Presenter: Scott Joiner
What makes American music extraordinarily rich? What do the songs and music you listen to say about you? What does a musical artist’s music say about themselves? In this program we explore American song throughout the 20th century, and how songwriters have used their music to foster social change or promote American cultural and national identity, within the backdrop of major political and cultural movements of the 20th Century, including the Gilded Age, Progressivism, WWII, the Civil Rights Era, and Globalism. Live and historic performances ranging from Bel Canto Opera, New Orleans Jazz, Gospel, and Pop Music