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Acclaimed Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov’s most recent album, Bach: The Art of Life, takes a personal look at J.S. Bach—the husband and father—through his music. It also includes works by his sons, and music from a notebook of compositions created for his family's studies and entertainment.

Pianist Isata and cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason are British sibling classical virtuosos. Still in their twenties, the star soloists have just released their first joint album.

You, a Pisces full of wisdom, have discovered a new song that lights up your soul. This week on 8 Tracks: Mild to wild obsessions with SZA, Bat for Lashes and Alice Coltrane.

A powerfully searching saxophonist and educator who made an outsize impact in Baltimore and his native Philadelphia, Carl Grubbs died on Jan. 5, at 79.

Meet 16-year-old violinist Gabriela Salvador Riera, concertmaster of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra and a Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth (PMAY) Artist.

For Farrah Rahaman, the scholar bringing Immanuel Wilkins to the Penn campus, his project Blues Blood "feels big and stirring like the ocean." That seems even truer with the venerable poet Sonia Sanchez and author Imani Perry in the mix.

For Leonard Bernstein, a dog was always man's best friend. So it's only fitting that the conductor's birthday falls next to National Dog Day — a prompt to consider some lively music Bernstein composed with particular pooches in mind.

Originally from Osaka, Japan, Akiko Tsuruga became a world-class jazz organist, touted by soul-jazz originals like Lou Donaldson. She died on Sept. 13, after a short terminal illness.

As we pass the midpoint of Hispanic Heritage Month, WRTI host David Ortiz has assembled a list of 10 Latin jazz artists that listeners should keep their ears open for.

NPR's list of the greatest albums made by women, from 1964 to the present.