Links to two appreciations: from National Public Radio and the Colin McEnroe Show via Connecticut Public; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (Scroll down for MEDIA 12-31-25.) — MCM

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FROM DEC. 31  Remembering 25 of the musicians we lost in 2025. Reported by A Martínez and Michel Martin | NPR  Sam Moore, Steve Cropper, Sly Stone, Angie Stone, D’Angelo, Garth Hudson, Marianne Faithful, Peter Yarrow, Tom Lehrer, Alf Clauson, Lalo Schifrin, Charles Strause, Connie Francis, Jimmie Cliff, Clem Burke, David Johansen, Ace Frehley, Ozzy Osbourne, Roy Thomas Baker, Al Foster, Jack DeJohnette, Chuck Mangione, Roberta Flack, Richard Smallwood, Brian Wilson. Click HERE for some of their music and talk about them.

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FROM DEC. 12  A wood thrush, Paul Winter, J.S. Bach. Reported by Lily Tyson, Jonathan McNicol and Colin McEnroe | The Colin McEnroe Show / Connecticut Public.  Winter’s “earth music” features music from around the world as well as the sounds of animals like wolves, whales and wood thrushes. He talks with McEnroe about his creative approach. Click HERE for five minutes of them talking and listening, and HERE for 50 minutes of it.