Kronos Quartet Wants To Give You Free Music — And Teach You How To Play It
The Quartet's Fifty for the Future project will commission 50 pieces by as many composers. Then the scores and instructional videos will be free online.
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Paul Simon On World Cafe
At 74, the legendary songwriter is still searching for sounds he hasn't heard before.
Across the Blue Ridge #23 - Great Fiddle Tunes, and a tribute to James King
This week, we hear a selection of wonderful fiddle tunes from the south, as musicians across the region start to flock to the fiddlers' conventions that still thrive here as nowhere else. We
The Metropolitan Opera Baton Passes To Yannick Nézet-Séguin
The newly announced music director of the Metropolitan Opera talks about joining one of the world's most famous opera houses — and how he might help heal its wounds.
Alan Clare On Piano Jazz
In 1990, the British pianist joined host Marian McPartland from the BBC's London studios.
All Songs +1: Sean Lennon's Surreal Ode To Michael Jackson's Pet Chimp, Bubbles
For this week's +1 podcast, Lennon discusses working with Les Claypool, their new album and a famous pet chimpanzee.
Herman's Hermits, A Band That Was In It For The Hits And The Kicks
Herman's Hermits hit the American pop charts 22 times in the 1960s and early '70s. Now, a new anthology compiles 66 of the Hermits' tracks. Rock historian Ed Ward considers how the music has held up.
Paul Simon On 'Stranger To Stranger' And Why You Can Call Him Al (Again)
On his new album, Simon remains clever and biting, even when touching on difficult topics — some of them close to home.
Songs We Love: Samara Lubelski, 'Driver, In Your Car'
The NYC mainstay has always skirted the lines of noise and pop. Here she makes psychedelic music like an oil slick spreading rainbows across its surface.
Barry Douglas: Tiny Desk Concert
Watch the award-winning Irish pianist play his own arrangements of traditional songs from the homeland, including a haunting rendition of "My Lagan Love."