• With your ongoing support, we have worked hard to expand our features and Producer involvement over the past two years to make Coolstreams a place where you will find informative and entertaining topics in addition to a large offering of streaming music!   Most of these features were produced for Public Radio and many of you who first heard them on a public radio station were able to come here to hear them again, or hear them completely if you missed some or all of the program on radio.
    

• Below is a sampling of some of the more listened to specials and features that we added during 2007, 2006, and a few from before.  All of these features and interviews are available in free versions, and most are available in higher audio quality 128k MP3 for Members
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	PI-0014 - Feature: The Emergence of Joni Mitchell: Award-winning producer Paul Ingles hosts The Emergence of Joni Mitchell, a two-hour examination of one of the most heralded songwriters of her time, Joni Mitchell. In this third installment of his series on the seminal work of important figures in popular music, Ingles and guest commentators explore how Joni Mitchell crafted her artistry and connected with audiences over four decades.  See a longer description of this feature >>>
	PI-0013 - Feature: The Emergence of Paul Simon: Producer Paul Ingles hosts "The Emergence of Paul Simon," an engrossing two-hour special on the creative output of heralded songwriter Paul Simon.  Hour 1 starts with some of Simon's most recent music (from "Surprise," 2006), then takes you back to Paul Simon in the 1960's. Ingles draws from archival interviews with Simon and an impressive guest roster to explore how Simon connected with audiences in the 1960s as part of Simon & Garfunkel, in the 1970s as a solo artist and in the 1980s when he re-emerged as a world star with the release of his Graceland album.  See a longer description of this feature >>>
	PI-0012 - Feature: "The Two Sides of Sgt. Pepper: An Honest Appraisal:" In this two-hour special, producer and host Paul Ingles (Everything was Right: The Beatles’ Revolver, The Emergence of Bob Dylan, The Beatles in America-1964) presents a lively ride that functions as both a celebration of a landmark recording and a balanced survey of critical opinion about Sgt. Pepper. Listeners will experience this music in a new way as they’ll hear both the stories behind the creation of these memorable tracks as well as thoughtful perspectives that place the work in context.  See a longer description of this feature >>>
	Everything Was Right - The Beatles Revolver To mark the 40th anniversary year of Revolver's release, award-winning producer Paul Ingles (The Emergence of Bob Dylan, The Beatles in America-1964) presents a two-hour public radio special entitled EVERYTHING WAS RIGHT: THE BEATLES' REVOLVER AT 40. Ingles hosts an in-depth exploration of the landmark album's story and influence by talking with historians, musicians, music critics and fans. Each Revolver track (along with the 1966 single Paperback Writer and Rain) is given the spotlight treatment. . Click here for the Everything Was Right - The Beatles Revolver feature >>> From Paul Ingles / Cedar Creek Productions Series, see more here >>>
	“THE EMERGENCE OF BOB DYLAN” - Produced by award winning producer Paul Ingles ("The Day John Lennon Died," "In Search of James Brown").  Program description: Few musicians have had the impact on popular music that Bob Dylan has.    In Hour One of The Emergence of Bob Dylan, radio producer Paul Ingles takes listeners on an exclusive tour of the EMP exhibit with curator Jason Emmons. In both hours, reflections on Dylan's early years from Robbie Robertson of The Band, John Cohen and Mike Seeger of the New Lost City Ramblers, folk music expert Izzy Young, Dylan's music publisher Artie Mogul and EMP Artistic Director Bob Santelli. Dylan's music from this rich creative period will naturally provide the backdrop with an emphasis on less well-known tracks. Click here to go to the feature >>> From Paul Ingles / Cedar Creek Productions Series, see more here >>>
	A Jethro Tull Christmas Multi-instrumental musician, prolific writer, distinctive singer and conspicuous flutist Ian Anderson of the British band Jethro Tull shares colorful Christmas memories, and presents tracks from the "cynical and grumpy" Jethro Tull Christmas Album. ...  (read more)   Click here for A Jethro Tull Christmas feature >>>
	Shawn Colvin - Inside These Four Walls Shawn Colvin is, according to the Music Hound Folk Encyclopedia, "a writer and performer of rare and special abilities." In this two-hour special for public radio, award-winning producer Paul Ingles presents a compelling portrait of the singer/songwriter at work on her most recent music and at home reflecting on her remarkable career that has included three Grammy awards, critical and commercial success. Click here for the Shawn Colvin - Inside These Four Walls feature >>> From Paul Ingles / Cedar Creek Productions Series, see more here >>>
	Neal Smith was the drummer for the original Alice Cooper Group. In this 29 October 2006 interview he discussed a recent jam with a 2006 version of the Billion Dollar Babies and looks forward to a mid-December one-show reunion of the original Alice Cooper Group in Phoenix. Smith discusses the early Alice Cooper albums and his solo album, "Platinum God" as well as hinting at the onset of an earthy solo work that promises to hold some of the envelope-pushing themes of the early Alice Cooper albums.  Neal Smith feature >>> From the Outsight Radio Hours Interview Series - see more here >>>
	Jock Bartley - In this 17 December 2006 interview, Jock Bartley recalls his past with Firefall and the band's current activities. We also discuss the books and art of Jock Bartley and many wonderful special guest appearances on his newly released CD, "Blindside".   Jock Bartley feature >>> From the Outsight Radio Hours Interview Series - see more here >>>
	Mask - Sonja Kristina, formerly of Curved Air, gives an overview of her career in this 22 October 2006 interview. We hear about  the years in Curved Air, the more recent project Mask and the distinctive vocalists thought about her self-titled solo album only now re-issued to CD.   Mask - Sonja Kristina feature >>> From the Outsight Radio Hours Interview Series - see more here >>>

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