Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure - Conversation, Essays, Poetry & Music.

Episode 338 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Truth." We share an article from the New Yorker magazine by Ian Frazier titled " Cookout." We have an E.W.poem called "Sour Mash." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhard, Stephan Grapelli, Meiko, Leif Vollebekk, Hank Williams, Stevie Wonder, the Family Daptone, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commerc...

Episode 337 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Autumn 2019." We share an original essay written and read by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese titled "Chasing Rainbows." We have an E.W.poem called "Spike."    Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, case/lang/veirs, Justin Townes Earle, Roxy Music, Kurt Vile, Devendra Banhart, Bran...

Episode 316 also includes an EW Essay titled "Air." We share the Debut of a Radio Play written by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese titled "Lecture Number 14." We have an EW poem called "Whitehead." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Linda Lawson, Death Cab for Cutie, Beck, Talking Towns, Arrested Development, Branford Marsal...

Episode 336 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "America." We share a Film Review of Francis Ford Copolla's Godfather 2 by the Famed New Yorker Film Critic Pauline Kael as read by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese. We have an E.W.poem called "Bush." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Brendan Bensen, Nathaniel Frey, James Womac...

Episode 335 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Power." We share five poems written and read by Craig Czury. We have an E.W.poem called "Feckless."    Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Beck, Kurt Vile, Sinead O'Connor, Steeley Dan, Jonathan Rice, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard.    Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted...

Episode 334 also includes an EW Essay titled "New England." We share the classic American poem "Oh Captain, My Captain" by Walt Whitman. We have an EW poem called "Kiss." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, the Mills Brothers, the Magnetic Fields, US3, Ray Barretto, Prince, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Sm...

Episode 333 also includes an EW Essay titled "Grapevine." We share Five Poems by John Updike as read by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese. We have an EW poem called "Yet Again." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Canned Heat, Prince, the Meters, April March, Diplo, Faustix, Imanos & Kai, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blancha...

Episode 332 also includes an EW Essay titled "Guns." We share "Tyler Sex Goddesses" written and read by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese. We have an EW poem called "Bird." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, the Rolling Stones, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, David Gray, Cole Porter, Richie Havens, Branford Marsalis and Terrence...

Episode 331 also includes an EW Essay titled "Red Umbrella." We share "Let America Be America Again" by Langston Hughes as read by James Earl Jones. We have an EW poem called "Flicker." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, the Pretenders, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Hombre Bestia, Taj Mahal, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Branford Marsalis and...

Episode 330 also includes an EW Essay titled "Queer." We share an "Ode To A Nightingale" by John Keats as read by Stephen Fry." We have an EW poem called "Among."    Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Marian Hill, the Beatles, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Madeline Kahn, Yo La Tengo, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard.    Commer...

Episode 328 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Sneakers." We have Part 3 of our Edgar Lee Masters Project including excerpts from his work titled "the Spoon River Anthology"as prepared and read by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese. " We have an EW poem called "Harmony." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Melanoid, Marvin Gay...

This week's sixty minutes includes an EW Essay titled "We Live." We share a piece written by Jim Harrison titled, "Letters to Yesenin" as read by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese. We have an EW poem called "Blue Sky." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Son Little, Simon & Garfunkel, the Budos Brothers, El Ten Eleven, Julia J...

Episode 327 also includes an EW Essay titled "Genuine." We share an article written for the New Yorker by Ariel Levy titled, "Less Bitchy." We have an EW poem called "Vendange."    Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Bon Iver, Dr. John & Odetta Holmes, Yes, Madison Cunning, Rose Petals, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard.    Com...

Episode 326 also includes an EW Essay titled "Pretending." We share an original Radio Play titled "My Journal" written and read by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese. We have an EW poem called "Sunshine Smile." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Lee Fields & the Expressions, Sarah Vaughn, Andre DeShields, Say Sue Me, Alan Cumm...

Episode 325 also includes an EW Essay titled "Peace Piece." We share an excerpt of Jacques Barzun's piece titled "On Baseball" as read by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese. We have an EW poem called "Speech." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Billie Holiday, Bill Evans, the Greatful Dead, Bob Marley, Neko Case, Branford Mars...

Episode 324 also includes an EW Essay titled "Beautiful." We share Lawrence Ferlinghetti's "Underware" as read by Tom O'Bedlam. We have an EW poem called "Promise."    Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire, the Nude Party, the Black Keys, Sharon Van Etten, Bob Dylan, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. P...

Episode 323 also includes an EW Essay titled "Squatting." We share an excerpt from Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Notes from the Underground." We have an EW poem called "Wild Horses." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Rodrigo y Gabriela, the Beastie Boys, Dr. John, Leon Redbone, John Lennon, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercia...

Episode 322 also includes an EW Essay titled "Home." We share a recording of Tennessee Williams reading a piece by Hart Crane titled "Eternity." We have an EW poem called "Artists." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Lou Reed, Oasis, Marianne Faithful, Judy Garland, Cole Porter, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Fr...

Episode 321 also includes an EW Essay titled "Memorial." We share an excerpt from Jack Kerouac's "On The Road." We have an EW poem called "Impeccable."    Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, the Who, Courtney Barnett, Sonic Youth, Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard.    Commercial Free, Small Batc...

Episode 320 also includes an EW Essay titled "Graduation." We debut a Radio Play written by Dr. Michael Pavese as performed by Marnie Azzarelli. We have an EW poem called "Power."    Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, the Violent Femmes, Tracy Chapman, Bernstein, Sondheim, Kostal, Amy Winehouse, G. Love & Special Sauce, Branford Mars...

Episode 319 also includes an EW Essay titled "Young." We share Roald Dahl's "Television" as read by Dr. Michael Pavese. We have an EW poem called "Victim." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, David Byrne, the Suffers, Leo Kottke, David Bowie, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Ba...

Episode 318 also includes an EW Essay titled "Fun." We share Groucho Marx reading T.S. Eliot's "Gus, the Theater Cat." We have an EW poem called "Political Potluck."    Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Ry Cooder, Joey Ramone, the Staple Singers, Mdou Moctar, Morphine, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard.    Commercial Free, Sm...

Episode 317 also includes an EW Essay titled "Love." We share Four Poems Regarding Butterflies written by John Bunyan, Katherine Mansfield, D.H. Lawrence and Allison Cassidy read by our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese. We have an EW poem called "Boneheadedly." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Hayes Carll, Foxwarren, Swingrowe...

. Episode 315 also includes an EW Essay titled "Run." We share an essay titled "It's a Flat Earth" by Gary Richardson. We have an EW poem called "Peruse." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Prince, Zero 7, Raphael Saadiq, Hot 8 Brass Band, Mink DeVille, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Photo by Commercial Free, Small Batch R...

Episode 314 also includes an EW Essay titled "Alliteration." Our Associate Producer Dr. Michael Pavese shares an excerpt from a piece by Hanif Kureishi titled "Anarchy and the Imagination."  We have an EW poem called "Confide."    Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Aaron Neville, Jackson Brown, Billy Wylder, Hank Williams, Leon Bridg...