The Song Is You with Bonnie Grice

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"A brilliant idea for a show. It brings out the music in all of us."

-Roger Rosenblatt,
author and essayist

"The Song is You" is a weekly radio show that invites guests to dip into their iPods and their memory banks to explore the soundtrack of their lives and how music has influenced and inspired them. Guests pick their Top 10 favorites including a "Guilty Pleasure" song. It's informal, fun and revealing!


53 Pieces

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Paul Muldoon on "The Song Is You" with Bonnie Grice
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Caption: Paul Muldoon
Pulitzer Prize Poet, Poetry Editor for the New Yorker and Professor at Princeton University, poet Paul Muldoon joins us for a riveting and eclectic...

Bought by KOSU and KENW


  • Added: Mar 25, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Paton Miller on "The Song Is You" with Bonnie Grice
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Caption: Paton Miller
Paton shares an hour of his favorites, from traditional Hawaiian to old-timey blues.

Bought by KOSU and KENW


  • Added: Mar 25, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Lynn Sherr on "The Song Is You" with Bonnie Grice
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Caption: Lynn Sherr
In this hour, Lynn joins Bonnie in the studio to play some of her all-time favorite CDs, and to discuss her new book, Outside the Box: A Memoir.

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  • Added: Mar 25, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Jay McInerney on "The Song Is You" with Bonnie Grice
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Best selling author, Jay McInerney has had “quite the life” from studying with Raymond Carver, being labeled a member of the “literary brat pack” i...

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  • Added: Mar 25, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
James Villas on "The Song Is You" with Bonnie Grice
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Caption: James Villas
Winner of the James Beard Award, the elegant author James Villas looks at food and music during our hour with him.

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Eric Fischl on "The Song Is You" with Bonnie Grice
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Caption: Eric Fischl
One of the most influential painters of the past two decades, Eric Fischl’s first job out of college was as a guard at the Museum of Contemporary A...

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Ellis Marsalis on "The Song Is You" with Bonnie Grice
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Caption: Ellis Marsalis
The famed elder of the Marsalis clan sits down for a thoughtful hour of some of his favorites, including Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk and anothe...

Bought by KMUW, 90.5 WSNC, KENW, WCPN, and KOSU


  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Dirk Wittenborn on "The Song Is You" with Bonnie Grice
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Caption: Dirk Wittenborn
In between songs, Dirk talks about his new novel Pharmakon – inspired by his own family history – a chilling and true story about a doctor’s patien...

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Darryl DMC McDaniels on "The Song Is You" with Bonnie Grice
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Caption: Darryl McDaniels
On today’s show, DMC discusses his VH1 series, My Adoption Journey with Bonnie, and plays some of his diverse musical influences.

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
René Marie on "The Song Is You" with Bonnie Grice
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Caption: René Marie
A gifted young jazz artist, who digs deep into the music of Gershwin for a drop-dead version of I Loves You Porgy, along with some of her own tunes.

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  • Added: Apr 06, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Regina Carter on "The Song Is You" with Bonnie Grice
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Caption: Regina Carter
Regina Carter was the first Jazz musician and first African-American artist to play the legendary violin owned by classical music virtuoso and comp...

Bought by KMUW, 90.5 WSNC, KENW, WCPN, and KOSU


  • Added: Apr 06, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Lesley Gore on "The Song Is You" with Bonnie Grice
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Caption: Lesley Gore
Deemed the most commercially successful solo artist of the “Girl Group” era of the ‘60s, Lesley Gore created a string of Quincy Jones-produced, cha...

Bought by KENW and KOSU


  • Added: Apr 06, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Loudon Wainwright III on "The Song Is You" with Bonnie Grice
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Caption: Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III continues to perform and inspire with his own brand of wry, outrageous songs and approach to life. He picked up a 2009 Grammy...

Bought by WCPN and KOSU


  • Added: Apr 06, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
John Feinstein on "The Song Is You" with Bonnie Grice
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Caption: John Feinstein
Bonnie welcomes sports writer and veteran NPR sports commentator John Feinstein to share some of his favorite music and talk about the role that mu...

Bought by WCPN and KOSU


  • Added: Apr 06, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Stefanie Powers on "The Song Is You" with Bonnie Grice
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Caption: Stefanie Powers
Best known for her television roles as Jennifer Hart in Hart to Hart and The Girl from UNCLE, she’s also a singer with a lifelong love of music.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Apr 06, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Amy Arbus on "The Song Is You" with Bonnie Grice
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Caption: Amy Arbus
She’s the daughter of photography legend Diane Arbus, and carries the weight of the name with her own personal style and grit.

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  • Added: Apr 06, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Steve Tyrell on "The Song Is You" with Bonnie Grice
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Caption: Steve Tyrell
You know him from such soundtracks as Father of the Bride, and now crooner Steve Tyrell has a new album featuring the Songs of Sinatra.

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  • Added: Apr 06, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Chris Botti on "The Song Is You" with Bonnie Grice
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Caption: Chris Botti
He’s been called the sexiest trumpeter since Chet Baker. Chris Botti has been on the top of the traditional and contemporary Jazz charts over the ...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Apr 06, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Robert Wilson on "The Song Is You" with Bonnie Grice
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Caption: Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson has been described as an “avant-garde visionary” and he celebrates his birthday (October 4) as a guest on our show.

  • Added: Apr 06, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
Christopher Cerf on "The Song Is You" with Bonnie Grice
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Caption: Christopher Cerf
Christopher is a four-time Grammy Award and eight-time Emmy Award winner. On today’s show, he spins tunes that are fit for children of all ages.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Apr 06, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1

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