Cellicion Family Zuni Singers of New Mexico, and the 

 waila music of the Joaquin Brothers Band from Arizona. 



"La Isla, La Costa y La Montana: Music from the Spanish 

 Caribbean and Central America" Mexican marimba music 

 with Marimba Chiapas, as well as Familia Colon 

 performing jibaro string music from Puerto Rico, and 

 accordion dance music of northern Columbia from Ivan 

 Cuesta y sus Autenticos Vallenatos. 



"Guitar Wizards" A concert of old-time country picking with 

 Wayne Henderson, Hawai'ian slack-key guitar played by 

 Ledward Kaapana, and the blues and jazz of Robert Jr. 

 Lockwood. 



"African Roots: Watch Night, Bucket Men and the Blues" 

 The Old World heritage of Georgia Sea Island ritual and 

 music represented by the Mcintosh County Shouters and 

 the new percussive energy of bucket drummers from the 

 streets of the District of Columbia, as well as Big Jack 

 Johnson and the Oilers from Clarksdale, Mississippi. 



"Accordion Kings" The Tex-Mex conjunto style of Santiago 

 Jimenez, Jr. alongside the African French Creole sound of 

 Louisiana zydeco from Boozoo Chavis for an evening of 

 accordion squeezing. 



"Blues and Bluegrass in the American Capital" Bridging 

 cultural and generational differences through Virginia 

 Piedmont Blues with John Cephas and Phil Wiggins, and 

 the neo-traditional style of Maryland bluegrass and the 

 Johnson Mountain Boys. 



"Europe in America" Muiticulturalism embraces European 

 music as heard in the Tex-Czech sound of Vrazel's Polka 

 Band, the Croatian strings of Slanina Tamburitza, and the 

 Irish music with young virtuosos Seamus Egan and Friends. 



"Rural Electrification: Rockabilly and Western Swing" 

 Western swing from the legendary Texas Playboys and 

 rockabilly from veteran Memphis players, the Sun Rhythm 

 Section. 



"New York Klezmer and New Orleans Jazz" Senior Jewish 

 performers combine with younger musicians from New 

 York City to make up Klezmer Plus, and traditional New 

 Orleans jazz with Dr. Michael White and the Crescent City 

 Serenaders. 



"Best of Folk Masters" Great previously unheard performances 

 from throughout the concert series. 



"Speakers Corner with Roger Mudd" was a weekly one-hour 

 series co-produced by Radio Smithsonian and the William 

 Benton Broadcast Project and distributed on 181 stations 

 from January through June by WFMT Fine Arts Network. 

 The programs featured scholars and experts from Oxford 

 University, the University of Chicago, and Resident 

 Associates Lecture Programs sharing their insights on the 

 arts and humanities, the sciences, politics, and public 

 affairs. Smithsonian programs included: 



S. Schoenbaum: "Shakespeare through a Magnifying Glass": 

 Renowned author and scholar on the Bard, Professor 

 Schoenbaum takes a look at some of the most recent 

 scholarship in this area. 



Herbert Simon: "Artificial Intelligence": A Nobel Laureate in 

 Economics, pioneer of political science, psychology, and 

 management, and founding father of artificial intelligence, 

 Simon examines the evolution of "thinking machines," and 

 the search for new ideas. 



Susan Faludi: "An Undeclared War Against Women?": This 

 Pulitzer Prize— winning author examines the image and 

 treatment of women in American life over the last decade 

 and the growing backlash against women partly due to the 

 success of the women's movement. 



Norman Mailer: "Harlot's Ghost": Prolific author/colorful 

 personality Mailer reads from his long-awaited novel, a 

 penetrating look at the American scene since the end of WW II. 



Andre Previn: "No Minor Chords": Academy-Award winning 

 composer, arranger, and conductor of some of the world's 

 leading orchestras, Previn recalls his years in Hollywood in 

 the 40s, 50s, and 60s. 



Abraham Pais: "Physics, Philosophy, and Politics: The Life 

 and Times of Niels Bohr": Bohr was a giant among 

 20th-century scientists, a Nobel Prize winning physicist in 

 1922 who participated in expetiments leading to the atomic 

 bomb, but he was also one of the first scientists to 

 recognize the dangers of atomic weapons and organize 

 peaceful uses for atomic energy. Abraham Pais, a physics 

 professor, examines both sides of Bohr's personality. 



Martin Gilbert: "Statesman Extraordinaire: The Life of Sir 

 Winston Churchill": Churchill's biographer addresses the 

 British PM's strong familial and political ties to America. 



Lester Brown: "Saving the Planet": Founder of the 



Worldwatch Institute, which seeks to educate the public 

 about wasting non-renewable resources and pollution of the 

 Earth, outlines plans for reversing environmental 

 degradation and turning economic growth into 

 environmentally sustainable progress. 



Flora David: "The History of the Women's Movement in 

 America Since i960": Professor/author David presents an 

 overview of the women's movement from the '60s to the 

 '90s, examining the forces, personalities, victories, and 

 failures of the crusade that has changed our lives. 



"Jazz," a Radio Smithsonian special broadcast during February to 

 commemorate Black History Month, featured jazz enthusiast 

 Julian Bond as host and drew upon performances by the 

 Smithsonian Jazz Orchestra for its music. 



"Indian Aitobics," a "Spirits of the Present" special - A variety 

 program of humor, music, and story telling, hosted by actress 

 Elaine Miles and produced by Radio Smithsonian and the 

 Native American Public Broadcast Consortium, brought 

 American Indian performers together for a two-hour program 

 aired on American Public Radio in the fall of 1992. 



"Sovereign to Sovereign," a "Spirits of the Present" special — A 

 discussion program produced by Radio Smithsonian and 

 the NAPBC, posing the question of what might have 

 happened had the European and American governments 

 parlayed with the Indian tribes as full sovereign nations; 

 aired on American Public Radio in the fall of 1992. 



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