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Performing early music can be a thankless job. Newcomers find the timbre and pitch of Baroque instruments strange. Critics sometimes disparage early music specialists for being overly... (episode)
A powerful tale of passion, jealousy, and murder, Shakespeare's Othello has inspired artists from Rossini to Orson Welles. Yet few could match Giuseppe Verdi and his 1887 opera "Otell... (episode)
Touring is one of the main engines driving the music industry. The virtuoso acoustic guitarist Kaki King realized this early in her career, first by working as a waitress at the downt... (episode)
In today's shaky recording industry, when even heavy hitters like the New York Philharmonic no longer have major recording contracts, orchestras have increasingly been financing their... (episode)
Can politically oriented music influence anyone’s vote? The subject seems more timely than ever. Today we take listener’s calls on this question as we’re joined by guests that have a ... (episode)
A surprising new court ruling finds that rap artists should pay for every musical sample included in their workeven small, unrecognizable snippets of music. Until now, it has been le... (episode)
Have orchestras too often ignored the sense of fun in the concert experience? Henry Fogel, president of the American Symphony Orchestra League, believes so. As he tells us today, “lig... (episode)
The ukulele may be the most humble and misunderstood of instruments, typically associated with Tiny Tim and Hawaiian hula dancing. But a New York band is trying to change that percept... (episode)
Among the producers, sidemen and songwriters that make up the music industry’s unsung and under-recognized studio heroes, there are those that occasionally rise to greater acclaim. Am... (episode)
Madeleine Peyroux was a 22-year-old American who had been living in Paris as a street musician. But after a few auspicious breaks, she suddenly found herself on the fast track to fame... (episode)