Don't make this mistake!

Click on this link to NPR to listen to some of the most inappropriate wedding music ever selected.

Next, listen to one man's attempt to remedy the situation and create the perfect wedding reception mix tape.

Now click on this link to Northwest Public Radio's Music for Special Occasions site to select just the right piece of music for your wedding.

You're welcome.

Is it a monk? Is it a top? You decide!

This morning I played "Ah, si mon moine" performed by the Mediaeval Baebes from their cd called "Salva Nos."

The "moine" in question can be either a monk or a spinning top. Perhaps when the top was spinning it resembled the look of a monk's tonsure.

I'd always understood that this song originated in France in the 17th century, but after some strictly Internet based research most of what I find points to it being French Canadian.

My favorite tonsured monk is Brother Cadfael from the novels of Edith Pargeter writing under the name Ellis Peters. Cadfael was played by the great British actor Derek Jacobi. Please BBC.....bring back Brother Cadfael!

New York Philharmonic clarinetist retires after 60 years.

Stanley Drucker, principal clarinetist with the New York Philharmonic is retiring after over 60 years of service. He was profiled on "Morning Edition" today. Here's a link to the story.