Winston-Salem Symphony releases 2025-2026 schedule featuring Ben Folds
The Winston-Salem Symphony has released the schedule for its 2025-2026 season.
Music
How Paramore's Hayley Williams helped her grandfather release his debut album
Paramore singer Hayley Williams' earliest memories of music are of hearing her grandfather's songs. She helped him, now 78, achieve a dream: releasing his debut album.
Opinion: Remembering Marianne Faithfull
NPR's Scott Simon remembers English singer and actor Marianne Faithfull, who died this week at the age of 78.
Radhika Vekaria reflects on peace — and Grammy acclaim — in a quiet ashram
In a small ashram nestled on a quiet residential street near Laguna Beach, Radhika Vekaria is finding peace after receiving her first ever Grammy nomination.
Christie Dashiell became a musician at school. Then, she became an artist
Reflecting on a transformative residency program, the jazz vocalist now nominated for her first Grammy Award says her album Journey in Black reflects "the expansiveness of the Black experience."
Ela Minus makes beats for 'dancing and crying'
Colombian musician Ela Minus unites the excitement of the dance club with the more human touch of analog synthesizers on her new album, DÍA.
Country singer Charley Crockett is 'afraid of getting fenced in'
Charley Crockett has come a long way from his days busking on the streets of New Orleans. Now, he performs at theaters in front of thousands of people. To cap it all off, he's up for his first Grammy.
Lost Tina Turner song is just OK, say critics. But that's not why it matters.
Originally recorded for the rock star's major album Private Dancer, "Hot For You Baby" was thought lost.
The songs Israelis and Palestinians are listening to now, amid war
An Israeli music critic and a Palestinian musician share some songs with NPR's Daniel Estrin — and reflect on more than a year of the war between Israel and Hamas.
Guilford County high school band students to perform in Rome's New Year's Day Parade
In a few weeks, Northwest Guilford High School students will perform three songs in the New Year's Day parade in Rome for an audience of roughly 25 million people — including the Pope.