May 16, 2013
Song Catcher: Frances Densmore of Red Wing / Artist Charles Biederman Share
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Sara Meyer - Producer, Stephen Smith - Host, Kerri Miller - Contributor, Steven John - Contributor, Marianne Combs - Contributor, Unknown - Reader, Larry Aitken - Interviewee, Thomas Vennum - Interviewee, Nina Archabal - Interviewee, Charles Hofmann - Interviewee, Catherine Ullrich - Interviewee, Earl Bullhead - Interviewee, Lyndel King - Interviewee, Frances Densmore - Speaker, Charles Biederman - Interviewee, Jan Van der Marck - Interviewee
During a pledge drive, MPR News Presents broadcasts two American RadioWorks documentaries, “Song Catcher: Frances Densmore of Red Wing” and “Artist Charles Biederman.”
“Song Catcher: Frances Densmore of Red Wing” details a young Minnesota music teacher who set out to capture disappearing Indian songs on a cylinder phonograph machine.
“Artist Charles Biederman” profiles American abstract artist who settled in Red Wing, Minnesota. Biederman is best known for his three-dimensional painted aluminum sculptures, which attempted to capture the "structural processes" of nature.
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