• #4908, Music About Nature & Technology

    Jul 12, 2026
    There's music with dueling sources of inspiration between nature and technology by American composer Elori Saxl, Norwegian doom jazz trio Splashgirl with sound artist/singer Robert Ai...
  • #5160, Semmelweis, with Raymond J. Lustig

    Jul 10, 2026
    New York composer and vocalist Raymond J. Lustig walks us through Semmelweis; his new record inspired by the 19th century physician of the same name.
  • #5007, Folk Songs From Northern and Eastern Europe

    Jul 9, 2026
    Listen to music with the striking vocal harmonies of Eastern and Northern Europe in arrangements that stray from the folk originals in Finnish, Czech, Danish, and Ukrainian, and veer ...
  • #5159, Four Funerals and a Wedding

    Jul 8, 2026
    We flip the script on last night's episode and bring you four funeral pieces from Christian Löffler, Terence Blanchard, Ljova, and Sir John Tavener, and a wedding song from Red Baraat.
  • #5158, Four Weddings and A Funeral

    Jul 7, 2026
    Hear wedding music from Syria, Seattle, Brooklyn; and a piece by Franco-Lebanese trumpeter’ Ibrahim Maalouf. That, and music for a Pharoah’s funeral from Philip Glass'  opera Akhnaten.
  • #5006, From Soundcheck, Ben Verdery, Peter Gregson

    Jul 6, 2026
    From the Soundcheck Podcast series, the guitarist, composer, and teacher Benjamin Verdery performs original works in-studio; and the British cellist, producer, and composer Peter Greg...
  • #4905, Theme & Variations - Blackbird

    Jul 5, 2026
    Photo of eighth blackbird, courtesy of the artist Covered by countless musicians, "Blackbird", the song from the Beatles' White Album, has inspired a wide range of jazz, folk, and cla...
  • #4904, A Musical Menagerie

    Jul 4, 2026
    Photo of a Tardigrade,- © Eye of Science/Science Source There are songs about foxes, manatees, octopuses and siphonophores, "Oh My!", from Inuk singer/composer Tanya Tagaq, bassist/co...

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