Lifetimes of Listening Archive
Karl Kruse
Growing up with Rock 'n' Roll
From Elvis on Ed Sullivan to Chuck Berry at a St. Louis teen club, to discovering Wilco and learning to play guitar, a life of musical fascinations.
Augustin Larrain
My Relationship to Music and Santiago's Suburbs
Augustin reflects on growing up in the suburbs of Santiago, and his very tentative approach to understanding and performing music.
Nicholas Ledbetter
Heavy and Happy
Nicholas shares his joy and amusement at the diversity of musical experiences and tastes that have enriched his life.
Tim Lohman
Pivotal Musical Moments
Tim shares turning points in his appreciation of great music, and the technology that enabled them
Chris Maluszynski
A Song (a Psalm), for Summer, in Sweden
Chris remembers a psalm that children sang at the beginning of Summer in Sweden.
Pila Martinez
A Song for a Father's Funeral
Pila remembers fulfilling her father's request that her daughter's honor his memory with a recording of "My Way."
Adam Mattson
With a choir, it’s music
Adam discusses a love of singing and how choral competitions in high school still transport him back.
Jacob Thanh Son Metcalf
Finding Your Voice
Jacob tells how he developed his personal musical style from listening and emulating to the vocal techniques of Max and others.
Loren Mitchel
Changing Understandings of Pop Song
Loren reflects on how his relationship to music changes over time.
Kyle Mittan
A child at Red Rocks
Kyle recalls his first-ever concert and the vivid nature of his memories, despite his being five years old at the time.
Becky Moon
The Panama City Beach Bop
Becky explains why if people don’t want her to dance in public, they ought not play that kind of music.
Will Moon
The song that creates a perfect melancholy
Will reflects on how a single song in a film taught him to connect more deeply with music.
Whitney Morgan
Dad, the Big Bopper and Me
Whitney's connection with her father through music, and a moving musical reconnection late in his life
Bo Ongley
How Doo Wop Helps One Fall in Love
Bo remembers the first time he sang doo wop with his then future wife
Giselle Pereyra
Keep Building One’s taste in Music
Giselle recounts some songs that make her feel a “certain way,” and that one song that makes her think of dodgeball.
Laurel Pollard
My Father’s Musical Gift to Me
Recollections of a special, musically moving experience in the life of a young girl.
Katie Prudic
Not What You Would Expect
Katie reflects on her time as a roller derby athlete, and about how punk music facilitates a combination of frustration and joy.
Jose Luis Puerta
Finding My Musical Instrument, the Guitar
Jose Luis's circuitous route to connecting with the instrument he loves.
Trevor Rickus
Take It Easy
Trevor remembers his Dad singing along to the Eagles, and thinks about what its like to teach music.
Alexlis Rivera-Jinel
I Just Felt Happier Being in Band
Alexlis describes the feelings of being in a marching band and particularly that one last performance before the pandemic.