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ecp sings traditional spiritual "Woke Up This Morning" as part of a celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Colby College. For the full service:  https://youtu.be/0lFQY__Tu2E Virtual Event led by the Rev. Kate Smanik, Dean of Religious and Spiritual Life, the Rev. Dr. Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies, and Jamya Brown, ‘22, President of Students Organized for Black and Latinx Unity. Members of Choirs at Colby provide musical selections. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chorantine/support

Impeachment and songs about impeachment. Tales as old as time. Featuring Charles D. Blake, Roy C. Hammond, and yes, Randy Rainbow.  Music and Articles:  Piers Barber from Music Factory Number One: "Revisiting The Honey Drippers 'Impeach the President.'" The Honey Drippers: Impeach the President Washington Post: Impeachment Polka Randy Rainbow: Sedition!  Mother Jones: Soundtrack for Impeachment Revolution Void --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chorantine/support

ecp went cassette scrounging at Electric Buddahs in Portland, Maine, and found an old tape of Military Musick of the American Revolution from 1989. It feels all too familiar in 2021. Music and Articles:  "Military Musick of the American Revolution Containing Drum Signals and Camp Duties with a Choice Collection of Celebrated Marches and Airs Performed" by the Fifes and Drums of the Brigade of the American Revolution. Albany, New York.  Revolution Void - Someone Else's Memories  Food Will Win The War - Lie Awake live at WMFU New Jersey/New York Portland ICE Protesters Say Federal Agents Have Been Blasting “Walking Dead” Torture Song at Them for 10 Hours --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chorantine/support

ecp embraces midwinter darkness with Don Macdonald's "Moonset," performed by Vancouver's Musica Intima.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chorantine/support

ecp reads some good news about a Ratatouille-inspired TikTok musical that's getting a ton of press! And raising money for a great cause.  Musical Selections and Stories:  Good News Network: "Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical Has Raised Over $1,000,000 for Struggling Actor." by Judy Cole CNN: "Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical aims to cook up first-of-its-kind fun." Adeline Francis reads "The Mouse and the Thomas Cat" Scott Holmes – Cat and Mouse How To Make A Perfect Ratatouille  We Started The TikTok Ratatouille Musical  Rat Faced Boy – Smile The Mickey Mouse Club Theme  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chorantine/support

ecp reflects on the passing of Alex Trebek and his final episode, explores the history of the Jeopardy theme music, and starts an amateur jingle writing phenomenon. Today's Music and Sources: Jeopardy Cat Music Jeopardy Theme Music Trap Remix by OMGItzChillBill  Yung Kartz: Jeopardy Retrigger: EZ Money Ketsa: Memory Hope and Social: People Change CBC: Facts About Jeopardy Theme Sounds of the NBC Chimes Jingle Hall of Fame www.chorantine.org --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chorantine/support

ECP bought a new toy he's so excited to share with the podcast. Now calling for old cassette tapes! ecp@ecpmusic.com Today featuring "Make Me An Instrument" by Lynn Michael Coffey (1953-2003), taken from an old tape and converted to MP3. Also, is the New Year a new year? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chorantine/support

ECP and Will Prapestis reflect on Renaissance Men, international travel, the concert that changed everything, and memories made during the bridge week between a time that was and a time that wasn’t anymore. In a car, sending of 2020 in only a way they can. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chorantine/support

Memorial Day always reminds ecp of George Butterworth's musical settings of A.E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad. As he gets older the poetry becomes more and more relevant. What is it you want to leave behind when it’s your time? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chorantine/support

A birthday celebration for one of ECP's closest friends in the form of Romanian composer George Enescu (1881-1955) and numerous failed attempts at pronunciation of Romanian meals. ECP's first tripe soup.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chorantine/support

ECP forgot it was Memorial Day, ashamedly. How many battles are we fighting right now? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chorantine/support

American Idol Season 13 contestant Kari Moloney (Crimmins) with a never-before-seen peek behind the curtain of one of America's biggest cultural phenomena.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chorantine/support

"Why Don't You Audition For American Idol?" Here's why. The early days of cultural change and e-troll culture. Warning *hot take* alert.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chorantine/support

This week on CHORantine we take a glance at pop culture's response to content creation and open up the phones for YOUR ideas and know-how. Just because America is on pause doesn't mean we have to be, necessarily.  https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/11/american-idol-is-shooting-on-iphones-amid-stay-at-home-orders/ https://www.soundslikenashville.com/news/american-idol-mothers-day-disney-2020/  Also, CHORantine's website is up and running! www.chorantine.org --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chorantine/support

ECP spins allegorical about devastating news heard about the state of choral singing this week. Not that anyone needs another opinion about this, but, if you like great British triphop and garden talk... https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa   --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chorantine/support

Continued bad news about the state of the choral art in COVIDtimes. Elaine Stritch's performance of Stephen Sondheim's "I'm Still Here" from the White House in 2010 gives us a history lesson, and maybe some hope, that we're going to make it. Both the song and the performance inspires some takeaways. Riiiiise! Riiiiiise! RIIIIIIIIIISE! For the video:  https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/photos-and-video/video/2010/07/18/elaine-stritch-performs-im-still-here-performance-white-house-broa --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chorantine/support

National Appreciation for Nurses today! Featured in today's episode: the music, the voice, and the nursing career of international vocal jazz giant Alberta Hunter (1895-1984). Thank you to all of our nurses keeping us healthy across America and around the world.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chorantine/support

A soliloquy for National Teacher's Day underscored by La ille Morte by famed French composer and teacher of composers Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chorantine/support

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