Leah Scarpelli
Texas Standard Associate Producer-DirectorLeah Scarpelli joined Texas Standard in September 2015 from NPR’s Morning Edition, where she spent seven years as a producer, director and occasional reporter of music and arts pieces. As Texas Standard director, Leah is responsible for the overall practical and creative interpretation of each day’s program: choosing segue music, managing the prep of show content, and providing explicit directions for the host and technical director during the live broadcast. She graduated from Ithaca College in New York with a Bachelor of Science degree in Television and Radio. She enjoys riding her Triumph motorcycle and getting out for hikes in the Texas countryside. Her late grandfather was from Yoakum.
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“House music and dance music is a very euphoric experience because it is a liberation from so many of the societal stressors that we experience on an everyday basis.” -
“She wasn't second fiddle to anyone,” says a longtime friend of the pianist and vocalist who performed with her brother for decades. -
The three-piece Houston band, whose name means “airplane” in Thai, has produced a string of successful albums. And they’re about to take off on their highest-profile tour, ever. -
“He told me that he really wanted to be known… I think he was feeling his mortality. And that's why he dug so deep with me on these stories.” -
A new exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is billed as the first major presentation of O'Keeffe's photographs. -
“I really want to reveal all this hidden magic that’s kind of there with sound,” says sound artist Bill Fontana. -
“Reveal” looked into the health effects of natural gas wells across areas that are in close proximity to a disproportionate number of children of color. -
Ray Benson, the Grammy-winning group’s frontman, says the Lone Star State has always embraced him even though his roots are not in Texas. -
“There’s something that we really believe in about music’s ability to communicate and translate certain feelings, thoughts or ideas that you can’t really put into words.” -
The groups, which organize on Facebook, gave neighbors a way to donate or receive what they needed to ride out the winter storm.
