Welcome to $5-Buck-Friday at MTPR.
Small donation. Big impact.
Give now and select an album to download.
During this one-day, new member event, we are encouraging donors to sign up as ongoing, monthly supporters. Sustaining members.
Our goal today is to gain brand new members who will stay with us and grow with us. Hence the big impact.
Go to the donation page, set up your monthly gift and select a great album.
We are offering three, great, digital album downloads as thank you gifts - each at $5 a month giving level.
Yo-Yo Ma - Obrigado Brazil Live Concert
The overriding element of this concert inspired by the music of Brazil, is rhythm; each selection has a beat which is both infectious and sensual, but the contexts are splendidly varied. "Dansa brasileira" has a Debussy-like, impressionistic flavor, "Dansa negra" is sultry with an easy melody, "1 x 0" is a dance scored for guitar, percussion, and cello with a solo clarinet riff. It's impossible to get bored or tired listening to this creative concert; it's unique--just like Yo-Yo Ma himself--and endlessly surprising. The other musicians are as impressive on their instruments as Ma is with his cello, and that's saying a great deal. --Robert Levine
Esperanza Spaulding - Radio Music Society
The bassist/vocalist/composer is a breakout stars —not just in jazz, but in all genres of music. Her receipt of the a Grammy for Best New Artist was unprecedented—the first time a jazz musician ever won the award.
Nickel Creek - A Dotted Line
The Grammy Award–winning trio—Chris Thile (mandolin/vocals), Sara Watkins (fiddle/vocals), and Sean Watkins (guitar/vocals)— eagerly awaited release comes after a seven-year hiatus. With roots in Bluegrass they now describe their genre as "Progressive Acoustic."
The idea for $5-Buck-Friday was shared at the national public media fundraising conference this summer by station KJZZ in Arizona.