Next Chapter - Made in the USA
Friday, January 27 2012
Next Chapter - Made in the USA
Dick calls up Bruce Cochrane, a North Carolina businessman who revived his family furniture business after it had been shuttered. Dick spoke with him last year about Lincolnton Furniture Company, which was spotlighted during the annual State of the Union address this week.
Newspaper of the People
Dick explores traditional plena music with saxophonist Miguel Zenon, who has been hearing and playing it his whole life in Puerto Rico and New York City. He says people gather on street corners with hand held drums, like tambourines, and they make up songs with the latest neighborhood news. Miguel has studied the music and interviewed some of the keepers of the tradition, and he fuses that with his other love, jazz.
Music in this story: Many selections from Miguel Zenon, including Perdon, Esta Plena, Residencial Llorens Torres, ¿Qué Será de Puerto Rico? and Alma Adentro. Also: Plena y Bomba by Susana Baca feat. Calle; Bailando Plena by Mon Rivera su Orquestra; Embraceable You and Groovin' High by Charlie Parker; Noose by Ratatat
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