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  • After two decades, Macy's Center City is closing its doors, and the future of the Wanamaker Organ is uncertain. Send the iconic instrument off with a free all-day concert on Saturday, March 22, featuring Peter Richard Conte and others.
  • Keith Jarrett's two strokes in 2018 left the pianist unable to perform publicly. On the occasion of Bordeaux Concert, WBGO's Nate Chinen caught up with Jarrett.
  • Even for most avid political junkies, budgets can be as inspiring as watching paint dry. But in an election year, they can be used as a rallying point for both parties. Host Michel Martin discusses President Obama's new budget, and other political news with two of Tell Me More's top politicos.
  • Many jazz musicians got the music bug from their fathers. Find out what second-generation percussionists like Nasheet Waits, Ralph Peterson and Sheila E. say about their fathers' influence.
  • Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell lavished money on the Interlochen Center for the Arts to gain access, documents show. In the process, two teenagers were pulled into their orbit.
  • Discover a broad spectrum of this year's most compelling classical music, from symphonic hell rides and soaring voices to searing string quartets, cathartic choirs and one amazing comeback.
  • The best jazz albums of the year feel supercharged with the spirit of discovery, but also offer revelations — both comforting and challenging — the deeper you dig.
  • Ross was recognized as a natural performer from an early age. She essentially never stopped.
  • In a career spanning nearly 50 years, the German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau brought art song into people's homes through hundreds of recordings. WRTI's Meg Bragle picks a handful of standouts in this centennial tribute.
  • A set of performances from Piffaro highlighting the rather unique instruments of the Renaissance era, a special visit from classical comedy duo TwoSet Violin and a choral commemoration of the Declaration of Independence's signing — all this and more in this week's Fanfare.
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