8 December 2005
Oscar ceremony
Oscar ceremony Doug Yeager writes fom New York: Ever-youthful, energetic and inspirational Oscar Brand has recorded his 60th-anniversary Weekly radio show Folksong Festival. This special show will be broadcast seven times on WNYC-RADIO in New York between December 10th and the 31st. You can catch it via the Internet on www.wnyc.org. Folksong Festival is the longest running radio and/or TV show in our history, and has been a home to every major folk and blues star over its six decades. During the terrible paranoia of the McCarthy era Oscar’s show was the only media forum in the country that didn’t cave in to the pressure, and allowed his blacklisted friends a haven where they could perform their songs and speak their minds. Celebrate the event by spending an hour with this American treasure.
Posted by SJT at December 8, 2005 10:02 AM
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