The Song Is You with Bonnie Grice

Series produced by "The Song Is You with Bonnie Grice" Group

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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

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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
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
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
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.

Bought by KOSU and KENW


  • Added: Apr 06, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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.

Bought by KENW and KOSU


  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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...

Bought by KENW and KOSU


  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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
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...

Bought by KENW and KOSU


  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: James Villas
Winner of the James Beard Award, the elegant author James Villas looks at food and music during our hour with him.

Bought by KENW, KOSU, and KENW


  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Jay McInerney
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...

Bought by KENW, KOSU, and KENW


  • Added: Mar 25, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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.

Bought by KENW, KOSU, and KENW


  • Added: Mar 25, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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
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
Caption: Dava Sobel
She’s known as “the woman who demystified science”… Dava Sobel, author of such best-selling books as Longitude and Galileo’s Daughter, joins Bonnie...

Bought by KOSU and KENW


  • Added: Mar 25, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Cliff Robertson
Hollywood legend Cliff Robertson sits down for a moving and amazing journey of one actor’s life through song.

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Mar 25, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Caroline Doctorow
Raised in a literary hall of fame family, Caroline has been influenced by Pete Seeger, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Mar 25, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Betty Buckley
Betty Buckley’s unique voice has been stopping the hearts of concert and theatergoers for many years through her work in such musicals as Cats, Car...

Bought by KOSU and KENW


  • Added: Mar 25, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: April Gornik
April Gornik is a celebrated landscape artist, whose work is part of the collections of museums across the country.

Bought by KENW and KOSU


  • Added: Mar 25, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Frank McCourt
A SPECIAL ST. PATRICK'S DAY REMEMBRANCE ON "THE SONG IS YOU": Author of the best-selling memoir, Angela’s Ashes among others, Frank McCourt traces ...

Bought by KPIK-LP, KVNF, KVLU, WTIP, Wyoming Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Kayce Freed Jennings
Kayce co-edited the recently published oral biography of her late husband, Peter Jennings: A Reporter’s Life. On today’s show, Kayce will discuss ...

Bought by KOSU and KENW


  • Added: Feb 23, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2