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Nashville-based banjoist Bela Fleck and classical bassist Edgar Meyer stop by the Soundcheck studio to perform some selections from their new live album, "Music for Two." Along with d... (episode)
We’re joined by Laurence Barrymore Scherer, music critic of the Wall Street Journal, as we take listener calls. Do you have a “secret” festival in the New York area that you don’t wan... (episode)
In recent years, major American orchestras have faced difficulties ranging from aging, graying audiences to financial strain. But summer is a time when they reach beyond their usual a... (episode)
Jazz festivals have increasingly had to battle the trend toward commercialization triggered by the very real need for economic support. Big name sponsors have often led programming a... (episode)
When you’re programming a festival in your own backyard, how do you make it special and unique from your year-round programming? And how, amid the sweltering summer heat and busy cit... (episode)
Great musicians and extraordinary surroundings are essential to the making of any summer festival. Every year since 1949, the world's most accomplished and promising musicians have ma... (episode)
After injuring his right hand in the mid 1960's, the celebrated American pianist Leon Fleisher switched gears to conducting and teaching as well as performing the left-hand piano repe... (episode)
"If it's too loud, you're too old," the old rock 'n' roll saying goes. As newspapers today are seeking to attract younger readers, some veteran rock critics say that their jobs are in... (episode)
Mexican-American singer Lila Downs grew up in the Sierra Madre mountains of southern Mexico and also in Minnesota as the daughter of a Scottish-American cinematographer and painter. N... (episode)
The Frank & Joe Show is a six-piece band led by two youngish and versatile musicians, guitarist Frank Vignola and drummer Joe Ascione. They have just begun an open-ended run of Sunday... (episode)