POP OPERA ANDREA BOCELLI AND FRIENDS

BONNY RAIT

THE STORY OF JAZZ, BLUES, COUNTRY AND ROCK SINGER BONNY RAIT. WE EXAMINE HER HITS THROUGH THE FOUR DECADE LONG CAREER AND ENJOY DUOS WITH JOHN LEE HOOKER AND TONY BENNETT

POP OPERA ANDREA BOCELLI AND FRIENDS

OPERA SINGERS HAVE RECORDED DUETS WITH POPULAR MUSIC STARS AS A MEANS TO BROADEN THE APPEAL OF OPERA MUSIC. IN THIS EPISODE WE FEATURE ANDREA BOCELLI AND SOME OF HIS MOST FAMOUS RECORDINGS ALONG WITH DUETS FROM SUCH POPULAR MUSIC STARS AS SHANIA TWAIN, NELLY FURTADO AND OF COURSE CELINE DION. THIS PODCAST SHOWCASES NOT ONLY BOCELLI'S INCREDIBLE TALENT BUT ALSO THE EXTROADINARY TALENT OF TODAYS POP STARS AS THEY PERFORM OPERA WITH A FULL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

ANNIE LENNOX

THE CAREER OF MUSICIAN PHILANTHROPIST AND ACTIVIST ANNIE LENNOX FROM ROCK STAR WITH THE EURYTHMICS TO JAZZ

CHRISSIE HYNDE FROM HARD ROCK TO SMOOTH JAZZ

WE TRACE THE CAREER OF CHRISSIE HYNDE FROM HER BEGINNINGS WITH THE PRETENDERS AS A ROCK STAR TO RECENT RECORDINGS OF JAZZ WITH VALVE BONE WOE AND JAZZ STANDARDS. WE ALSO SHOW HER TALENTS WITH DUETS FROM FRANK SINATRA , ROD STEWART , JULIAN LENNON WITH A BEATLES SONG AND A RN B MATERPIECE WITH KD LAING. YOU WILL GAIN AN APRECIATION OF THIS STAR WHO DEFINEITELY HAS BRASS IN POCKET

PAUL SIMON FROM FOLK SINGER TO MUSIC ICON

WE TRACE THE CAREER OF PAUL SIMON FROM HIS BEGINNINGS WITH ART GARFUNKEL TO HIS PROGRESSION AS A SONGWRITER AND MUSICIAN. HIS UNIQUE TALENT AS A LYRICIST IS MATCHED BY HIS ABILITY TO COMPOSE MUSIC IN MANY DIFFERENT GENRES AND SHARE THE STAGE WITH MANY OTHER ARTISTS FROM QUINCY JONES TO MILEY CYRUS. THIS EPISODE WILL GIVE YOU A NEW APPRECIATION OF OF ONE OF THE GREATEST ARTISTS OF ALL TIME