Music

November 15, 2018

Fifty years ago, the Beatles sent millions of blank canvases out into the world.

Day Job

Making a life — and living — after Buffalo Tom’s heyday

Studio 360

November 15, 2018

How does a ‘90s rocker make a decade of recording and touring look presentable on a resume?

Music

The American dream becomes the American nightmare

Studio 360

November 15, 2018

Composer Missy Mazzoli and author Karen Russell on the ghostly new opera “Proving Up.”

Arts, Culture & Media

Grammy nominee Rosalía's flamenco fame is questioned by Spain's Roma community

GlobalPost

November 14, 2018

This is just the latest in an ongoing debate in Spain over Rosalía’s supposed appropriation of an art form with gitano origins.

50 States

A small company in New Hampshire exports their handcrafted bagpipes worldwide

PRI's The World

November 14, 2018

Gibson Bagpipes in Nashua, New Hampshire, makes handcrafted bagpipes out of African blackwood. Two years ago, an international consortium that monitors endangered fauna and flora placed African blackwood on a “high risk” list. In order to continue to export their pipes, the company had to apply for a special permit.

Religion

Freddie Mercury’s family faith: The ancient religion of Zoroastrianism

The Conversation

November 09, 2018

The rock legend Freddie Mercury, born Farrokh Bulsara, came from a Parsi family of Zoroastrian faith, one of the oldest examples of monotheism. Theirs is a story of persecution, migration, and spiritual fire.

Inside the National Recording Registry

Talking Heads’ ‘Remain in Light’

Studio 360

November 08, 2018

How radio preachers and John Dean’s Watergate testimony found their way into a Talking Heads album.

Music

How do you finish after your collaborator is gone?

Studio 360

November 01, 2018

Sometimes fate gets in the way when you’re trying to finish a creative project.

Music

Maria Schneider: in progress

Studio 360

November 01, 2018

The jazz composer and songwriter lets us inside her writing process.

Music

Klaus Voormann's long history with The Beatles

PRI's The World

October 30, 2018

Klaus Voormann first met The Beatles when they were a bunch of unknowns playing in Hamburg, Germany. Post-Beatles Voormann played bass with John Lennon and George Harrison. Now, Klaus has an art exhibit in Los Angeles that will include art designs through the years, including the cover art he did for The Beatles 1966 album, "Revolver."

Music

'We Buy White Albums'

Making a life — and living — after Buffalo Tom’s heyday

The American dream becomes the American nightmare

Grammy nominee Rosalía's flamenco fame is questioned by Spain's Roma community

A small company in New Hampshire exports their handcrafted bagpipes worldwide

Freddie Mercury’s family faith: The ancient religion of Zoroastrianism

Talking Heads’ ‘Remain in Light’

How do you finish after your collaborator is gone?

Maria Schneider: in progress

Klaus Voormann's long history with The Beatles

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