On the Friday edition of "Live and Local," we'll replay three interviews that aired earlier this year. Yu-Chen plays traditional and contemporary Chinese music on an instrument called the guzheng; singer-songwriter Roy Zimmerman shares his brand of political satire; and the all-male Hindi-English group Chai-Town sings a cappella-all live in our studio.
On the Wednesday edition of "Live and Local," we'll replay three interviews that aired earlier this year. Guitarist Angelo Favis plays Bach and some Filipino music; the musicians of Celtic Crossroads set our toes to tapping with their youthful take on traditional Irish music; and mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade chats about her farewell recital tour.
On the Monday edition of "Live and Local," I'll rebroadcast a show heard in June with Prof. Christina Bashford, whose research focuses on performance history and the social and economic history of music. We'll chat about concert etiquette in the West End of London in the early 19th century and discover how it compares-and contrasts-with what happens at concerts today.
I belong to a small group of men called the Audiophile-Music Society of Champaign County. The name belies our casual nature, as we gather once a month to listen to great music of all kinds and enjoy each other's audio systems. I invited the guys to join me on the Friday edition of the show and share some favorite recordings.
Champaign's Carlyle Johnson said in an interview recently, "I wanted to play clarinet since before I had my teeth in." And play he does, currently with his band The New Orleans Jazz Machine. They'll play the Uncorked event at the Krannert Center in Urbana Thursday night, and they'll join us live in the studio on the Thursday edition of "Live and Local.
Kevin Hart is a jazz vibraphonist, drummer and pianist based in Bloomington-Normal. His group The Vibe Tribe has a number of gigs coming up, and he'll be my guest on the Wednesday edition of "Live and Local." We'll also hear a scene or two from the Rantoul Theatre Group's production of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," playing through this weekend.
Nature's Table was a whole foods restaurant and live music venue in Urbana from 1979 to 1991. On the Tuesday edition of "Live and Local," we'll hear about the upcoming fourth annual Nature's Table Reunion, which will feature live jazz and blues. I'll also talk with members of The Prairie Ensemble about this weekend's benefit performance of Peter and the Wolf.
Actors Rural Theatre Company will present the family-friendly musical Honk! in Tuscola the next two weekends. On the Monday edition of "Live and Local," we'll meet some of the actors and hear some songs from the show. And I'll talk with Kris and John Parkhurst of The Shanties, a traditional Irish group from Bloomington-Normal playing in Champaign next Sunday.
Rising Gael-that's g-a-e-l-is a vibrant young Irish band from Madison, Wisconsin, whose music might be called modern neo-traditionalist. Their current tour will bring them to Urbana on the Piper's Hut Concert Series Friday night, and they'll stop by our studio to play for us live on the Friday edition of "Live and Local.
On Thursday's "Live and Local," we'll hear live performances to preview coming events sponsored by the Krannert Center in Urbana. First up will be local folk duo You and Yourn, who will perform at Krannert Uncorked Thursday night. Then it's The Diva and The Dude: singer Kathy Harden and guitarist Andy Baylor, playing at the U of I Research Park Friday night.
