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Presents
Afterglow
Ella, the Duke, MJQ, and other greats -- WFIU has them
all. For a couple hours of Jazz and American Popular Song,
join us every Friday night at 10 for a little Afterglow.
Questions? Give us a call at 855-1357, or send e-mail to:
wfiu@indiana.edu
Susannah McCorkle: Haunted
Heart
March 30, 2007
 This
week on Afterglow we feature music from the late singer
Susannah McCorkle, subject of a new
biography by Linda
Dahl. McCorkle, who in addition to being a renowned
singer was also a talented writer of fiction, shocked fans
and friends in the spring of 2001 when she committed suicide
at the age of 55; she had suffered for years from depression.
She began her career as an interpreter of the Great American
Songbook when such music was far from fashionable, and she
developed a style that fell somewhere between cabaret and
jazz. We’ll hear her melancholic take on Irving Berlin’s
“There’s No Business Like Show Business,”
her versions of standards such as “Skylark” and
“Where or When,” and some lesser-known songs such
as Johnny Mercer’s “My New Celebrity Is You.”
Also on the program: new music from saxophonist David Fathead
Newman and singer Norah Jones, plus classic sides from Wes
Montgomery, Carmen McRae, Fred Astaire, and more. Afterglow
airs Friday, March 30 at 10:05 p.m. on WFIU.
Afterglow airs every Friday evening at 10:05 p.m.
EST on WFIU. Broadcasts are made available for listening
at any time the following week in the Afterglow
archives.
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