Award winners
Into the Music has three winners at the 2008 New York Radio Festival Awards. You can find the winning programs below, and follow the links to the original broadcast details and further information including playlists.
Silver medal
Join Cathy Peters as she searches for the low down on low sound from night clubs and car shows to university sound laboratories and CD mastering suites. The 'bottom end' permeates most aspects of music these days, whether it's the vibrating car next to you or the rumble of your neighbour's new sub woofer—you just can't escape it. Find out more...
Bronze medal
The Sound of Blue charts musician Linda Neil's journey in search of music that moves the listener to deep emotion. To answer the question 'What is it about music that makes people cry?' she tells the story of her own search for the sound of blue, a quest that took her away from classical music to the music of the street, as she followed the call of love songs and Gypsy music. Find out more...
Finalist certificate
Since 2002 Ros Dunlop, an Australian clarinettist and music educator, has travelled to East Timor seeking out and recording traditional music—music under threat of extinction because of invasion, occupation, and the discontinuity with the past. Find out more...