Music Articles archive
Listen The Man In Black Goes To The County Fair
February 23, 2013 – Working as a local DJ in Monroe, Mich., NPR's Don Gonyea interviewed his idol Johnny Cash in 1981.
Listen Clive Davis: A Life With A 'Soundtrack'
February 23, 2013 – The music industry legend shares stories personal and professional in a new memoir.
Watch Music, The Food Of 'Amour'
February 23, 2013 – The Best Picture nominee about love at the end of life uses music sparingly but crushingly.
Watch Music's New 'Real Ambassadors'
February 22, 2013 – A State Department program brings international musicians to Main Street America.
Read History As Symphony: The African-American Experience In Jazz Suites WFIU
February 21, 2013 – Composers such as Duke Ellington have captured black history in long-form works. Hear five examples. WFIU
Watch Where Does The Harlem Shake Actually Come From?
February 21, 2013 – It all started with mummies and a basketball tournament, depending on whom you ask.
Watch Long Before The Harlem Shake, We Did The Shimmy
February 21, 2013 – A century ago, a different dance craze swept from African-American clubs to the world.
Watch After 30 Years, I Finally Went To A Barry Manilow Concert
February 21, 2013 – For writer Danyel Smith, the show wasn't kitschy — it fulfilled the dreams of her 13-year-old self.
Watch Mindy McCready, Whose Life Was A Country Song, Has Died
February 18, 2013 – The country singer with the wide-open sob in her voice and a high-drama life was 37.
Listen From Bow To Baton: Violinist Joshua Bell Conducts Beethoven
February 18, 2013 – The acclaimed soloist leads a venerable orchestra through two beloved pieces.
Listen 'China's Leonard Cohen' Calls Out Political Corruption
February 18, 2013 – The eccentric singer's lyrics address food scandals, forced housing demolitions and abuses of power.
Listen Days With John And Yoko: A Writer Remembers
February 17, 2013 – Jonathan Cott was the last journalist to interview John Lennon before the singer's death.
Watch Haitian Musicians Get By With A Little Help From Their Friends
February 17, 2013 – Natural disasters have wracked the tiny nation, inspiring a few survivors to speak out in song.
Listen Jonas Kaufmann On Wagner: 'It's Like A Drug Sometimes'
February 16, 2013 – The man called the greatest living Wagnerian tenor says he's bound by duty to honor the composer.
Read Can You Learn To Like Music You Hate?
February 15, 2013 – A new study says that when you don't understand music, you don't even really hear it.