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Medicine And The Arts; The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble; Remembering Van Cliburn

Soundcheck | Mar 1, 2013

In This Episode: we learn about the concept behind “narrative medicine” with Columbia University’s Dr. Rita Charon and musician Fred Hersch.

Plus: the death of classical pianist, Van Cliburn, made the front-page of The New York Times this week. We’ll dip into the New York Public Radio archives for a rare recording that might help explain why.

And: The funk/street beat improv brass band The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble takes our studio by storm.

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