Jan 21st, 2006 · In 1989, a girl from the projects stepped into a Karaoke booth at a mall and sang an Anita Baker tune. Today it's Mary J. Blige's songs the young girls sing. She tells Debbie Elliott about her latest CD, The Breakthrough.
Apr 7th, 2005 · Looking for a new way to embarrass yourself in front of close friends and complete strangers? A California art performance group called Angry Waiter 4am has come up with a new type of stand-up comedy: "joke-e-oke." From member station KQED, Molly Peterson reports on the latest mutation of karaoke.
Jan 17th, 2005 · Texas-based producer Bill Lee recalls getting an earful -- and an eyeful -- of his karaoke-loving neighbor, who enjoyed performing in the altogether.
Jan 8th, 2005 · BBC America, available on many U.S. cable TV networks, is offering modern adaptations of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. One of the stories -- "The Miller's Tale" -- has been recast to take place in a karaoke bar. Hear NPR's Scott Simon and Peter Bowker, who adapted the 14th-century literary classic.
Dec 16th, 2004 · NPR's Robert Holt reviews the video game Karaoke Revolution, noting that even though his wife doesn't like video games, they played it together for three hours straight -- and Holt claims to be a better singer for it.
Oct 1st, 2004 · Daisuke Inoue, the inventor of karaoke, was awarded the 2004 Ig Nobel Peace Prize last night, "for inventing karaoke, thereby providing an entirely new way for people to learn to tolerate each other." The Ig Nobel Prizes are awarded annually for achievements that "celebrate the unusual" and "honor the imaginative," according to its organizers, The Annals of Improbable Research. We hear Inoue accept the prize at last night's ceremony.