Sunday, March 30 2008

Aine Minogue comes from a large musical family that encouraged her to persue a number of different instruments during her youth (which explains her obvious skill at arranging). They played together as a family and attended fleadhs (traditional music festivals). But it was at the age of twelve while at boarding school in County Galway that Áine discovered her true love - the harp - which she decided to pursue in lieu of the others. Áine moved to the United States and settled in New England and continues to concentrate on the traditional music of her homeland, both as a soloist and collaborator. Áine takes the ancient art form, extensively explores its underpinnings but adds her own creativity to each piece.

Tune in on Sunday, March 30, to find out more about Aine's latest projects

Tune in when we talk with LUIS M. CHIAPPE, paleontologist for the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County about his stunning and revelatory new book GLORIFIED DINOSAURS: THE ORIGIN AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF BIRDS. You'll never look at a pigeon the same way again!

Then at 9:30, we talk with JULIE ELLIS, PhD of Tufts University, about an amazing project that has volunteers walking the beaches of New England to look for dead seabirds. Though that may sound grotesque, SEANET, the Seabird Ecological Assessment Network, is a wonderful example of "citizen science!"