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I talk to Ted about growing up and how his life was back home. He was thrown into a totally new world and had to learn how to handle it.

This an interview of my grandmother who ran away to America with her family from a communist country. At the time was Czechoslovakia

My grandmas life and story’s.

Jason McInnes (42) talks to his colleague Mareva Lindo (31) about his work as a music teacher at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music.

My mom and I discuss the differences in culture between Czech and America and what it's like being the first to move to a foreign country.

Juan is simply one of the most amazing people I have ever met. He works in the maintenance department at OTS. He is loving, passionate, thoughtful and willing to do whatever needs to be done. I feel so lucky to...

Michael O'Toole and Mike Blackburn share memories of how they first got into playing music and how they became involved with Old Town School of Folk Music. This conversation was recorded at the school on October 21st, 2017. Go to...

A conversation between Mateo Mulcahy and Karima Daoudi. Mateo, the current director of Old Town School's World Music Wednesday series, remembers how his involvement with the Old Town School started when he was a 14 year old punk rocker who...

A conversation between Kathy Cowan and Colby Maddox, co-workers, teachers at the Old Town School. Kathy talks about a father, a classical singer who worked with Win Stracke, and traces her history from a receptionist job at WFMT to a...

A conversation between Joe Filisko, blues harmonica player and teacher, and Harlan Terson, touring and teaching bass player. Harlan remarks on his luck to experience the zenith of the blues era and working with several Chicago Blues Legends. Joe remembers...