Aug 21st, 2008 · The songwriter was a member of the Reeltime Travelers, featured on the soundtrack to the movie Cold Mountain, before setting out to create her own brand of old-time Appalachian music. Here, she performs live on stage.
Aug 12th, 2008 · Though Martha Wainwright's third release may bring to mind the folksy work of parents Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III, she shows off that raw edginess that is decidedly Martha's. She plays music from her new album in a session on WXPN.
Jul 26th, 2007 · In the 1960s Motown was king, and music coming out of Detroit topped the charts for a decade. But after the riots in 1967, many musicians left for the West Coast. Martha Reeves, former lead singer of the Motown group Martha and the Vandellas, talks about her decision to stay put.
Apr 30th, 2007 · The cherry trees, camellias and magnolias are in bloom this week at the Polly Hill Arboretum at Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts -- a fitting tribute to Polly Hill, the legendary horticulturalist who died last week at 100. Hill began planting seeds outside her West Tisbury home more than four decades ago.
Feb 9th, 2007 · Joe Hunter, who died last week at the age of 79, was one of the Funk Brothers, the session musicians who helped create the Motown Sound. He could be heard on such hits as "Money" by Barrett Strong, "Shop Around" by The Miracles and "Heat Wave" by Martha and the Vandellas. This interview originally aired on Nov. 18, 2002.
Feb 4th, 2007 · When Kathleen Turner made her first movie 25 years ago, she wasn't convinced she could produce a convincingly sexy stare. Today, she still commands attention, in the role of Martha in the touring version of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Jan 24th, 2007 · Some residents of the hamlet of Katonah , N.Y., are miffed that their neighbor, Martha Stewart, is trying to trademark the village's name. Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia is selling some furniture as part of a "Katonah Collection." The company has said Stewart named the line to honor her new hometown. But not everyone feels honored.
Oct 10th, 2006 · Gwendolyn Brooks, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who died in 2000, published only one work of fiction for adults: Maud Martha. Author Asali Solomon says Brooks tells this coming-of-age tale with "minimal drama and maximal beauty."