On The Syrian Border, Alternative Arabic Music Brews
The Israeli-held Golan Heights, located right next to a civil war, has become an incubator for an experimental Arabic music scene.
Music & Culture
Heavy Rotation: The Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing
This month's playlist features songs from a Russian avant-garde band, Australian hip-hop artists and 19-year-old twins from Chicago.
Panning For Gold And Self-Awareness In John Adams' New Opera
Set in the California mining camps of the 1850s, Girls of the Golden West, sifts through themes that still weigh heavy today.
Alt.Latino's Deeper Dive Into New Pixar Film, 'Coco'
This week we talk about the new film Coco with an NPR entertainment reporter and some of the principals of the film.
Listeners Share The Music They're Grateful For
On Thursday, NPR's Ari Shapiro shared his annual Thanksgiving musical chain of gratitude. We had so many listeners reach out with their own musical thanks, that we decided to share a few of them on the air.
Across the Blue Ridge #101 - Richie and Rosie, Musicians of Multiple Traditions
This week we feature Richie Stearns and Rosie Newton, a musical duo bringing to bear northern, southern, classical, old time, rock and other traditions on their tightly woven duet songs and tunes.
Live On World Cafe: Our Favorite Performances Of 2017
We've assembled two full hours of World Cafe moments from the past year that made us go "whoa."
Loudon Wainwright III Opens Up About The 'Exes & Excess' That Inform His Music
Wainwright details his life as a husband, father, son, philanderer and musician in the memoir Liner Notes. Originally broadcast Sept. 6, 2017.
Musical Experimenter Frédéric Chopin
Polish composer Frédéric Chopin was a musical experimenter who continually pushed the envelope pianistically.
Ellyn Rucker On Piano Jazz
On this 1993 episode, the versatile vocalist and pianist joins host Marian McPartland to play the title song from her album This Heart Of Mine.