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Arts & Culture
5:58 pm
Sun October 28, 2012

Solid Harmony Reigns When Topsy Chapman and Her Daughters Sing

Topsy Chapman

An interview with singer Topsy Chapman.

Topsy Chapman is one of New Orleans' finest singers, adept at gospel, blues, rhythm and blues and jazz.  Her trio Solid Harmony — with daughters Yolanda Windsay and Jolynda Phillips — is one of the best, most soulful vocal harmony groups working today. It all started for Topsy Chapman on a farm in Kentwood, Louisiana — a farm where gospel music was raised right along with the cotton. WWNO's Fred Kasten picks up the story...

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Music Interviews
1:03 am
Sat October 27, 2012

At 93, Pete Seeger Keeps The Fire Burning Low

Originally published on Tue November 6, 2012 1:13 pm

As he often does when the weather's decent, Pete Seeger recently played a free show outdoors in Beacon, N.Y. A few dozen people packed around the stage that held Seeger, his ever-present banjo and a small band; a group of kids in red T-shirts clustered down in front, singing along. The emcee for the afternoon was Susan Wright, the music teacher at Beacon Elementary School, where Seeger visits regularly.

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Your Letters
2:14 pm
Fri October 26, 2012

Your Letters: Music Inside Out With Reggie Scanlan

Excellent show –  a great musical memory lane trip during lunch!

— Vicki Kihnemann

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