Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York

Composer Charlie Morrow talks about his new book and eclectic career. (1/14/20)


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Charlie Morrow is a composer, sound artist, performer, and innovator whose goal over the past four decades has been to bring experimental sound and music to a wider audience. He’s also the composer behind our opening and closing theme music on Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI. From his work as part of the avant-garde Fluxus movement in New York in the 1960s to “Toot ‘N Blink,” his orchestrated chorus of boat horns with blinking lights, from his work with Simon & Garfunkel to his ubiquitous ad jingle for Hefty trash bags (“Hefty, Hefty, Hefty! Wimpy, wimpy, wimpy!”) join us for a discussion of the wide-ranging work of Charlie Morrow.
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Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New YorkBy Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York

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