PGM 844 "AMERICAN CROSSROADS"

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PGM 844 : "AMERICAN CROSSROADS"
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PGM NOTE : music for a time of change
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FEED DATE : 7-04-08
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INTRO: Every July 4th, we celebrate America's independence with
food, fun, and fireworks. For as long as most of us can remember,
everything that's good about America — our diversity, freedom,
individuality and self-assurance — has been proudly on display.

This year, our celebration is tempered by a growing awareness of
the great challenges we face in national, global and even planetary
affairs. You have to look back to the 1930s to find a comparable
period, but even those challenges seem limited by comparison.

So this year we celebrate the founding of America with the knowledge
that American ideals and the American character are being tested.
If Americans can respond positively to the challenges we face, we
may look back on this period as the time of America's maturity.

American music today reflects the maturing of our melting-pot of
cultural traditions — hymns, folk and popular songs, blues, jazz,
electronica, maverick classical, ethnic rhythms, and immigrant
genres — a complex panorama of musical sources, freely invented
and reinvented. On this transmission of Hearts of Space, we listen
for the reflective side of the American soundscape, on a program
called AMERICAN CROSSROADS.

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BRIAN KEANE
American Open <>4:06 >
American Open Reprise <>7:52 >
: ANSEL ADAMS [soundtrack]; Green Linnet GLCD 3140; 2002
: Info: www.greenlinnet.com; www.briankeanemusic.com

BRIAN KEANE
The Way West (Main Theme) <>10:56 >
The Course of Empire <>18:30 >
: THE WAY WEST [soundtrack]; Shanachie 6013; 1995
: Info: www.shanachie.com; www.briankeanemusic.com

PAUL WINTER CONSORT
Cloud <>22:17 >
: CRESTONE; Living Music LMU-41; 2007
: Info: www.livingmusic.com

BRIAN KEANE
Continental Citizens <>25:13 >
: THE WAY WEST [soundtrack]; Shanachie 6013; 1995
: Info: www.shanachie.com; www.briankeanemusic.com

SACRED EARTH (with BILL MILLER)
My Land, My People, My Soul (edited) <>28:40 >
: WIND OF THE WEST; Red Feather Music RFP-6103; 2006
: Info: www.peterkater.com; www.billmiller.net

SOULFOOD and BILLY McLAUGHLIN
The Pond (Pt. II) <>34:52 >
: GUITAR MEDITATIONS, VOLUME II; Soulfood Music SF026; 2005
: Info: www.soulfoodmusic.com; www.billymclaughlin.com

WILLIAM ACKERMAN
When the Moon Sings <>41:00 >
: MEDITATIONS; Compass Productions 41325; 2008
(available exclusively at Target stores)
: Info: www.williamackerman.com

BIOMUSIQUE
Redemption <>48:04 >
: THE 10,000 STEPS; Kosmic Music 87483000-069-7; 2008
: Info: www.kosmicmusic.com; www.biomusique.net

PATRICK O'HEARN
Wheelhouse - Opening Titles <>50:54 >
: THE WHEELHOUSE [soundtrack]; Gypsy Joker Music PO3001; 2006
(download only at iTunes.com)
: Info: www.patrickohearn.com

PETER OSTROUSHKO
Heart of the Heartland <>54:25 >
: LEWIS & CLARK [soundtrack]; Columbia/Legacy CK 90658; 1997
: Info: www.legacyrecordings.com

JOHN DOAN
Pioneer Rose <>58:59 >
: REMEMBRANCE: MELODIES FROM A FORGOTTEN ERA;
Tapestry Productions TD-1001; 1993
: Info: www.johndoan.com

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PRODUCED BY : STEVE DAVIS and STEPHEN HILL
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BAY AREA WEATHER : barbequed
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(c) 2008 Hearts of Space
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