Samuel Barber's Souvenirs Ballet Suite was inspired by the elegance and fun of early-20th-century dance halls. Pianist Lara Downes captures that carefree spirit Barber intended. Hear her performance tonight on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream.

Connecticut-born poet Katherine Garrison Chapin wrote Plain-Chant for America in collaboration with composer William Grant Still in 1941. She says their work addresses, “the gap between totalitarianism and the American democracy in which I believed.”

If you appreciate all the mind-opening resources your local library has to offer, you’ll be pleased to learn that February is Library Lover’s Month – an annual celebration of school, public, and private libraries of all types. We’ll celebrate Library Lover’s Month this weekend with music by Baroque era composers who not only wrote music, they also wrote BOOKS about their craft. It’s on Sunday Baroque this week, starting at 7 a.m. on 91.1, 107.5 and our music stream.

Reel Music puts movie music front and center.This week, hear the powerful score Quincy Jones wrote for The Color Purple, music that carries the pain, strength, and hope of the story.Film music that doesn’t just play in the background, it pulls you into the story.Reel Music, Saturday at 9 and Sunday at 6 on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream.

For years, the cello-led band has been a constant favorite of the Tiny Desk Contest. Ollella's Ellie Barber brings her playful, occasionally sad songs to our space.

Shake off the week and step into a world of play. Bizet’s Children’s Games is pure musical joy, light, charming, and made for a Friday-night unwind. Make a play date tonight on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream.

Backed by a band and choir, Pastor John P. Kee transforms the Tiny Desk into an old, wood-floored country church.

Are you looking forward to the thrill of downhill skiing and elegance of figure skating? The Winter Olympics start today and you can hear music that gets you in a sporty mood, including a work by Michael Torke written for Olympic games.

Petra Rivera-Rideau, co-author of the Bad Bunny Syllabus and the new book P FKN R, says the Puerto Rican artist often wields joy as resistance.

Protest requires people to take a stand and hold firm. Pop songs are designed to appeal across demographic lines. In music, as in the rest of the world, resistance takes place closer to the ground.