David Lockwood, Live From Studio D
Inspired by the Modern Love section of the Sunday New York Times, each song on David Lockwood's new album is based on a deeply personal essay about love and relationships. David visited NHPR’s Studio...
View ArticleThis Weekend's N.H. Arts Scene: Mary Pickford And Fountains Of Wayne
For anyone who’s ever driven by a crumbling old New Hampshire barn and wondered what could be in there, here’s one answer…a stack of dusty old film reels that turned out to be the only surviving reel...
View ArticleVolunteering: Animal Shelters
This week we’re shining a spotlight on some of New Hampshire’s most kind-hearted souls – volunteers who freely give their time and talents to the community. We’ve heard from volunteer tax filers,...
View ArticleWe Asked Listeners, "What If NH Didn't Host The First Presidential Primary?"
Here's what you had to say:"I'd feel like we'd become more insignificant than we already are.""Wouldn't bother me at all.""It would be a real blow to the economy and to the ego of the state... I think...
View ArticleHelp Us Name Our Children's Song!
Our interview with Chris Ballew, also known as Caspar Babypants (also the frontman for the band The Presidents of The United States of America!) made us want to try and write a children's song. SO WE...
View ArticlePond Hockey : The Tradition Continues
Pond hockey has been a favorite winter activity for many hearty New Englanders since 1883, when the first hockey game ever played in the United States happened on the ponds at St. Paul’s school right...
View ArticleA Love Supreme: Justice Sonia Sotomayor's Dating Profile
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is looking for love! She recently joined Word of Mouth for Writers on a New England Stage and revealed she is open to meeting that special someone. Well, we think...
View ArticleMarissa Nadler
The Boston Globe describes Marissa Nadler's voice as “an intoxicating soprano drenched in gauzy reverb that hits bell-clear heights, lingers, and tapers off like rings of smoke."On Sunday, March 9th,...
View ArticleCan I Return This?
I decided to officially test the limits of a no-questions-asked return policy and recreated a few 'real-life' return scenarios to one of L.L. Bean's PR representatives. Here's his response:You can hear...
View ArticleThe Audio Orchard For March
Each month producer Zach Nugent handpicks his favorite new songs for a playlist called 'The Audio Orchard'.
View ArticleThe Art Of The Emoji Translation
While researching our story on why there isn't a hot dog Emoji (it's more complicated than you think), we came across the interesting phenomenon of people translating things into Emoji. Here are some...
View ArticleThe Audio Orchard For April
Each month producer Zach Nugent handpicks his favorite new songs for a playlist called 'The Audio Orchard'.
View ArticleThe Audio Orchard: A Playlist Of May's Best Songs
Every month producer Zach Nugent picks a fresh bushel of new music for The Audio Orchard Playlist. Check it out below.
View ArticleThe Audio Orchard: A Playlist Of June's Best Songs
Every month producer Zach Nugent picks a fresh bushel of new music for The Audio Orchard Playlist. Check it out below.
View ArticleThe Audio Orchard: A Playlist Of July's Best Songs
Every month producer Zach Nugent picks a fresh bushel of new music for The Audio Orchard Playlist. Check it out below.
View ArticleThe Audio Orchard Podcast for April
1.Generationals, Ten-Twenty-TenApril 24, State Theatre, Portland, ME2. Alice Smith, Fool For YouApril 9, Brighton Music Hall, Allston, MA
View ArticleHeather Maloney
Heather Maloney's music has been described as “adventurous folk", pushing the boundaries of the folk genre with lush, full-band arrangements and playful vocal runs. Heather visited the NHPR studios...
View ArticleDarlingside
VIDEO: The New England based band Darlingside has long been a favorite here at Word of Mouth, so on their recent visit to a song writing and music business summit at the Concord Community Music School,...
View ArticleThe Audio Orchard for May
1.Vampire Weekend, Diane YoungNew Album: Modern Vampires of the CityMay 15, Agganis Arena, Boston, MA2.Iron and Wine, Grace for Saints and Ramblers
View ArticleTristan Omand
Tristan Omand, a Manchester based singer-songwriter tells stories of America’s rough edges, his songs tend towards characters who’ve been kicked around by life, their surfaces hardened by booze,...
View ArticleWill The Next 'Doctor Who' Be A Woman? A Whovian Weighs In
From the outside, Doctor Who has never been anything but strange. The BBC’s long-celebrated protagonist is a time-bending, space-traveling alien, whose adventures can, and have, taken him anywhere and...
View ArticleThe Search For The Next Big (Dog) Star
The musical “Annie” opens this Friday at the Prescott Park Arts Festival in Portsmouth…more than 60 dogs barked their way through an open audition for the role of Sandy, little orphan Annie’s loveable...
View ArticleThe Audio Orchard For July (Portsmouth Edition)
1.The Relatives, It’s Coming Up AgainJuly 14, The Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH2.The Defibulators, Let Me See That Ponytail Run
View ArticleSearching For Long Lost Apples With "The Apple Whisperer"
In the mid-1800s the United States was home to more than fifteen thousand varieties of apple - two thousand in New England alone. That diversity was pretty much wiped out by the growth of industrial...
View ArticlePlaying Pac Man In The Library
According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, younger patrons don’t use libraries only as a place to study, they also go there to “hang out” in place that feels calm. It’s a little less...
View ArticleThe Audio Orchard For August
1.Dr. Dog“Heavy Light”August 9, KahBang Festival, Bangor, ME2. Abigail Washburn“City of Refuge”August 20, The Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH with Bela Fleck
View ArticleAbigail Washburn
Abigail Washburn and Bela Fleck are a banjo playing husband and wife duo. Bela, a fifteen time Grammy winning virtuoso on the instrument plays "Scruggs Style". Abigail plays "Clawhammer" and...
View ArticleNASA's Simulates Asteroid Impacts Using A Really Big Gun
There are some ways NASA can learn about deep space without sending anyone – or anything – into orbit. For example, scientists are studying meteorite impacts by recreating them here on earth at the...
View ArticleSam Amidon Reimagines The Music Of Others
Sam Amidon, the Vermont born musician, grew up in a musical family touring New England and playing traditional folk songs. Now Amidon tours the world playing his own music, though he’s not exactly...
View ArticleThis Weekend's N.H. Arts Scene
A round-up of this weekend's New Hampshire arts events, including:Hawk and Dove & Darlingside, playing Friday at the Capitol Center for the ArtsThe Telluride by the Sea film festival in Portsmouth,...
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