October 02, 2009
Her signature howl made her brand of avant-garde music famous. But in recent years, Ono found mainstream success with five number one dance singles. Now, forty years after she founded the original Plastic Ono Band with her late husband, John Lennon, she's recording under the same moniker, with the couple's son, Sean. Ono tells Kurt what it's like to be embraced by a whole new generation of musicians and fans.
From the Plastic Ono Band's new album Between My Head and the Sky (Chimera Music).
Would you seek creative inspiration while seasick in one of the coldest places imaginable? This fall a group of 14 artists sets sail for a two week journey to the Arctic Circle. They'll start from an archipelago halfway between Norway and the North Pole. Reporter Matt Holzman will be on board with the artists, but first he wanted to see how their preparations were going.
For his visit to Studio 360, Hamlisch sat behind the piano and conjured up the melodies from his long list of musical credits. He's the composer behind the musical "A Chorus Line" and the movie "The Sting" and his latest effort is the soundtrack for the new film, "The Informant!" To come up with the movie's signature riff, Hamlisch had to get inside the mind of a bipolar corporate whistleblower.
In the 1970's there was some surprisingly good material produced for music libraries. Turns out, future superstars were paying their dues by laying down these all-purpose tracks. Produced by Lawrence Lanahan.
A "restored edition" of Hemingway's A Movable Feast was made by his grandson, Sean. The writer Henry Alford asked some fellow writers to share their own revisionist editing fantasies.
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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Our series on Underground Heroes is supported in part by the New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. 
