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Devo at 50: ‘We're like the house band on the Titanic at this point’
Devo's 50th anniversary tour called "50 Years of De-Evolution… Continued!" is headed to Boston on May 9.
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August 28, 2024 - Audra McDonald and Leslie Odom Jr.
Summertime, and the living is easy. Or, if you’re Audra McDonald, you make it look and sound easy. The award winning singer and actor earned her fifth – of a record-breaking six– Tony awards for her portrayal of Bess in the Broadway hit “The Gershwins Porgy and Bess,” which was mounted right here at The American Repertory Theater.Jared Bowen caught up with McDonald when she was in Boston for a one-night only performance.Then it’s another star of the stage Leslie Odom, Jr. The award winning actor and singer’s portrayal of Aaron Burr in“Hamilton,” gave us a new way to think about America’s historyAnd if history doesn’t repeat itself, it rhymes. In his latest return to Broadway, Odom starred in a play that skewers racism in America. He joined The Culture Show to talk about performing on Broadway and his latest album, “When a Crooner Dies.” -
August 27, 2024 - P. Carl, Miranda July, and Lorraine O'Grady
Today on The Culture Show, P Carl. He built a life as a queer woman. But all the while he had a yearning to become more fully realized. For him that meant transitioning to another gender. He wrote about it in his 2020 memoir, “Becoming a Man,” which he adapted for the stage in a play that made its world premier at the American Repertory Theater. From there it’s multi-media, artist Miranda July on her new novel, a coming-of-middle-age story about a woman who is either experiencing a turning point or is turning her world upside down.Finally, artist Lorraine O’Grady’s slow burn of a career. At nearly 90- years-old she is having a moment–from receiving a Guggenheim fellowship to having her first ever museum retrospective at the Davis Museum. -
August 26, 2024 - Matt Farley, Adam Gardner, and Charles Ives
Today on The Culture Show, the one-man media conglomerate: Matt Farley. For him quality IS quantity. The Danvers based singer-songwriter is prolific. He’s written, produced and recorded more than 25,000 songs. He also makes movies, hosts podcasts and writes books. Then, It’s music to environmentalists’ ears. We check in with Adam Gardner. The lead singer of Guster is also leading the way to make the music industry more sustainable. Finally, how many pianos does it take to Celebrate Charles Ives? The pioneer in avant-garde music was recently celebrated at New England Conservatory with a series of concerts marking his 150th birthday. NEC’s Stephen Drury joins us to talk about Ives’ genius and where we can hear his influence today -
August 23, 2024 - Week in Review: Bennifer, Phil Donahue, and The Onion
First up, after months of speculation about divorce, Bennifer is over, again. The highly publicized rollercoaster of a romance that’s spanned decades has its own wikipedia entry, there are numerous analyses breaking down their breakups, legal experts weighing in on the potential financial fallout….so what does our fascination with the on again off again relationship between Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez say about fame, fortune and us?Then we remember Phil Donahue. A pioneer of TV talk show who paved the way for Jerry Springer and Oprah Winfrey; using the format of live audience participation to tackle what were then, taboo topics for daytime TV–– such as sexual assault and race relations.From there, we look at the relationship between comedy and news by way of a forthcoming CNN show taking on the weekly headlines with humor. -
August 22, 2024 - Judy Collins, Jamie Wyeth, and arts at the DNC
Judy Collins, the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter is bringing her unmistakable, ethereal voice, and her legendary repertoire to Tanglewood..Ahead of her performance, she joins The Culture Show to talk about her landmark 1967 album, “Wildflowers,” her 2022 studio album of original material titled ”Spellbound,” and her fight for social and environmental justice.From there we enter the unsettling universe of acclaimed artist Jamie Wyeth. The haunting, ominous and menacing worlds that he has conjured over decades are on view in a new exhibition at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, ME titled “Jamie Wyeth: Unsettled.” Finally, GBH News digital producer Alexi Cohan joins us from Chicago with her highlight reel, recapping four days of the Democratic National Convention.
