07/09/2022
Hear this weekend's The Odyssey Series 7.9.2022
Studies confirm that listening to certain styles of music can have a calming effect that's soothing to the soul, comforting to the mind, and decreases stress and your heart rate. Gregorian chant has been adopted or liberated for its therapeutical value. Why? Perhaps it is because it contains similar stylistic characteristics to what is known as ambient or new age music.
https://www.wpr.org/shows/gregorian-chant
06/17/2022
https://www.wpr.org/shows/brazils-breezy-bossa-nova
Hear an additional TOS...Born in the 1950s and solidly developed in the 1960s, bossa nova was not just about the music - it was also a prevalent dance form, featuring a style of dance that was certainly easier on the knees and cordial to the relaxed sway of a dancer's hips
06/17/2022
Polka was first created in Europe as dance music in what we now refer to as the Czech Republic. In time it would travel to the U.S. as Eastern European immigrants migrated to North America. Hear this weekend's ed of The Odyssey Series https://www.wpr.org/shows/pride-polka
06/17/2022
The folk music category of polka was first created in Europe as dance music in what we now refer to as the Czech Republic. In time it would travel to the U.S. as Eastern European immigrants migrated to North America. The pulse of polka music is routinely associated with the Oktoberfest - The world's largest Volksfest, featuring a beer festival and a travelling funfair - held annually in Munich, and Bavaria... https://www.wpr.org/shows/pride-polka
06/03/2022
The mood of mento music is closely wedded to calypso with close ties to other genres. They include bachata, merengue, Palo, chutney, compas, dancehall, jing ping, reggae, reggaeton, salsa, soca, zouk, and nearly a dozen more featuring their own adaptation of the style.
Hear this week's edition of The Odyssey Series
The Caribbean Way
The mood of mento music is closely wedded to calypso with close ties to other genres.
05/28/2022
This weekend's edition of The Odyssey Series centers on conventional forms of folk music around the globe linked to various cultures used for special occasions, historical and commemorative settings like births, funerals, love relationships - good and bad, war, weddings, and markers of remembrance for the harvest that in all display a community's long held customs, identity, and belief systems.
https://www.wpr.org/shows/many-flavors-folk-music
06/03/2022