Music & Culture

Music & Culture

Encore: 'It Wasn't Alternative To Us': Chazmere On Making Your Own Entertainment

8:43am December 24, 2016

For his new album, Chaz Van Queen has opted to go by the moniker, Chazmere. He tells host Linda Wertheimer why he changed his name, and how to use the word "bae."

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Alternative Classical Christmas Music Recommendations

8:34am December 24, 2016

If traditional Christmas songs are burning a hole in your brain, we'll help expand your repertoire with alternative classical Christmas music served up by author and critic Colin Fleming.

"Samba doesn't accept restraint," says Sao Paulo performer Douglas Germano. "It has to break free or else it dies."

In Gritty Sao Paulo, Samba Reinvents Itself With An Introspective Sound

7:00am December 24, 2016

by Marina Lopes

A hundred years after the first recorded samba, São Paulo is pioneering the genre's second act. The city's introspective anthems couldn't be more different than Rio's optimistic, breezy samba beat.

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Across the Blue Ridge #52 - A Christmas and holiday special

3:00pm December 23, 2016

by Paul Brown

This week's Across the Blue Ridge is a feast of good listening for the holidays. Host Paul Brown presents a great selection of gospel and secular music from bluegrass, old-time, blues and cou

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