Nov 12th, 2008 · After three and a half years compiling and then weeding out, Tom Moon's 1,000 Recordings top Hear Before You Die includes musical benchmarks from all corners of the earth, from the justifiably familiar to the sorely overlooked.
Oct 13th, 2008 · So much to hear. So little time. You can spend your entire life devouring music, both new and old, and barely scratch the surface of all there is to discover. NPR reviewer and author Tom Moon is trying to make it a little easier for music fans with his new book: 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List. On this edition of All Songs Considered, we talk with Tom about his new book and listen to some of the incredible music he select, as well as some of the ones we think he missed.
Aug 22nd, 2008 · Covering music from Marian Anderson to ZZ Top, 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener's Life List covers all genres in its more than 900 pages. It's driven by the notion that "the more you love music, the more music you love." Author Tom Moon submits his picks for the best summer recordings.
Jun 28th, 2007 · New tracks from 1930s Broadway and radio star Ruby Elzy have been released in a CD called Ruby Elzy in Song: Rare Recordings (1935-1942). Elzy's vocal talents brought her wide acclaim until her tragic death at the age of 35.
Feb 9th, 2006 · Fantasy Records has released a new collection of classic recordings from the 1950s and 1960s, called Jazz for Lovers. Musician and Day to Day contributor David Was reviews the collection, and finds some nice surprises in the mix.
Feb 8th, 2006 · American soprano Jessye Norman will become the fourth opera singer tonight to win a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Grammys. She joins NPR's Fred Child to talk about what the award means to her and to pick a favorite from her lifetime catalogue of recordings.
Feb 3rd, 2006 · The late John Fahey, an eccentric guitarist and music historian, co-founded Revenant Records. Fahey's last project before he died in 2001 was American Primitiven Vol. 2, a collection of early 20th-century American recordings by artists so obscure that folk music archivists had overlooked them.
Feb 2nd, 2006 · 'Cubist' from Puerto Rico: Piano Jazz February 2, 2006 · Cubist Music is the new recording by Puerto Rican pianist Edsel Gomez. It's on the Zoho label.