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A group of sixth, seventh and eighth grade students realized there was no children's book about the composer Florence Price. So they wrote, illustrated and published their own. -
Renee Klahr/Think of the best songs of 2021 as a playlist catering to the most basic human urges. Within it, booties were called, muffins were buttered and bloody revenge was contemplated. It was quite a year.
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The violinist, composer, conductor and mentor of generations of string players was 97 years old. -
Mel Tormé famously co-wrote one of the most well-known carols of all time in 1945. His son, James, tells the story of how the song came to be.
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Ben Shirley's addictions landed him on the streets of Los Angeles. Now, at 53, he's turning his life around with the help of music.
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Charles Dutoit has been accused by four women of sexual assault in incidents that allegedly occurred between 1985 and 2010.
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"I like to understand music as a conversation," the Balkan singer says. "Music is language."
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The storied quartet wove styles and collaborators together in their performance at NPR Music's 10th anniversary celebration in Washington, D.C.
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Members of the Ann Arbor, Mich. convent perform in the NPR studios and discuss their holiday album.
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Hear a new piece by Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry that pulsates in time to the heartbeats of the musicians who play it.
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Philadelphia's public school system has over 1,000 broken instruments.
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Nina Totenberg speaks with the new musical director of The National Symphony Orchestra, as the ensemble gears up to mark the centennial of Leonard Bernstein.
