Reporter: Steve Nagel
'REVIEW: David Lynch and Marek Zebrowski Re-issue ‘Polish Night Music’
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'PBS Idea Channel's Mike Rugnetta Says 'Pop Music is Holding You Hostage'
The PBS Idea Channel's Mike Rugnetta is once again tackling the hard issues, and this time his crosshairs are aimed at... pop music. Is pop music bad? In truth, pop music is a much easier target than we would like to believe, a fact well-recognized by host Mike Rugnetta in his opening segment of the episode entitled: "Is Pop Music Holding You Hostage?" -
'Shape-Note Singing Workshops Use ‘Sacred Harp’ Hymnal to Attract Participants
In what might at first seem a highly unrefined, even grating experience to a trained singer, the old-American pastime known as "shape-note singing" is gaining some recent recognition as an advanced way to "internalize music theory." Reading from 'The Sacred Harp' Hymnal, first published in 1844, shape-note singing workshops teach how recognizing note-heads in four distinct shapes can expedite sight-reading skill (especially to non-musicians).
