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In his native Puerto Rico, a jazz drummer found that his friends could all get down to Fela Kuti. So in New York, Cole assembled an 11-piece band to locate the African heart of Caribbean party music.

The Met critiques critics, Czechs conquer concerts and Zinman stays up late: all the news that's fit to link.

Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux stops by to discuss her most recent album, her secret desire to make a jazz record and her musical theories.

The most famous classical pianist in the world gives a recital of introspective solo works, live from Carnegie Hall.

"To chant, to sing, engages one's whole being," says Brother Christian Leisy of the Monastery of Christ in the Desert. The Benedictine monks who live outside Santa Fe have released an album of Gregorian chant.

Ralph Peterson, Neneh Cherry, the Library of Congress archives and a generous Metallica bassist.

A new star out of the El Sistema program says that her goal in playing Chopin is valuing honesty over prettiness.

The legendary brass group has been pleasing crowds for decades with a repertoire that mixes classic and modern compositions with Dixieland, jazz and Broadway. Tuba player and founding member Chuck Daellenbach says the band brings a playful approach to its stage show to build an audience for brass.

Connect the dots between classical music and standards with the dynamic violin-and-piano duo.

Chuck Daellenbach and his fresh-faced players, each with red-striped sneakers and matching outfits, strolled into the NPR Music offices, took their places behind Bob Boilen's desk and started blowing as if they'd played this peculiar gig a hundred times.