Toast Of The Nation 2018
Celebrate the New Year with our annual jazz party, featuring six hour-long performances sure to get you ready for 2018.
Music & Culture
An Alt.Latino New Year's Eve Playlist
Felix Contreras from Alt.Latino suggests alternative Latin music for your New Year's Eve festivities.
'Oxford American' Takes On The Sounds Of Contemporary Kentucky
The magazine's 19th annual music issue and CD proves there's more to the Bluegrass state than Loretta Lynn and coal mines.
The True Story Of A Spanish Royal And The Very High Voice That Healed Him
The new Broadway musical drama Farinelli And The King tells the tale of the bipolar King Philippe V and the famous 18th-century operatic castrato whose singing nurses him back to health.
Remembering Sylvia Moy And Her Contributions To R&B
Sylvia Moy is one of the notable people who died in 2017. Moy contributed greatly to American R&B music. She was the producer who helped Stevie Wonder continue his career at Motown after his voice changed.
In Memoriam 2017: The Musicians We Lost
From virtuoso players and visionary composers to charismatic bandleaders and golden-eared producers, explore the musical voices who left us this year.
French Network Postpones Romance Film Set Against Backdrop Of A Terrorist Attack
The premiere of the project, produced by the France 2 channel, has been put on hold until producers can consult families and survivors of the Bataclan music hall attack that killed 90 people.
Back To The Basics - Musical Form
Peter goes "Big Picture" with an exploration of just about every composer's most important building block: musical form.
30 Must-Read (Or Must-Revisit) NPR Music Articles From 2017
The mystery of a "missing" classic rocker, a record collector who desires just one album, Austrians who bungled their way to celebrity, a fake genre we invented ... the gang's all here.
Wayne Shorter: Artist In Residence At The Detroit Jazz Festival
This episode focuses on a highlight of the saxophonist's banner year: the time he spent as artist in residence at the Detroit Jazz Festival.