2012-10-05 Cirque du Soleil “Totem” – Very Good Gouda – What’s On Your iPod?
Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. I’m June Simms. On our show this week, we play some music suggested by a few iPod armed teenagers. A performer in…
2012-09-28 eight legged creatures – songs by Green Day, Mumford & Sons and Lupe Fiasco – a Native American man working to help keep his culture alive
Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. I’m June Simms. On our show this week, we tell play a few songs from new albums by Green Day, Mumford &…
2012-09-21 Frederick Douglass Statue for the Capitol Building – Dwight Yoakam “3 Pears”
JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I’m June Simms. On our show this week, we play some songs from a new album by Dwight Yoakam.Statue…
2012-09-14 Occupy Wall Street One Year Later – Women Who Rock
JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I’m June Simms. This week, we take a look at the Occupy Movement on its one year anniversary… And…
2012-09-07 Silent Spring: 50 Years Later – Your Confessions – Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang
JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I’m June Simms. This week, we play a modern form of traditional West African Islamic music, known as Bubu,…
2012-08-31 Neil Armstrong – Kris Allen – Bernie Krausehas
JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English! I’m June Simms. This week, we hear about a new book on natural soundscapes and the man who recorded them.…
2012-08-24 Whitney Houston Comes to Life in “Sparkle” – Grammy Museum Honors Whitney – Carly Rae Jepsen
JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I’m June Simms. This week, we tell about the hit song “Call Me Maybe” and the young woman who…
2012-08-17 Some Tractors – Some Comments – Some Singles
PAT BODNER: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I’m Pat Bodner. This week, we explore music from a band that’s been gone a while, a band that’s…
2012-08-10 Summer Ramadan – ‘Old News;’ – Fleetwood Mac Tribute Album
FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I’m Faith Lapidus. This week, we play some older music recorded by newer bands… We also report on “Old…
2012-08-03 Remembering Writer Gore Vidal – New Findings on Hindu Success in America – Funnyman Stephen Colbert’s Music Festival
JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I’m June Simms. This week, we look at plans for a just announced music festival at an unusual location…
2012-07-27 Brownie Hawkeye Camera – Photographic Music
JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I’m June Simms. This week on our show, we talk about photography.Long before cell phone cameras there was the…
2012-07-20 “Fallujah” the Opera – Summer Songs
JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I’m June Simms. This week, our report on the first opera ever to explore a soldier’s experiences in the…
2012-07-13 Seniors Citizens Sing For Health – American Olympian Kyla Ross Heads to the Olympics – John Mayer Returns With Shadow Days
JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I’m June Simms. This week, we play new music from singer John Mayer. We also tell you about fifteen…
2012-07-06 Rau’shee Warren – Mike Tyson Takes on Broadway – Musical Birthdays
JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I’m June Simms. This week, we recognize some of the music world’s biggest stars who are celebrating birthdays. We…
2012-06-29 An Explosion of Color at the National Cathedral Flower Mart – Sheep and Wool Celebrated at Maryland Festival
JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I’m June Simms. This week on our program we visit two outdoor celebrations in the Washington DC area… And…