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The Fishko Files: Art Tatum
by Sara Fishko
October 13, 2009
The jazz piano great Art Tatum was born 100 years ago today. WNYC's Sara Fishko has this remembrance. ....
New Thelonious Monk Biograpohy Challenges Assumptions
by Sara Fishko
October 10, 2009
The great jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk woyuld have turned 92 this year. A new biography is challenging some assumptions about the jazz icon. WNYC’s Sara Fishko has more. ....
Robert Frank, 50 Years After The Americans
by Sara Fishko
September 21, 2009
It’s been 50 years since the publication of Robert Frank’s landmark book: "The Americans". The book chronicled in pictures the impressions of the Swiss-born photographer, as he crisscrossed Amer....
Jazz Loft Musicians Seek Space to Jam in the City
by Sara Fishko
May 05, 2009
The energy of New York City has always provided musicians with fuel for performance. But one thing the city doesn't have a lot of is space. As part of WNYC’s continuing Jazz Loft Project, WNYC’....
Fishko Files
by Sara Fishko
May 09, 2008
Actor Charles Boyer had a continental flavor that went over big here in the US. Ten of his most engaging films will be screened in New York this month. Sara Fishko asks why, in this edition of the F....
Fishko File
by Sara Fishko
February 22, 2008
Even a couple of weeks after the New York Giants' parade, remnants of paper and confetti still linger in lower Manhattan. It has WNYC's Sara Fishko thinking about the triumph of a musician here and ....
Fishko Files
by Sara Fishko
January 25, 2008
In the music world, being labeled a virtuoso is the highest compliment or is it? WNYC's Sara Fishko considers the question, in this edition of the Fishko Files. OUTRO: For information on Marc-André....
Fishko Files
by Sara Fishko
December 21, 2007
That notable date, December 25th, is also the birthday of the exuberant entertainer Cab Calloway of "Hi-De-Ho" fame. This year it's his centennial, which has WNYC's Sara Fishko considering his vibran....
J.S. Bach's Irresistible Chaconne
by Sara Fishko
May 30, 2003
Every composer dreams of having a work last forever. Some spectacular pieces of music, Sara Fishko tells us, do seem to last. One such undying favorite is the subject of today's Fishko Files - J.S. ....
Lost Buildings
by Sara Fishko
May 04, 2001
null Listen in Real Audio Link to Docomomo to learn more about the TWA terminal ....
Brothers And Sisters
by Sara Fishko
April 06, 2001
A musical group composed of a brother and two sisters is making a new CD. The tradition of siblings singing together is as old as song...Sara Fishko looks at brothers, sisters and sibling harmony, in....
Lisztomania
by Sara Fishko
February 02, 2001
A great composer/ pianist who was one of the Romantic icons of the 19th century is being honored in New York this month. He's remembered for his music, of course, but also, as Sara Fishko tells us, f....
The Long And The Short
by Sara Fishko
November 17, 2000
null Listen in Real Audio Watch a very, very, very short film Surf over to the 34th New YorkExposition of Short Film and Video ....
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