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Steve Martin Inducts WFMT Favorite Jens Kruger Into American Banjo Hall of Fame

Known for his inventive, hard-to-categorize musical style of composition and performance, banjoist Jens Kruger has been inducted into the American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame.

Associated PressJanuary 17, 2017

Bieito’s manager: Met decision ‘cruel and disappointing’

Stephen RaskauskasJanuary 17, 2017

Lyric, Joffrey Announce First Collaboration with 17/18 Season Opener

Kerry FrumkinJanuary 16, 2017

10 Classical Albums That Got Us Through Our Teens

Playlist: Fretless and Linear — How Classical Violin Shaped Andrew Bird’s Sound

Daniel GoldbergJuly 10, 2019

Using his violin and virtuosic whistle, Andrew Bird genre-jumps from indie rock to jazz, and from folk to classical. Born in Lake Forest, Bird began learning classical violin from the Suzuki Method at the age of four and recalls, “My mom would have WFMT on all the time… My dad listened to Merle Haggard.”

Playlist: Classical Cats, Selections Inspired by Feline Friends

Becky NystedtJuly 9, 2019

While kitties are favored in contemporary popular culture (memes, viral videos, #Instagram), they have also long dominated the hearts of humans throughout history and are reflected through past art and music.

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