to break down how these two genres cross-pollinate| 20:44