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Meet 16-year-old organist Layla Joshi, a rising junior at William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia and a participant in the chamber music program at Temple Music Prep's Center for Gifted Young Musicians in Philadelphia, PA.

A century ago, they were a marquee duo. Today, guitarist Eddie Lang and violinist Joe Venuti are known only to jazz connoisseurs — but their story, originating in an Italian enclave of South Philadelphia, deserves to be widely known.

In a first-time collaboration, WRTI and WBGO have created a Fall Preview to cover the field, in a range of sounds and styles.

As WRTI toasts Philadelphia jazz artists during our Spirit of 76 drive, we're proud to feature an interview with pianist Kenny Barron, who grew up in North Philly and still carries a torch for his hometown.

GOP hopeful Rick Santorum carried wins in Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri, on Tuesday. The White House also tries to manage a controversy over requiring many Catholic institutions to provide free contraception in their employees' health coverage. Host Michel Martin covers these topics and other political news with a diverse panel of politicos.

Memoir, love story and poetry intertwine in a new book about the life and career of conductor James DePreist — written by his widow, Ginette DePreist, who recently spoke with Susan Lewis for WRTI.

Meanwhile Chicago has set warm-temperature records for the past five days.

While Scott Joplin was the king of ragtime, he had his heart set on writing opera. His only surviving score, Treemonisha, ends with a slow march that's "happy as a bird in June."

Did you miss our live webcast from the Newport Jazz Festival? No problem!Click Here to Listen to Sets from Bill Frisell, Miguel Zenón's Rayuela Quartet,…

Join us this Sunday, September 15th at 2 pm on WRTI as Sir Simon Rattle taps into an historic connection that The Philadelphia Orchestra has enjoyed with…