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John Warg/UnsplashAs America marks its 250th birthday this weekend, celebrate the people, places, and stories that have shaped the nation through music.From Woody Guthrie's This Land Is Your Land to Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story, hear works that reflect the many voices of the American experience.Join us for America 250: The American Experience, tonight at 8 on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
George Murphy/WXPNIn most cities, New Year's Day means sleeping in and recovering from the night before, but in Philadelphia, the celebration only gets bigger with the annual Mummers Parade.
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As a kid growing up in West Philadelphia, Jeffrey Townes remembers watching local DJs spin records at block parties and being instantly hooked. -
Mark O’Connor’s Strings and Threads is a clever title because it weaves together the threads of American styles like blues and rags into music for two string instruments—violin and guitar. It’s a perfect way to experience the tapestry of American music! -
A king. A duke. A fairy queen.Lauren Rico has a royal flush tonight with Frederick the Great, Henry Purcell's The Fairy Queen, and music from Duke Ellington.Hear it tonight on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
Why does Nina Simone's music still resonate so deeply today? Pianist Lara Downes and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Salamishah Tillet explore the life, legacy, and enduring power of one of her most iconic songs. -
Adoration is Florence Price’s hymn that feels like a restful moment in the shade on a hot day. Originally for organ, it shines in an arrangement for trumpets that we’ll hear this morning. -
What Virginia-bred country singer and rapper Shaboozey represents is much bigger than himself: It's the reclamation of country music's roots as unapologetically Black. -
At the turn of the twentieth century, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was one of Britain's most celebrated composers. Today, his Clarinet Quintet offers the chance to rediscover a composer whose music deserves to be heard more often.Hear Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Clarinet Quintet tonight on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
America’s 250th is on Saturday, and this land is made for you and me. Hear a musical celebration of the vibrant spirit and majestic sights of the home that we love, including This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie, in America 250: The American Experience. -
No one knows exactly why Beethoven's Piano Trio earned the nickname The Ghost. Some say its mysterious slow movement sounds like spirits whispering in the dark. Others hear something more like uncertainty... or a dream.See what it brings to your imagination, tonight on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
When Stanley Clarke first picked up the acoustic bass, he drew a bow across the strings and was greeted by a terrible sound. Since then, he's made it his mission to make the instrument sing.
