Music & Culture

Johnny Irion On His Artistic Lineage

Johnny Irion's family is rich in writing and music. His great uncle is John Steinbeck and his wife and collaborator is Arlo Guthrie's daughter. He talks with Scott Simon about his new album.
"We made the soundtrack for those who are the purist in everybody," Pusha says.

For Pusha T, Time Is Of The Essence

by Sidney Madden

The rapper and president GOOD Music talks about his new album, DAYTONA, the ways the #MeToo movement has hit the world of hip-hop and working with Kanye West, even when their politics don't align.
Barbara Cook performs at the 2014 New York Festival of Song at Carnegie Hall on April 28, 2014 in New York City.

Barbara Cook On Piano Jazz

This week's Piano Jazz from 1998 remembers lyric soprano Barbara Cook, a Broadway star, staple of the New York cabaret scene and favorite of audiences around the world.