In the Wilderness

In the Wilderness – Songs for Late Summer – 9/02/25

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Conventional wisdom tells us that summer dies the instant Labor Day ends. But is that really true? (Has it ever been?) Likewise, the calendar page heralding autumn the third week of September is no guarantee that summer heat will take a hike. Hear then, “Songs for Late Summer,” an In the Wilderness playlist curated as […]

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In the Wilderness – 95 Years of Abbey Lincoln – 8/05/25

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Born on August 6, 1930, the singer-songwriter Abbey Lincoln would have turned 95 this summer. In the Wilderness honors her almost-centennial with songs ranging from her sepia supperclub days of the late 1950s to her valedictory recording in 2007. You’ll hear her compositions as well as Lincoln’s leonine flights through music by Coltrane, Billie Holiday,

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