Music For Kids, And For Broadway; New Grammy Category for Album Covers; All Of It Launches 2025 Summer Reading Challenge; A Paramedic Memoir
Bill Sherman wears many hats, including as the music director of "Sesame Street," orchestrating and arranging Broadway productions like "& Juliet," and "In The Heights," producing the "Hamilton" cast album, and also music director behind, "Donkey Hodie," a puppet music video series for preschoolers on PBS Kids. Sherman discuss his career in music, and previews the second season of "Donkey Hodie," streaming this summer on PBS Kids and YouTube.
Earlier this month, the Recording Academy announced that next year's Grammy Awards will include a category for Best Album Cover. Joe Lynch, East Coast executive digital director at Billboard, explains the change, shares his thoughts on the role of album art in music, and take your calls for the best album covers of all time.
Today we are launching the 2025 Summer Reading Challenge! All Of It producer Jordan Lauf announces the new categories and gives some of her suggestions for what to read this summer. This summer, from June 23rd to the end of Labor Day weekend, we are challenging our listeners to complete our second summer reading challenge. Just like in school, but for fun! The deadline to register as a participant is July 1st. Click here for more info.
Joanna Sokol spent years as an EMT, including working as a wilderness EMT and a ski patroller. She also has worked in the desert in Reno and in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. Now she chronicles 15 years of her experience as a paramedic in her new memoir, A Real Emergency: Stories from the Ambulance. Sokol discusses, and listeners call in to speak about their time working as an EMT.
