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From da Vinci to Darwin, how great minds put things off, but changed the world anyway.

Watch the 19-time Grammy winner return to his lifelong passion for J.S. Bach, playing music from the Cello Suites and offering advice on the art of incremental learning.

The Arabian Nights, traditional folk stories from the Orient, have come to us filtered through the sensibilities of Western translators. Further…

Drummers usually make sure beats don't speed up or slow down. But drummer Allison Miller does more than keep time. Watch a demonstration of her unique style of playing called melodic drumming.

Ida Rubinstein gained notoriety for her racy sensuality. She performed the Dance of the Seven Veils in a production of Oscar Wilde’s “Salome.”…

Compassion may be the cure. A doctor shares his guide to healing through empathy and listening.

Jazz was central to Aretha Franklin's musicianship, however far she rambled. Without it we'd be remembering a different artist now, and celebrating a different body of work.

The Minnesota Orchestra will be the first major U.S. orchestra to play in Soweto, South Africa. The orchestra's tour of the country grew out of its conductor's work with youth orchestras there.

Three decades of "The Simpsons." We turn our eye on Springfield with a top writer who has been in the mix since day one.

If the celebrated cellist could soundtrack his life, the music would be J.S. Bach's six Cello Suites. Yo-Yo Ma explains why they mean the world to him while he played the music at the NPR offices.