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Liane Hansen speaks with jazz composer and bandleader Carla Bley. Perhaps best know for her big- and VERY big-bands, she's pared down to a mid-sized group of eight top-notch players for her new cd, 4X4. (WATT records 012 159 547-2).

A Tempo host Rachel Katz speaks with Army Staff Sgt. Andrew Kosinski, a member of the U.S. Army Band, who composed music for the funeral proceedings of former President Jimmy Carter.

The Waystar Royco team travels to L.A., where Kendall pitches eternal life (kind of), Shiv reconnects with the most unlikely of men, and Roman can't stop firing women.

Get into the swing of the Big Band era with Host Rob Kapilow this Monday (10/23 at 8 pm).

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Magic Hollow, a new four-CD retrospective of the band The Beau Brummels, a '60s British Invasion-era pop group from California. Their biggest -- and only top 10 -- hit was "Laugh, Laugh."

Steven Sametz leads The Princeton Singers in an evening of musical selections including his Star in the East in this special holiday broadcast Friday (12/23 ).

This episode of The Dress Circle looks at just some of the songs Irving Berlin wrote for Hollywood.

Some people think competition is an art. Others believe it's a skill. A new book suggests it might be neither — and that there is a science behind winning. Host Michel Martin speaks with authors Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman about Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing.

This Friday (3/17 at 8 pm) features the first of the ensemble's concerts curated by Priscilla Herreid, who took over as Artistic Director of Pifarro - The Renaissance Band this season from founders Joan Kimball and Robert Wiemken.

As the superstar tenor's voice grows deeper and darker with age, he's still able to float notes of pillowy softness on his new album devoted to French opera.