J. Michael Harrison

Superhero bassist Christian McBride returns to the 215, and our own J. Michael Harrison celebrates 30 years on the air, in this week's Moment's Notice.

The bond between Temple University and WRTI has always been strong, but a growing partnership between Temple’s Intellectual Heritage program and WRTI,…

Philadelphia lost seven great musicians in the first four months of 2020. These artists, like the music, have a special relationship with impermanence. Let us remember them.

Since 2017, Slingshot—a collaboration between NPR Music and the digital music service VuHaus—has provided a platform where 'taste-making' music stations…

As America and the world reexamine race and equality, creatives are addressing these issues by producing art and music. NPR Music stations invited artists…

Organist Lucas Brown is a jazz and classical performing artist, composer, and educator who, with his eponymous septet, incorporates the openness of music…

When saxophonist Olivia Hughart (now a college freshman) was in middle school in Lower Merion, there were few girls in her jazz big band, despite the fact…

The Cuban-born, Philadelphia-based composer and percussionist Arturo Stable possesses a unique and refreshing percussive sound that can shift seamlessly…

British-Nigerian, multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and music producer Ola Onabulé has been on the music scene for more than 20 years.Check out…