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AMERICAN MOSAIC - Remembering Dave Brubeck; Help for Stressed Parents; Rock and Roll Hall Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. Im June Simms. On our show this week, we play music from some nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame We
Meet one of Polands biggest music stars, Natalia Kukulska, rehearsing in the music studio at her Warsaw home. Its the title track from her new Album Sexi-Flexi. Natalia is just 32, but shes walked a long musical journey. I was six years old when I s
VOICE ONE: PEOPLE IN AMERICA -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. Every week at this time, we tell you a story about people who played a part in the history of the United States. I'm Tony Riggs. Today, Larry West and I tell the s
VOA慢速英语2013 Remembering Dave Brubeck; Help for Stressed Parents; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
Remembering Dave Brubeck; Help for Stressed Parents; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. Im June Simms. On our show this week, we play music from some nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame We l
Lionel Richie Takes a New Musical Direction With 'Tuskegee' Richie pays tribute to his Southern roots on his new duets album. The album features 13 of his famous pop hits, this time performed with some of todays biggest Country stars. They include Li
Dierks Bentley Takes Listeners 'Home' The title track to Home recently became the ninth Number One Country single of Bentley's career. The 36-year-old Arizona native was performing in Australia when he got the news. Its been so cool to see fans react
苏丹说唱歌手以歌为剑反对政府腐败 For South Sudanese rapper Lual D'awol, music can be an act of political defiance. He took thestage at a nightclub in Juba the day after soldiers stormed another venue to stop hisperformance. On another
By Mary Morningstar Washington 12 May 2008 Country singer James Otto says many changes in his personal and professional life led to the range of emotions on his new album, Sunset Man. VOA's Mary Morningstar explains. It's taken James Otto six years t
By Lisa Bryant Tarato, Ivory Coast 10 October 2007 The West African country of Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) has long been a musical hub,attracting artists from across the continent as well as producing its own talent -- like international reggae star,
By Mary Morningstar Washington 21 August 2007 Billy Ray Cyrus is a Country music superstar and a successful actor, who now understands what's most important to him in life - his home and family. As VOA's Mary Morningstar tells us, family values are t
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 12 February 2007 The Dixie Chicks were the big winners at Grammy Awards, Sunday. The singers earned five Grammys -- the highest American music industry honors. Mike O'Sullivan reports from Los Angeles, the evening mark
Capitol Hill Honors Lady Antebellum WASHINGTON Seven-time Grammy winners Lady Antebellum, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, and House of Representatives Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi received honors at the 2014 Grammys On The Hill Awards in Washin
By Larry London Washington, D.C. 19 November 2007 Charlie Daniels started his music career in the 1950s as a studio session musician playing fiddle. Charlie also wrote music, which has been recorded by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan and many o
Brazil's history has been expressed through its national passion for music. Samba, the country's dominant musical style, was used by politicians in the '30s in an attempt to create unity and a sense of national identity in this vast multi-racial stat
By Rose Skelton Dakar 04 August 2006 In the West African nation of Senegal, rap music has often been synonymous with freedom of speech. But many rappers are now afraid to express themselves because of threats of attacks from political and religious
By Phuong Tran Praia, Cape Verde 15 April 2007 When people talk about Cape Verdean music, it is inevitable they mention Cesaria Evora, the singer who introduced many to the country's melancholic music known as morna . Some have said that singer Tete
By Phillip Wellman Dakar 16 September 2007 Efforts to reunite war-divided Ivory Coast have been fraught with difficulty, but some say the Ivorian band Magic System has been able to bring people together in a way politicians have not. The band is mark
By Mary Morningstar Washington 15 April 2008 Humble, unassuming and reliable are words often used to describe Country legend George Strait. Since 1981, the 55-year-old Texan has sold close to 70 million albums worldwide and collected over 50 major in
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 06 March 2007 Iranian-born Fred Nassiri travels back to his native country for the first time in more than 26 years. For the songwriter and philanthropist who travels the world with his musical message of peace, it will be
DON GONYEA, HOST: About 30-plus years ago, I was right out of college. And I got a job as a disc jockey at a country western radio station in Michigan. And I found out that the great Johnny Cash was coming to play the local county fair. So I hung aro