Today may be my final episode for Pride Month 2025, but it is most certainly not my final episode celebrating and affirming Pride and all our glorious forebears who preceded us! Todays episode is a b

One hundred years ago today, Margaret Jean Roberts was born at the edge of a field before her parents could reach the hospital. The story of how she became Margherita Roberti, one of the leading drama

Continuing the Countermelody show of Pride for this months LGBTQ+ celebrations, I take a look back at the Womens Music Movement of the mid-1970s as reflected in the 1977 Olivia Records release Lesbi

Yesterday was a crucial celebration for all US-Americans: Juneteenth. In honor of that event and in continuing observation of Pride 2025, I offer today an episode in honor of the great Josphine Baker

Somewhere along the line in planning my Pride 2025 episodes, I hit upon the idea of paying tribute to Gay Eccentrics. (Maybe because I am one of them myself?) There are many mad queer geniuses in the

Continuing our exploration of queer pride in classical music, I bring you the great baryton-martin Pierre Bernac (1899 1979), known first and foremost as a creator of some of the most exquisite mlo

Im going all out (literally) for this years Pride celebrations, especially because the haters are out there in such force. Today I pay tribute to my fellow Milwaukeean, the marvelous bass-baritone D

Today is the second part of my Latin American orchestral song tribute. Last week we explored Villa-Lobos and Revueltas; today we devote ourselves to Argentina, and primarily two composers: Alberto Gin

Its Pride Month, and what better time to focus on queer musical culture in all its various manifestations! As far back as I can remember, I have been an Opera Queen, and today I kick off our queer ce

A few weeks ago I had the idea of doing a program devoted to American orchestral song. It did not take me long to realize that once again American [that is to say, US] Exceptionalism was distorting