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Bassist Sam Harris celebrates his birthday, trumpeter Etienne Charles brings purpose to the party, and drummer Ari Hoenig returns home. All in this week's guide to live jazz, from WRTI.

The East Passyunk Opera Project, the String Queens, and Opera on Tap — all this and more in our first installment of Fanfare, WRTI's weekly classical music guide.

Fanfare this week has four very different string quartets, along with an Astral Artists vocal recital and a marquee concert by The Philadelphia Orchestra.

The new economy of jazz has forced many musicians to adopt a "go lean" approach; more than ever, three is a magic number. Trio recordings in jazz are not uncommon, but the trinity's proliferation this year makes the case that less is more. Sample five upcoming trio discs.

In Moment's Notice this week: free shows by Keyon Harrold and Brian Betz, an ambient set from Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer and more.

A cozy family feeling and a spirit of community service: those are two Christmas hallmarks shared by the jazz vocalists Gregory Porter and Samara Joy. On this episode of The Late Set Radio Hour, they talk about family traditions and the holiday songbook, which they've both embraced.

For Austrian composer Anton Bruckner's 200th birthday, we sat down with Professor Benjamin Korstvedt to talk about Bruckner's complex legacy and unpack the changes that his music went through posthumously.

Priorities USA Action has unveiled a new ad in Michigan in advance of that state's GOP primary next week. It takes former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to task for opposing the auto industry bailout.

The U.S. Geological Survey says there was a 4.0 magnitude temblor in the "San Francisco bay area" at 5:33 a.m. local time (8:33 a.m. ET).

A single statistic can help show how beneficial, or not, a treatment is. It's called the number needed to treat. And the lower it is, the better.