Trey Kay

The dark horse winner at last month's Golden Globe awards was the BBC America's The Office. Less than two years ago the BBC America started broadcasting this comedy series about the mundane and ridiculous office life of a British paper company and it quickly became a cult hit. Trey Kay ...

The art world uses the label "outsider artist" to apply to a whole range of self-taught creative types — from people in prison to folk painters. But for many people the term is personified by the late Reverend Howard Finster. The Baptist preacher from Summerville, Georgia first began ...

BJ Snowden is a musician who’s earned a great following partly because of her surprising rhythms and unusual melodies — and partly because of the passion in her songs. Snowden trained in music, but it’s her rawness that appeals. Fred Schneider, of the band The B52s, tells Studio ...

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Writer and performer Spalding Gray went missing around January 10th. Police will investigate hundreds of leads before turning the case over to the Missing Persons Bureau. Reporter Trey Kay visited Gray's wife, Kathie Russo, on Friday at their home in Sag Harbor. Russo told him ...

A visit with the virtuoso campers at the Perlman summer camp on Shelter Island, New York. Produced by Trey Kay.

Roman Catholicism inspired centuries of great Christian painting by artists like Giotto and Michelangelo. But after the Reformation, many Protestants were content to let the visual tradition wither. Trey Kay spoke to one contemporary Christian artist who is trying to help evangelicals embrace pictures again.

Many poets seek university positions for the economic stability they offer. Jane Hirschfield avoids teaching positions and finds other ways for her poetry to fund itself. Produced by Trey Kay.

Some say that orchestras are the canaries in the coal mines for arts funding. Nick Dargahi was playing cello for the San Jose Symphony when it went bankrupt last year. Produced by Trey Kay.

A thrillingly perfect line in a novel, a breathtaking corner of the painting, one extraordinary lyric in a song, the way a set in a play looked. Artists identify some of those moments in a work of art where everything comes together. Produced by Trey Kay.

Trey Kay also spoke with other foreign directors and discussed their views of American cinema and culture. The fledgling New Zealand director Niki Caro is having great success with her film Whale Rider. She spoke about how her opinion of America has evolved over time.

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These days, a Hollywood movie opens around the world the same time it opens in the U.S. — but Americans see fewer foreign movies than ever. Danish filmmaker Lars Von Trier talks about his perspective on America. Lars Von Trier is the Danish filmmaker who directed Breaking the Waves and ...

Susheela Raman sings a mix of South Indian classical music and western pop, and she's just completed her first European tour: 150 concerts in her first year. She's now trying her luck here in America. Produced by Trey Kay.

The bluegrass legend who hit the mainstream with the soundtrack to Oh Brother Where Art Thou, told us about his 55 years of touring — and what it was like at the beginning, with the Stanley Brothers. Produced by Trey Kay.

The country music legend talks to us on his bus after a show in Ruston, Louisiana about life on the road. Produced by Trey Kay.

A visit with the virtuoso campers at the Perlman summer camp on Shelter Island, New York. Produced by Trey Kay.

Champion liar Bil Lepp is a man who has the distinction of being named 5 times as West Virginia's Biggest Liar. He says. Produced by Trey Kay.

The former Attorney General Janet Reno said that The Exonerated will do more to promote justice than any literary effort she knows. It's a play that features the real life stories of people who were arrested, tried, and committed to death row for years — before having their sentence overturned. ...

Many poets seek university positions for the economic stability they offer. Jane Hirshfield avoids teaching positions and finds other ways for her poetry to fund itself. Produced by Trey Kay.

 

Some say that orchestras are the canaries in the coal mines for arts funding. Nick Dargahi was playing cello for the San Jose Symphony when it went bankrupt this January. Produced by Trey Kay.

Gritty-voiced legend Tom Waits on multi-instrumentalist Ralph Carney. Produced Trey Kay.