Blind Notes with Diane Schuur
Season 1, Episode 910, Aug 13, 2021, 09:00 AM
Blind Notes a seven-part conversation series of radio programmes featuring one-to-one interviews with musicians from around the world, all of whom are completely blind.
Presented by Ravi Sagoo, who himself has the sight condition keratoconus, the interviews are mixed with examples of the musicians' own music and those that have influenced or been important to them.
This episodes guest is twice Grammy award winning American jazz pianist and singer Diane Schuur, who has won two Grammy’s which were embossed in Braille and she also won the Helen Keller Achievement Award for the American Society for the Blind. In this episode Diane talks about, amongst other things, how her rendition of 'I Just Called To Say I Love You' at the Kennedy Honours tribute to soul legend Stevie Wonder moved him to tears.
Blind Notes is a 7 part series created for RNIB Connect Radio by Demus Productions Ltd and supported by the Audio Content Fund.
(Image shows a close-up black and white photograph of Diane wearing dark glasses with her hands clasped in front of her and laughing)
Presented by Ravi Sagoo, who himself has the sight condition keratoconus, the interviews are mixed with examples of the musicians' own music and those that have influenced or been important to them.
This episodes guest is twice Grammy award winning American jazz pianist and singer Diane Schuur, who has won two Grammy’s which were embossed in Braille and she also won the Helen Keller Achievement Award for the American Society for the Blind. In this episode Diane talks about, amongst other things, how her rendition of 'I Just Called To Say I Love You' at the Kennedy Honours tribute to soul legend Stevie Wonder moved him to tears.
Blind Notes is a 7 part series created for RNIB Connect Radio by Demus Productions Ltd and supported by the Audio Content Fund.
(Image shows a close-up black and white photograph of Diane wearing dark glasses with her hands clasped in front of her and laughing)