Alan Hall
Alan Hall is the founder of Falling Tree Productions in London.
He has been producing radio since 1990 and has built a reputation for long-form documentaries, music features and ‘impressionistic radio’. His programmes have received multiple Prix Italias, Prix Europas, Sony Radio Academy Gold Awards and Third Coast Awards. He also lectures and writes – including a chapter in Radio Reality: Telling True Stories in Sound .
producer
Here's an audio homage on three levels: first, to James Agee's poetic memoir of the sounds and smells of Knoxville, Tennessee in the summer of 1915, shortly before his father died; secondly, to Samuel Barber's 1947 orchestral setting of Agee's text for the soprano Eleanor Steber; and finally to the modern city of Knoxville.
"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen is one of the most ambitious and enduring pop songs of all time.
Jimmy Yancey, the blues pianist and White Sox groundsman, and Studs Terkel, the broadcaster and author, may have lived at different ends of Chicago but they're both as integral a part of the city as the El...
This hour, two delightfully out-of-the-ordinary musical portraits from producer Alan Hall.
This hour: letters. To yourself, to your city, lost letters, found letters... and a love letter to letters.
This hour: Chicago. Hogbutcher to the world, jewel of the Midwest, and everything inbetween.
This hour: an all-woman Led Zeppelin cover band and metal-loving children.
This hour: the indomitable Studs Terkel.
presenter
You'd like to turn the mic on yourself to share your most personal story, but how do you ensure others will want to listen...
Alan Hall focuses on radio's capacity to evoke a sense of place that exists uniquely in a non-visual, linear dimension.
judge
This year we honored the best audio work in the following categories: Best Documentary (Gold, Silver, Bronze, Honorable Mention), Directors Choice, Best New Artist, Radio Impact, Lifetime Achievement and Audio Luminary.
participant
November 7-9, Holiday Inn Mart Plaza, Chicago
October 26-27, Holiday Inn, Chicago