Katrina vanden Heuvel, Lydia Lunch & Melanie on SOUNDS OF FILM

THE NATION’S Katrina vanden Heuvel, Singer/Writer, Lydia Lunch, and Woodstock Legend, Melanie, Join Tom Needham on THE SOUNDS OF FILM!

Katrina vanden Heuvel is editorial director and publisher of The Nation. She served as editor of the magazine from 1995 to 2019. THE NATION is suing Google because they believe that Google is stifling competition and siphoning off precious advertising revenue.

She writes a weekly column for The Washington Post.

A frequent commentator on US and international politics for ABC, MSNBC, CNN, and PBS, her articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and The Boston Globe. Vanden Heuvel is also the author of several books, including The Change I Believe In: Fighting for Progress in The Age of Obama, and co-author (with Stephen F. Cohen) of Voices of Glasnost: Interviews with Gorbachev’s Reformers.

Through the years, Katrina has produced and been featured in many films. She has appeared in ‘Page One: Inside the New York Times,’ ‘Koch Brothers Exposed,’ ‘Hot Type: 150 Years of The Nation,’ and ‘The Education of Gore Vidal.’ She is also credited as a producer on ‘The General’s Daughter,’ ‘Obit.’ and ‘Television Event.’

She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Century Association.

LYDIA LUNCH: THE WAR IS NEVER OVER is a deep dive into the life and work of the fearless musician and performer Lydia Lynch that echoes the urgent, aggressive, unapologetic attitude that Lunch inhabits. Lunch hit the late 1970s New York City downtown scene with the band Teenage Jesus And The Jerks, a central pillar of the No Wave music movement. Since then, she has forged paths in the underground film scene as a director, actor, lecturer and women’s empowerment coach, feminist writer and spoken word performer. The film presents her electric body of work with archival footage, vintage photographs and interviews with Lunch and longtime collaborators and admirers. Still actively performing to expose the patriarchy, sexual abuse, cycle of violence, and corporate greed, Lunch continues to tirelessly bring her passionate artistry to the stage - and now to the screen.

The film is screening at the IFC Center in NYC between June 30th - July 6th, 2021.

Long Island Music Hall of Fame inductee Melanie is originally from Astoria, Queens. She is best known for her hits "Brand New Key," "Beautiful People," and "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)." In 1969, she performed at the historic Woodstock Festival. Afterwards, she scored hits with "Peace Will Come" and a cover of the Rolling Stones' "Ruby Tuesday. Throughout her career, she has sold over 80 million records. In 1989, Melanie won an Emmy Award for writing the lyrics to the theme song for the TV series 'Beauty and the Beast.' In 2012 she collaborated with John Haldoupis to create an original musical about her love story with her late husband, Peter, called 'Melanie and the Record Man.' Her latest DVD is called 'Melanie: Live at the Meltdown Festival 2007.' The film captures Melanie's triumphant return to London's Queen Elizabeth Hall.

THE SOUNDS OF FILM is the nation’s longest running film, music and ideas themed radio show. For over 30 years, the program has delivered a popular mix of interviews and music to listeners all over Long Island, parts of Connecticut, and streaming live worldwide on the internet. Past people interviewed for the show include Rev. Jesse Jackson, Chris Hedges, Astra Taylor, Glenn Greenwald, Wallace Shawn, Josh Rogin, Don Lemon, Peter Arnett, Chuck D, DA Pennebaker, Michael Moore, Barbara Kopple and Laurie Anderson.

Worldwide listeners can tune in to THE SOUNDS OF FILM internet livestream on Thursday at 6 pm at wusb.fm.