From the Top
Sundays 3 - 4 p.m.
Hosted by acclaimed pianist Peter Dugan, each broadcast presents five high-caliber performances along with interviews, sketches and games, revealing the heart and soul behind extraordinary young musicians. From the Top is taped before live audiences in concert halls from Boston to Honolulu. From NPR.
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The Parlor Room nonprofit said it's launching a campaign for $750,000 worth of updates at the Iron Horse, hoping to start hosting shows there again in May 2024. -
A new album of music by the 88-year-old Estonian mystic seems to put an arm around you and whisper, "In troubled times, music can help."
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On her album, Black Rainbows, Bailey Rae was inspired by the art, books and magazines at the Stony Island Arts Bank, a repository for Black history on Chicago's South Side, created by Gates.
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The Brooklyn-based composer talks about the artistic powers of her island homeland, writing scores for America's top orchestras and making music with plants.
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With plenty of humor, the octogenarian talks about her far-reaching career — including why she fled the modernist school of composers — and some mysterious visitations from her dead heroes.
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In their new book On Minimalism, musicologists William Robin and Kerry O'Brien capture the lesser-known stories of the musical movement and its development, era by era.
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Livestreaming was a lifeline when the live music scene shut down. And for some musicians, who appreciate the income and community, there's no reason to stop.
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The Icelandic composer talks about the creative forces behind her distinctive music, her presence in the movie Tár and the "dome of energy" that fuels her country's artistic productivity.
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After a couple-year break due to the pandemic, the Northampton Jazz Workshop's Tuesday night session reopened last spring at The Drake.
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A new collection of recordings finally freed from the vaults offers a chance to hear one of opera's greatest artists sing Wagner, Strauss, Berlioz and more.
