There’s a place for us (and it includes Jewish music + oldies)

Soprano Nadine Sierra has produced a beautiful new album titled “There’s a Place for Us.” The signature song comes from the musical West Side Story. But the message is definitely Sierra’s. “No matter what happens in this world,” she says in an interview about the album, “no matter what kind of negative messages are being sent by certain people, eventually if we all stick together  . . . we can find a place for all of us to live freely, happily, and with ample love.”

Here is her rendition of the West Side Story song “Somewhere.” Quite beautiful.

I am increasingly confident that there is a place for everyone, especially on the radio. The other day in response to Jennifer’s annual Alice’s Restaurant radio survey we received a response from Al Gordon of WJPR (1640) in New Jersey. The station broadcasts a hybrid format: “Jewish all day and oldies all night.”

“I play Arlo every Thanksgiving on my station at Midnight, 4AM and noon,” Gordon wrote to us.

Here is the WJPR schedule from Monday through Thursday.

12 Midnight   Overnight oldies/Babalu
5AM              Daf Yomi/Rabbi Elefant
6AM              Gordon-in-the-Morning
10AM            Midday Music/Chaya
2PM              Afternoon Music/Chaim
6PM              Silent Mike
7PM              Talkline Communications Network Proramming
Tuesday        Rabbi Yaakov Spivak
Wednesday  Silk Road To Jerusalem with Chief Bucharian Rabbi Yitzchak Yehoshua

8PM             Talkline/Zev Brenner
9PM              Oldies/Babalu

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