Conor Lennon becomes the news in Graubunden Monday, 2 February, 2009You may have heard Conor interviewed in RTR while we was there for the WRS Graubünden special, but he went one better than that - with this television package made following his visit. (Spool it on to 05.21 and have your Romansh dictionary handy!)
Roland Vögtli in session Thursday, 29 January, 2009Singer-songwriter Roland Vögtli comes highly recommended. Conor Lennon invites him into the studios in Chur and challenges him to live up to his impressive reputation.
Not Yet in session Wednesday, 28 January, 2009Conor Lennon continues his series of live performances from Graubündner musicians with a session by the group ’Not Yet’ who sing in the Sursilvan dialect of Romansh.
Romansh band top the Swiss charts Wednesday, 28 January, 2009Conor Lennon was joined for a chat and a live performance by Mario Pacchioli, a Romansh musician whose album topped the Swiss charts, continuing WRS’s look at the arts scene in Graubünden.
Graubünden's hidden gem Tuesday, 27 January, 2009It’s not on the list of glitzy ski resorts, and about 80 percent of tourists who go there are Swiss. So what do they know about Disentis Sedrun that the rest don’t? World Radio Switzerland’s Michele Mischler found out.
Educating Romansh's next generation Tuesday, 27 January, 2009It is Switzerland’s fourth national language but Romansh only spoken in Graubünden, and only by about 60,000 people. What’s more, there are five different dialects depending on the area of Graubünden you live in. WRS’s Michele Mischler went to a school in Disentis, in the Sursilvan dialect region, to learn a bit more about the language and the challenges it faces.
A warm welcome in Chur Tuesday, 27 January, 2009Conor Lennon is welcomed like a long-lost friend at the studios of Radio Télévision Romansh, where he joins Bernard Bearth for a broad introduction to the canton and the Romansh language.
Conor Lennon quizzed on Romansh radio Monday, 26 January, 2009He’d barely got off the train before he was led into the Radio Télévision Romansh studio. Hear his interview and see a gallery of photos here.
Getting into Graubünden Monday, 26 January, 2009As WRS prepares for a special week of coverage from Graubünden here’s a scattering of key information about Switzerland’s largest canton, for those who don’t know their Bündnerfleisch from their blauburgundner…
WRS Romansh phrasebook Monday, 26 January, 2009Not one of the 30,000 people who call Romansh their ’language of best command’? Here’s your chance to brush up on the basics, and a chance to learn a little about this ancient Swiss national language.