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More than ever, music matters to us. But why do we like what we like? "Six Songs of Me," a new project launched by a British publication, may ultimately provide some answers.

View a gallery featuring Jack DeJohnette, Jenny Scheinman, Kurt Elling and Bill Frisell.

Two unique emerging artists step out at the Litchfield Jazz Festival, the climax of a three-week jazz camp in Kent, Conn. Hear Gabriel Alegria's Afro-Peruvian jazz sextet and Gerald Clayton's piano trio in concert.

Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon, from Deceptive Cadence.

Take a walk through this Michigan college town, and you'll probably see Alexis Dawdy and her violin.

Several deaths, mounting financial burdens and an official '50 Shades of Classical': all the classical news that's fit to link.

Pianist Hod O'Brien is a stalwart bebop acolyte. Since emerging on the scene in the late 1950s playing with Oscar Pettiford and Stan Getz, O'Brien has earned critical acclaim and accolades from his peers. He joins host Marian McPartland and performs an original tune written for the occasion, "Clarion for Marian."

The saxophonist also outlined the failings of modern jazz and his hopes for the next generation.

Hear a sparkling all-star performance with the Boston Symphony, the Boston Pops and guests including Yo-Yo Ma, James Taylor and Anne-Sophie Mutter.

A mission to pick meaningful music — "Six Songs of Me" — inspired hundreds of personal playlists.