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  • American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne, circa 1965.
    Marilyn Horne: Opera's Agile Advocate Turns 80
    The famed mezzo-soprano has battled conductors, cancer and the rapid-fire music of Rossini and always comes out on top. Today, she devotes her time to helping young singers find their voices.
  • Living Your Life With 2008's Best In Jazz
    The year's best jazz albums reach into your world rather than demanding that you reach into theirs, KPLU's Nick Francis says. Here, he picks 10 fun recordings with a contemporary attitude compliant to listeners' daily lives.
  • Songs For The Gas-Guzzling Blues
    No road trip is complete without a great car. And while classic wheels aren't great for your carbon footprint — not to mention your travel budget — here are five songs that go well with a ride in an old-fashioned luxury gas-guzzler.
  • This is what changing tax laws means for your WRTI year-end giving
    2025 is coming to a close, and changes to the tax code beginning January 1, 2026, could affect how — and when — you choose to give to WRTI and other nonprofits.
  • Medics In Training: Treating Soldiers In Transit
    Among the thousands of U.S. military men and women still fighting in Afghanistan, many will have their missions cut short by serious injury. Quickly airlifting them out of the war zone requires teams of specially trained medical personnel. Cheri Lawson of WNKU spent the day at a Cincinnati, Ohio, hospital where the rigorous training takes place.
  • Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato's performance at the Metropolitan Opera created a euphoric experience for at least one listener.
    Who Needs Drugs When You've Got Music?
    We all know about the power of music — the songs that make you happy or trigger a poignant memory. But once in a while music can be even more intoxicating, as in a stunning performance that will be broadcast live to movie theaters worldwide this Saturday.
  • Jazz Philadelphia's Hometown Heroes: Spotlight on Trumpeter Wallace Roney
    Trumpeter Wallace Roney died from complications of the COVID-19 virus on March 31, 2020 at the age of 59. But his life in Philadelphia and beyond will…
  • Oliver Nelson, One More Who Died Too Young
    Many talented souls in various walks of life have departed the planet well before their loved ones thought they should have. The abbreviated stays of the…
  • Australian Senate Urges Country To Apologize Over Forced Adoptions
    Through the early '70s, Australia forced unwed mothers to give up their babies for adoption.
  • Women sit at a bus stop under election posters in Qom, about 75 miles south of Iran's capital, Tehran, on Tuesday. Iran's parliamentary elections on Friday are expected to be a contest between various conservative factions. Many candidates seeking change have been barred from running.
    In Iran's Election, Not All Candidates Are Welcome
    There's a battle taking place between various conservative factions in Iran as the country prepares for parliamentary elections on Friday. The candidates seeking broad changes have been barred from running, with many in jail or under house arrest.
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