Watch as Common and Aspen Music School students take the 1982 soft-rock hit and make something spontaneous, yet memorable.
Common freestyles over Toto’s ‘Africa’ at the Aspen Ideas Festival
October 14, 2024 by Justin Bowers
October 14, 2024 by Justin Bowers
Watch as Common and Aspen Music School students take the 1982 soft-rock hit and make something spontaneous, yet memorable.
September 27, 2024 by Justin Bowers
The self-described “surreal blues poet” savors the significance of words and the noisy poetry of city life.
September 27, 2024 by Justin Bowers
In The Listeners, a seductive cult leader and an unexplainable noise divides an innocent community and warps reality. Mazzoli’s opera receives its U.S. premiere in Philadelphia.
August 29, 2024 by Justin Bowers
As music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Heyward is the youngest to lead a major American orchestra and the first Black music director in the organization’s 107-year history.
August 22, 2024 by Justin Bowers
NPR’s A Martínez speaks with Bryce Dessner, a member of the rock band The National, about his classical music debut. The album — “Solos” — comes out Friday on Sony Classical.
July 30, 2024 by Justin Bowers
The principal conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra radiates an empathetic, Yoda-like wisdom when it comes to conjuring beautiful sounds from both pros and students.
June 27, 2024 by Justin Bowers
The versatile singer, who emphasizes self-acceptance, says his mission is to be a bridge from the classical community to pop, jazz and R & B. And if you’re not a fan, that’s okay.
May 29, 2024 by Justin Bowers
About 25 years ago, the acclaimed cellist asked a high school student to help him name his instrument. He brings his cello — aka “Petunia” — to the Fresh Air studio for music and conversation.
April 24, 2023 by Justin Bowers
Gathering music, new and old, from around the world, the thoughtful pianist finds the core of humanity amid the chaos.
April 14, 2023 by Justin Bowers
Let the new music sextet yMusic serenade you with a light-as-air track from a forthcoming album.