Music and Language (58)

Barbara Shepherd returns for the second week as a guest Nerd. She and Dave Shepherd respond to an email from Fred Chalfant about Barbara's grandmother's name. (2:52) Dave and Barbara, who are both musicians, talk about the importance of music in their lives. (4:23) Music bumper from "Tonight" by Zach Ashton (9:11) What music does to language: poetry, songs, musical theater, education (9:38) Song: "Singing to Me," by Robin Stine (14:39) Rude word of the week: "tone deaf" (18:09) Promo for The Sound of Young America (21:23) The special language of music: re-purposed words in English and musical vocabulary in Italian (22:04) Music courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network Theme music by Kick the Cat time: 31:04 size: 21.3 Mb rating: G (We talk about singing to our children when they were very young. Aw! Isn't that sweet?) Categories: language, linguistics, barbara, music