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6 (+1) Fascinating Premieres You Never Knew Happened in Chicago

For more than a century, artists from all over the world have chosen to give their first performances in the Second City.

Keegan MorrisAugust 25, 2020

Thursday: Third Coast Percussion Plays Music of Devonté Hynes in WFMT Livestream

Associated PressAugust 25, 2020

Musician Justin Townes Earle dead at age 38

Candice AgreeAugust 24, 2020

Quiz: Match the Musical Quote to the Movie It’s From

Echoes of 2006: Jazz Fest returns to New Orleans for 2022

Associated PressApril 29, 2022

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is returning for the first time in three years.

WFMT Classical Conversations: Dr. C. Charles Clency

WFMTApril 28, 2022

WFMT presenter LaRob K. Rafael interviews Dr. C. Charles Clency, music educator, author, and the last accompanist of Mahalia Jackson.

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Caroline Shaw looks pensive in a clearing of trees

Shaw, Sagan, and Searching: ‘The Listeners’

Becky NystedtAugust 20, 2020

“For centuries, millennia, we humans have looked at the stars and wondered about our place in the universe and what’s beyond. That’s what I wanted to dig into,” reflects musician-composer-producer Caroline Shaw on her latest work, The Listeners.

After grief, Bebel Gilberto recovers her zen with new album

Associated PressAugust 20, 2020

Singer Bebel Gilberto didn’t have the opportunity to show her famous father the song she wrote for him.

DeYoung and Cheng: A Socially-Distanced Schubert Song Cycle

Christian ThorsbergAugust 18, 2020

Mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung and pianist Eugenia Cheng complete their summer-long, socially-distanced undertaking: a complete virtual duet of Schubert’s Winterreise.

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