A musician turns the 24-hour news cycle into fodder for his songs

Monday, August 25, 2008

Stream m3u

Michael Hearst is a professional musician and composer whose latest side project is creating short ditties pulled straight from the 24-hour news cycle. Hearst calls himself the “anchor” of this endeavor—and the audio-blog’s title is “Songs for Newsworthy News.” We talk with him about the project, recent songs, and challenge him to improvise a new one based on The Takeaway’s morning broadcast.
Guest: Michael Hearst, “anchor” of the audio-blog “Songs for Newsworthy News”. The song he wrote on The Takeaway is also available at http://www.songsfornewsworthynews.com.

Contributors:

Corey Takahashi

Leave a Comment

Register for your own account so you can vote on comments, save your favorites, and more. Learn more.
Please stay on topic, be civil, and be brief.
Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments. Names are displayed with all comments. We reserve the right to edit any comments posted on this site. Please read the Comment Guidelines before posting. By leaving a comment, you agree to New York Public Radio's Privacy Policy and Terms Of Use.