Podcasts

Anthony Braxton may be considered avant garde but he embraces all musical traditions.

Bassist Richard Davis talks about his musical life outside of jazz–working with folks like Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, Leonard Bernstein and Igor Stravinsky.

One of the great jazz bassists Richard Davis remembers a few of jazz musicians he's played with–like Sun Ra, Ahmad Jamal, Sarah Vaughan, Elvin Jones, and Eric Dolphy.

Musician, teacher, and NEA Jazz Master Jamey Aebersold believes that anyone can improvise and he's developed the tools to show them how.

Behind the scenes of the Kinetic Sculpture Race, Grand Championship, where art and science go to play.

Playwright and MacArthur Fellow Tarell McCraney shares his exuberant passion for live performance and his determination to bring theater to underserved kids in Miami.

The novelist takes a scientific look at the monsters that scare us…and why we love it.

National Heritage Fellow and Sacred Harp singer David Ivey both preserves the tradition and widens the circle.

Nicholson Baker may have written three exuberant sex novels, but he turns to his other passion in his latest book, "Traveling Sprinkler": the extraordinary details of the ordinary.

In the second part of a two-part interview, we hear Sheila as storyteller and learn about some of the folks who lived in Sodom, North Carolina.

Singer, musician, storyteller, and NEA National Heritage Fellow Sheila Kay Adams talks about (and sings) songs brought over from England, Scotland, and Ireland in the mid-17th century and kept alive by the people in the mountains of North Carolina.

In his current novel, "Red Moon," Ben Percy serves up a hybrid of horror and literature to tell a story about our lives today.

The 78th Old Fiddlers' Convention in Galax, Virginia. Where music happens on and off the stage.