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In America, artists play with authority. In Soviet Russia, authorities play with you! Tune in for a second installment of Shostakovich performing his own…

The phrase "young, gifted and black" reverberated out of the Civil Rights movement -- News & Notes begins a series of profiles of a new generation to watch with a look at artist Kehinde Wiley.

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Music Director Xian Zhang, comes to the airwaves of WWFM beginning Friday, March 31 at 8 pm. Join us…

These saxophonists have a robust, sometimes raw sound that mixes swing, bebop, blues and soul.

Kevin Young's new book of poetry, Brown, is colored by memories from his family and childhood, U.S. history and black culture.

With a long career playing among jazz and R&B greats, he remains one of the most in-demand drummers in New Orleans.

Johan Grimonprez's film charts both the hopes and the tragedies of Africa's freedom movements in the shadow of the Cold War, as the Soviet Union and the U.S. jockey for influence in the "new world."

How did a word that simply referred to a millennia-old beverage come to be the latest iteration of "what's up?"

Sam Brooker and Ruby Amanfu are not the likeliest of musical pairings. He's from Wisconsin, and is into guitar. She hails from Ghana, was raised in Nashville, and has roots planted firmly in the black church. But together, they have discovered the power of collaboration. In June, host Michel Martin spoke with Sam & Ruby about how their synergy in music is strengthened by their off-stage romance. The duo also plays songs from their new album, 'The Hear and the Now.'

In the season premiere of House of the Dragon, Aegon II and Aemond are eager for war, and HBO's sound crew takes a big swing.