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NPR and WBGO, Jazz 88 in Newark ring in the New Year with the 25th anniversary edition of Toast of the Nation — 13 hours of jazz and blues from Europe and across America.

Marcus J. Moore reflects on the studio debut of pianist Julius Rodriguez, an artist seamlessly commingling jazz with more pop forms.

Thornton is about to release his fourth album as a singer-songwriter, Beautiful Door. The disc reasserts the actor and screenwriter's status as a serious roots-rock musician — one who's unafraid to address his own specific foibles and missteps.

Rudresh Mahanthappa's Kinsmen blends South Asian music with American jazz. The jazz saxophonist says his inspiration to explore Indian music on the saxophone came from a CD his brother gave him as a joke called Saxophone Indian Style.

April is Jazz Appreciation Month, and on this month's broadcast of What Makes it Great (Friday at 8 pm), host composer, conductor, author and commentator…

On Fridy's Distant Mirror hear dance music for Queen Elizabeth I's Violin Band, anonymous 16th century music performed by the Parley of Instruments…

On Friday's Distant Mirror Allan Kelly will present a progrm that first aired in 2013 called "How I Came to Early Music" which demonstrates the almost…

The four-voiced juggernaut explores the edges of jazz and pop. "Wisteria" is a love letter of sorts for the vocal ensemble and what it represents.

A major figure in the American musical scene died on Dec. 7 at his home in Siesta Key, Fla. Frederick Fennell was a legendary conductor and educator known for his musicality and interpretive abilities. NPR's Fred Child remembers him through his music.

Chris Gaffney, vocalist and accordion player for the Hacienda Brothers, died last week from liver cancer at the age of 57.