Songwriter Amy Ray Brings New Album 'Holler' To The Ramkat
As one half of the Grammy-winning folk duo Indigo Girls, songwriter Amy Ray has been releasing music for over 30 years.
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Sonny Fortune, Stalwart Saxophonist Of New York, Dies At 79
After a move to New York in the late '60s, the clear-toned Fortune became a versatile fixture on the broad landscape of modern jazz.
A 'Cosmic Connection' Between 2 Violinists
For decades, Cologne-based violinist Geoffry Wharton has played jazzy crowd-pleasing encores written in the 1930s by an obscure composer, Audrey Call. Wharton discovered a spooky connection with her.
Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing
These recent releases — including French favorite Christine and the Queens and an appropriately spooky single from Thom Yorke — will have you reconsidering your 'Best of 2018' lists.
Tunde Olaniran Refuses To Dilute His Creativity
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with a musician Tunde Olaniran in his hometown of Flint, Mich., whose flashy stage presence is as big as his dynamic sound.
Across the Blue Ridge #149 - Betse & Clarke, Old-Time Musicians From the Ozarks
This week we hear the stories of Betse Ellis and Clarke Wyatt, who came from the worlds of classical, rock
First Watch: Tōth Is Happy For 'No Reason'
Tōth is the musical project of Rubblebucket's Alex Toth. It's a project that inspires and acts as therapy from his battle with alcoholism.
'Swamp Rock' Master Tony Joe White Has Died At 75
The Louisiana native died of a heart attack at home in Leiper's Fork, Tenn. on Thursday.
Biographer Sought To Write The Kind Of Book Lou Reed 'Deserved'
"It wasn't like I had to go looking for the drugs and the sex," Anthony DeCurtis, author of Lou Reed: A Life, told Fresh Air in 2017. "Lou wrote about it ... so I felt it was fair game."
