Sounds and Echoes: A Musical Portrait of Buffalo, New York
Series produced by The Recollective
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Sound & Echoes is a radio and web based project that uses music to explore the cultures, communities and character of cities across the country.
Our first series of recordings, in partnership with WBFO 88.7 FM, shines the spotlight on Buffalo, New York.
6 Pieces
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Newest First |
Oldest First
Legendary radio broadcaster Stan “Stas” Jasinski was a fixture of Buffalo’s Polish community for decades before his passing in 2005. His longtime ...
- Added: Apr 03, 2011
- Length: 06:23
Buffalo native Jillian Mertz talks about how the songs of Jackson C. Frank, a little known folk musician from her hometown, helped her understand t...
- Added: Apr 03, 2011
- Length: 07:30
In the 1970?s, dancer Gail Lyons and drummer Emile Latimer discovered love in Buffalo, New York through West African music. After all these years,...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 03, 2011
- Length: 02:45
- Purchases: 1
The Colored Musicians Club is one of Buffalo’s oldest music venues. Jazz giants from Count Basie to Billie Holiday played there, but even with the ...
- Added: Apr 03, 2011
- Length: 07:24
Lenny Rico and wife Cindy talk about inheriting the longest running Italian-American radio show from Lenny’s parents, Emelino and Mary Rico. Their...
- Added: Apr 03, 2011
- Length: 06:52
Sounds & Echoes producer, Whitney Henry-Lester introduces us to Susan Tanner and husband Marty Boratin who love music so much they’ve opened their ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 03, 2011
- Length: 08:18
- Purchases: 1
