It's that time again for NPR's podcast of the week's best arts stories, hosted this week by Monkey See's own Linda Holmes and digital news editor Tanya Ballard Brown.
We begin with a a look at the musical Fela! based on the life of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. The show officially made its move to Broadway last month to critical acclaim, but it's still unclear how Broadway audiences will respond to such an unconventional theater piece.
Then we have two pieces that focus on the technological advances that have not only affected the way people
listen to music, but also how people read and write books.
We then have an interview with author Lynn Barber, who talks about how faithful the film adaptation of An Education was — or was not — to her memoir.
Musician Stace England discusses his own new biographical project, a musical work inspired by the life of black filmmaker Oscar Micheaux.
And a new
biography about Thelonious Monk tries to dispel myths that the offbeat jazz pianist was a recluse and an untrained genius.
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