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As she wraps up a world-beating year, Samara Joy is embarking on a holiday tour with the McLendon Family, which reaches Ardmore Music Hall on Dec. 21. She spoke with WRTI about her Philly roots, her family legacy, and what it means to be home for Christmas.

The Netherlands-based drummer upgrades the tradition of syncopated, meter-splitting contemporary jazz with her quintet.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art's blockbuster new Matisse exhibition has a story to tell about the artist's close relationship to music, as curator Matthew Affron explains in a walk-through with WRTI.

Nate Chinen, editorial director for WRTI, shares some of his favorite music of the year.

Join us to experience the uplifting music of the Jewish Festival Lights. We have a wonderful lineup of music planned and, of course, our yearly broadcasts of Hanukkah specials.

We ranked a list of 100 songs that reflects the sprawling, energetic messiness of 2022. Start listening.

We ranked a list of 100 songs that reflects the sprawling, energetic messiness of 2022. Start listening.

Celebrate the holidays with drummer Matt Wilson and his festive holiday group the Christmas Tree-O from Dizzy's Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City.

Poet and critic Harmony Holiday spent her year interviewing descendants and torchbearers, finding that the soul of jazz needs preserving offstage and outside of the booth.

An off-Broadway show, based on a 1931 novel, explores the results when a scientist charges Black people $50 each to change their race with his new invention.