Tower of Song http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong Just another KUSP Blogs site Tue, 01 Sep 2015 13:15:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Just another KUSP Blogs site Tower of Song no Just another KUSP Blogs site Tower of Song http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong Van Morrison’s Northern Ireland: Celtic Soul & The Spirit of Place, Pt 1 –Ready for Listening http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/09/01/van-morrisons-northern-ireland-celtic-soul-the-spirit-of-place-pt-1-ready-for-listening/ http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/09/01/van-morrisons-northern-ireland-celtic-soul-the-spirit-of-place-pt-1-ready-for-listening/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2015 13:12:09 +0000 gypsyscholar http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/?p=2677 This is to announce that GS’s celebration of Van Morrison’s 70th Virgo Birthday (August 31, 1945) with the musical essay, “Van Morrison’s Northern Ireland: Celtic Soul & The Spirit of Place,” which was broadcast / webcast at midnight Sunday night / Monday morning, Aug. 31, on KUSPfm and kusp.org., is now ready for listening on the “Archived Musical Essays” page of the Tower of Song website. (Check out the “Playlists & Images” page of the Tower of Song website for the playlist and to access the special page of thematic images that go-with this musical essay.) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

The Gypsy Scholar strongly recommends that you listen to the archived version of this musical essay on the Tower of Song “Archived Musical Essays” page (#6) and not through the music player on this page, because it’s uninterrupted and contains 2 extra songs that time didn’t permit playing.

]]> http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/09/01/van-morrisons-northern-ireland-celtic-soul-the-spirit-of-place-pt-1-ready-for-listening/feed/ 0 Van Morrison’s Northern Ireland: Celtic Soul & The Spirit of Place http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/08/30/van-morrisons-northern-ireland-the-spirit-of-place/ http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/08/30/van-morrisons-northern-ireland-the-spirit-of-place/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2015 21:45:48 +0000 gypsyscholar http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/?p=2667 This is to announce that GS will be celebrating Van Morrison’s 70th Virgo Birthday (August 31, 1945) with a 2-part musical essay, the first installment of which he is calling “Van Morrison’s Northern Ireland: Celtic Soul & The Spirit of Place. It will be broadcast / webcast at midnight Sunday night / Monday morning, Aug. 31, on KUSPfm and kusp.org. (Check out the “Playlists & Images” page of the Tower of Song website to access the special page of thematic images that go-with this musical essay. Playlist will be available shortly after the broadcast. Tune in next week when the GS will be presenting the follow-up musical essay, “Van Morrison and the Celtic Imagination/Soul: The Spirit of Home-Place and Its Music; or “The Celtic Mytho-poetical Imagination with a Northern-Irish Yarragh.” Thank you Greil Marcus!)

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]]> http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/08/30/van-morrisons-northern-ireland-the-spirit-of-place/feed/ 0 The Imagination of Albion: The Spirit of Place, Pt. 2 (re-broadcast) http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/08/23/the-imagination-of-albion-trees-the-spirit-of-place-pt-3/ http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/08/23/the-imagination-of-albion-trees-the-spirit-of-place-pt-3/#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2015 19:39:47 +0000 gypsyscholar http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/?p=2663 This is to announce that Part 2 of the GS’s musical essay, “The Imagination of Albion: The Spirit of Place,” will be re-broadcast / webcast at midnight Sunday night / Monday morning, Aug 24, on KUSPfm and kusp.org. (Check out the “Playlists & Images” page of the Tower of Song website to access the special page of thematic images that go-with this musical essay. The playlist will be available shortly after the broadcast.) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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]]> http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/08/23/the-imagination-of-albion-trees-the-spirit-of-place-pt-3/feed/ 0 The Imagination of Albion: The Spirit of Place, Pt. 2 –Ready for Listening http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/08/18/the-imagination-of-albion-the-spirit-of-place-pt-2-ready-for-listening/ http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/08/18/the-imagination-of-albion-the-spirit-of-place-pt-2-ready-for-listening/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2015 02:57:46 +0000 gypsyscholar http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/?p=2658 This is to announce that Part 2 of the GS’s musical essay, “The Imagination of Albion: The Spirit of Place,” which was broadcast / webcast at midnight Sunday night / Monday morning, Aug 17, on KUSPfm and kusp.org., is now ready for listening on the “Archived Musical Essays” page of the Tower of Song website. (Check out the “Playlists & Images” page to access the special page of thematic images that go-with this musical essay.) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

The Gypsy Scholar strongly recommends that you listen to the archived version of this musical essay on the Tower of Song “Archived Musical Essays” page (#6) and not through the music player on this page, because it’s uninterrupted and contains 2 extra songs that time didn’t permit playing. (Also a song that stopped suddenly during play in CD player is edited out.)

]]> http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/08/18/the-imagination-of-albion-the-spirit-of-place-pt-2-ready-for-listening/feed/ 0 The Imagination of Albion: The Spirit of Place, Pt. 2 http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/08/16/the-imagination-of-albion-summertime-in-england-pt-2/ http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/08/16/the-imagination-of-albion-summertime-in-england-pt-2/#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2015 20:47:18 +0000 gypsyscholar http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/?p=2652 This is to announce that Part 2 of the GS’s musical essay, “The Imagination of Albion: The Spirit of Place,” will be broadcast / webcast at midnight Sunday night / Monday morning, Aug 17, on KUSPfm and kusp.org. (Check out the “Playlists & Images” page of the Tower of Song website to access the special page of thematic images that go-with this musical essay. The playlist will be available shortly after the broadcast.) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Stonehenge (Turner)

]]> http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/08/16/the-imagination-of-albion-summertime-in-england-pt-2/feed/ 0 The Imagination of Albion: Summertime In England, Pt. 1 –Ready for Listening http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/08/11/the-imagination-of-albion-summertime-in-england-pt-1-ready-for-listening/ http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/08/11/the-imagination-of-albion-summertime-in-england-pt-1-ready-for-listening/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2015 03:22:03 +0000 gypsyscholar http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/?p=2647 This is to announce that Part 1 of the GS’s musical essay, “The Imagination of Albion: Summertime In England,” which was broadcast / webcast at midnight Sunday night / Monday morning, Aug 10, on KUSPfm and kusp.org., is now ready for listening on the “Archived Musical Essays” page of the Tower of Song website. (Check out the “Playlists & Images” page to access the special page of thematic images that go-with this musical essay.) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

The Gypsy Scholar strongly recommends that you listen to the archived version of this musical essay on the Tower of Song “Archived Musical Essays” page (#6) and not through the music player on this page, because it’s uninterrupted and contains an extra song that time didn’t permit playing.

]]> http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/08/11/the-imagination-of-albion-summertime-in-england-pt-1-ready-for-listening/feed/ 0 The Imagination of Albion: Summertime In England, Pt. 1 http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/08/09/the-imagination-of-albion-summertime-in-england-pt-1/ http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/08/09/the-imagination-of-albion-summertime-in-england-pt-1/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2015 05:21:56 +0000 gypsyscholar http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/?p=2642 This is to announce that Part 1 of the GS’s musical essay, “The Imagination of Albion: Summertime In England,” will be broadcast / webcast at midnight Sunday night / Monday morning, Aug 10, on KUSPfm and kusp.org. (Check out the “Playlists & Images” page of the Tower of Song website to access the special page of thematic images that go-with this musical essay. The playlist will be available shortly after the broadcast.) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Stonehenge (Turner)

]]> http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/08/09/the-imagination-of-albion-summertime-in-england-pt-1/feed/ 0 Lughnasadh / Lammas Musical Essay, Pt.2 –Ready for Listening http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/08/04/lughnasadh-lammas-musical-essay-pt-2-ready-for-listening/ http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/08/04/lughnasadh-lammas-musical-essay-pt-2-ready-for-listening/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2015 22:54:36 +0000 gypsyscholar http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/?p=2636 This is to announce that Part 2 of the GS’s musical essay for the Celtic cross-quarter (high summer) festival of Lughnasadh / Lammas (August 1 or 2), which was broadcast / webcast at midnight Sunday night / Monday morning, August 3, on KUSPfm and kusp.org., is now ready for listening on the “Archived Musical Essays” page of the Tower of Song website. (Check out the “Playlists & Images” page to access the special page of thematic images that go-with this musical essay.) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

The Gypsy Scholar strongly recommends that you listen to the archived version of this musical essay on the Tower of Song “Archived Musical Essays” page (#6) and not through the music player on this page, because it’s uninterrupted and contains 2 extra songs that time didn’t permit playing.

]]> http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/08/04/lughnasadh-lammas-musical-essay-pt-2-ready-for-listening/feed/ 0 Lughnasadh / Lammas Musical Essay, Pt.2 http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/08/02/lughnasadh-lammas-musical-essay-pt-2/ http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/08/02/lughnasadh-lammas-musical-essay-pt-2/#comments Sun, 02 Aug 2015 20:19:48 +0000 gypsyscholar http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/?p=2625 This is to announce that Part 2 of the GS’s musical essay for the Celtic cross-quarter (high summer) festival of Lughnasadh / Lammas (August 1) will be broadcast / webcast at midnight Sunday night / Monday morning, Aug 3, on KUSPfm and kusp.org. (Check out the “Playlists & Images” page of the Tower of Song website to access the special page of thematic images that go-with this musical essay. The playlist will be available shortly after the broadcast.) >>>>>>>>

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]]> http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/08/02/lughnasadh-lammas-musical-essay-pt-2/feed/ 0 Lughnasadh / Lammas Musical Essay, Pt.1 –Ready for Listening http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/07/28/2617/ http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/2015/07/28/2617/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2015 00:56:57 +0000 gypsyscholar http://blogs.kusp.org/towerofsong/?p=2617 This is to announce that Part 1 of the GS’s musical essay for the upcoming Celtic cross-quarter (high summer) festival of Lughnasadh / Lammas (August 1), which was broadcast / webcast at midnight Sunday night / Monday morning, July 27, on KUSPfm and kusp.org., is now ready for listening on the “Archived Musical Essays” page of the Tower of Song website. (Check out the “Playlists & Images” page to access the special page of thematic images that go-with this musical essay.) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

The Gypsy Scholar strongly recommends that you listen to the archived version of this musical essay on the Tower of Song “Archived Musical Essays” page (#6) and not through the music player on this page, because it’s uninterrupted and contains 2 extra songs that time didn’t permit playing.

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