David Smith
Host of David and ArtDavid Smith, host of David and Art, is an American historian with broad interests in his field. He’s been at Baylor University since 2002 teaching classes in American history, military history, and cultural history. For eight years he wrote an arts and culture column for the Waco Tribune-Herald, and his writings on history, art, and culture have appeared in other newspapers from the Wall Street Journal to the Dallas Morning News.
The very first record he remembers listening to when he was little was Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic’s recording of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf and that set him on a lifelong path of loving music and the arts. He’s loved history for almost as long, and finally saw them come together in his career. He believes that history illuminates the arts and the arts illuminate history—that they co-exist and are best understood together.
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What does American music sound like? On today's David and Art, host David Smith explores that question through the work of one remarkable composer. -
What does American music sound like? On today's David and Art, host David Smith explores that question through the work of one remarkable composer.
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Our culture has never had more music at its fingertips, but does that make it harder to agree on who truly stands above the rest? Host David Smith explores that question on today's edition of David and Art.
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Our culture has never had more music at its fingertips, but does that make it harder to agree on who truly stands above the rest? Host David Smith explores that question on today's edition of David and Art.
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Why do the arts matter? On today's David and Art, host David Smith explores a question that's been part of American life since the nations earliest days.
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Why do the arts matter? On today's David and Art, host David Smith explores a question that's been part of American life since the nations earliest days.
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Today on David and Art, host David Smith shares the story of a musician many critics consider one of jazz’s greatest improvisers
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Today on David and Art, host David Smith shares the story of a musician many critics consider one of jazz’s greatest improvisers
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Jazz changed a lot in the second half of the 20th century, and Miles Davis somehow seemed to be standing near the center of nearly all of it. Today on David and Art, host David Smith continues his look at Davis, his music, and his life.
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Jazz changed a lot in the second half of the 20th century, and Miles Davis somehow seemed to be standing near the center of nearly all of it. Today on David and Art, host David Smith continues his look at Davis, his music, and his life.
