06-07-26 Dan Brandl, Executive Director LaGrua Center - Conducting Conversations

06-05-26 Saxophonist Sonny Rollins "A Night At The Village Vanguard, Vol 1" - Jazz After Dinner

This week Joe is featuring Saxophonist Sonny Rollins from his 1957, Blue Note Records recording, titled “A Night At The Village Vanguard, Vol 1.”

06-07-26 Dan Brandl, Executive Director LaGrua Center - Conducting Conversations

The LaGrua Center in Stonington CT is the subject of this week's program with Dan Brandl, Executive Director. We talk about what has been happening at the Center as well as the upcoming events taking place this season and The Music Matters series that continues to run. For more information you can go to www.lagruacenter.org [http://www.lagruacenter.org/]

05-29-26 On Defense: Estonia's Stadium Oak - This Old Tree

In this episode of This Old Tree, with Doug Still...Sa Melabrina is a Downy Oak tree the size of a small church, draped in moss and ferns. Her ancient arms spread wide in the surrounding forest near Illorai, Sardinia. She's the oldest and largest of her kind in all of Europe. And she's been standing here in these mountains for nine centuries. What she symbolizes is even greater than her beauty. The town’s mayor organized a remarkable conference drawing scientists, conservationists, and community leaders from across Sardinia and beyond, all united around a single idea: that Sardinia's ancient trees, its oldest living landmarks, could form a network worth protecting, visiting, and fighting for. There is something else at stake. Sardinia's small towns are quietly shrinking. Depopulation is hollowing out villages that have survived for millennia. Saving these old trees is vital, but Sardinia's leaders ask a new type of question: Can Sa Melabrina and Sardinia’s monumental trees save its small towns?

05-29-26 Cornetist Jim Cullum "Shootin' The Agate" - Jazz After Dinner

This week, Joe is featuring Cornetist Jim Cullum from his 1993 Stomp Off Records recording, titled “Shootin’ The Agate.”

05-31-26 The Narragansett Bay Symphony Community Orchestra - Conducting Conversations

The Narragansett Bay Symphony Community Orchestra is the subject of this week's program with Thomas Kociela, Guest Conductor, and President Greg Henninger. We talk about their upcoming concert and listen to some of the music that will be presented on June 7th at 3 PM at the E. Providence H. S. Auditorium. For more information, you can call (401) 274-4578 or go to www.nabsco.org [http://www.nabsco.org]