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Sound & Spirit
Produced by WGBH and heard on 60 public radio stations nationwide, Sound & Spirit is a weekly radio series presenting music and ideas that celebrate the human experience.
Host Ellen Kushner began her public radio career at WGBH hosting the eclectic classical program NightAir. Other radio credits include PRI's international music series, Jewish holiday specials, and the WGBH world music program Caravan. In addition to her radio work, Kushner is an award-winning novelist.
Visit her personal website, ellenkushner.com, and check out Sound & Spirit's albums.
Sound & Spirit for Week of Nov. 1, 2009: Women Mystics
Abbess Hildegard of Bingen, Shaker leader Anne Lee, Indian poet Mirabai, Sufi mystic Rabia...These women from different traditions shared an uncanny language of sacred ecstasy. Over the centuries, they wrote and sang as if they sensed that their rapturous visions would be for all time. Join Ellen Kushner for the poetry, music and remarkably good sense of women mystics - Christian, Muslim and Hindu - whose words and music still have great meaning for us today.
Comments (5)
Post a CommentCatherine 08.16
Great new website, but I would LOVE to have the shows available as Podcasts or downloads. My local station no longer carries the show and I havent had good luck finding it on the iPhone NPR stations. I miss listening to SS outside while working in the garden!
Jeffrey 08.23
I usually enjoy the Sound and Spirit program. However, one thing did iritate me. Tonights program, themed Leaving Home, had an Armenian song. Ellen said that the Armenians were "exiled" from their land. How euphemistic! The Armenians were driven from their homes on long death marches into the deserts of Syria and Iraq. The Ottoman government attemped to murder the entire Armenian population. This is known as the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Why is the program affraid to use the word Genocide? The song was beautiful and sad. It is also sad when the one cannot acknowledge the Genocide of 1915.
john 09.03
Found your show by accident. Seems like The more I listened the more I got hooked. The SUFIs and other similiar music turned out to be some of my favorites. You put a lot into the show and I get a lot out of it.
thanks.
Megan 10.03
Like Catherine, I love the new site and have loved the program for a long time. I just wish that I could listen to the most recent programing as it used to be available. I dont always have time to listen Saturday afternoon. If possible, please post the most recent programs as they come along. Thank you!
Elaine 10.08
Greetings from the foreign land of Kansas! Oh my, I am so glad I found this program. I caught it a few times while traveling and listening to NPR, but could never find the regularly scheduled programs. XM Radio was playing this and then discontinued it. I LOVE this program and WGBH!
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