Agile Vocalist

About Agile Vocalist

Agile Vocalist is a podcast about sound and the performing arts with a California connection. Explore artist stories and learn music history, get inspired, and learn about how sound and the arts impact our lives. Created and hosted by Rachel Medanic, Agile Vocalist is for the curious, the creative, and for anyone willing to explore the connection between sound and our shared humanity. Agile Vocalist episodes, liner notes, and additional visual materials also available at: https://www.agilevocalist.com

Publisher

Rachel Medanic

Category

arts · music · music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Feb 2021

Latest episode

3 Apr 2025

Latest episodes

38 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Apr 2025

   From Opera to Negro Spirituals and Beyond with Alexander Taite

   Send us a text Oakland born Alexander Taite has had the passion and talent for music all his life. He started on piano at age 8 and by age 16 had completed high school studies and went on to teaching at Oakland School for the Arts right after college. He's known as an opera and choral singer director throughout the Bay Area and has created a one-man show called Deep River: The Flow of Negro Spirituals Through Time. Alex has sung every season with the San Francisco Opera since 2007 and has dir...

2. 

   15 Jan 2025

   Folk and the Appalachian Sound with Evie Ladin

   Send us a textEvie Ladin, is a dancer, banjo player, singer/songwriter, square dance caller and so much more. Her childhood was rooted in the then emergent world of folk music and dance, and the sounds of Appalachian traditions. Her art brings the light of these many talents together as a performer who can also be experienced as one of three in: Evie Ladin Band. The Band includes percussionist Keith Terry, and instrumentalist Erik Pearson. More about Agile Vocalist, including artist biog...

3. 

   15 Dec 2024

   Banjo, Bass, Body and Band with Evie Ladin and Keith Terry

   Send us a textIt's often said of living in the city (any city really!) that we can't have nice things. Well, for Oakland, California that's not the case when it comes to Evie Ladin Band. Evie and Keith are 2/3 of the act that explores the depths of banjo, vocals, bass and strings with songs that tug the heart, make you wanna get up and country dance and more. Along with instrumentalist, Erik Pearson, the trio that is Evie Ladin band delights and entertains anyone who can listen and watch.This...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 28 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

14

Social presence

90

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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