Reveling in the Summer Solstice

Living on Earth

For the past 25 years, the Boston ?based musical group The Revels puts on shows celebrating the changing seasons and the coming of Summer. Steve Curwood talks with the director of The Revels, Patrick Swanson, about the music and traditions they work with, and why the group feels the summer solstice is worthy of celebration.

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