In the hands of Béla Fleck, a banjo is a skeleton key, capable of unlocking almost any musical door. For this episode, he joins us in the banjo parlor at Vintage Instruments to talk musical legacies, personal histories, and how his perspective has changed (and how it hasn’t) over the course of a nearly five-decade career.

This week in Moment's Notice: John Coltrane and Miles Davis in tribute, GEORGE in Technicolor, and the Berks Jazz Fest kicks off in Reading.

This week begins on the Ides of March, and there's a bit of heaviness in some of the sung works. There are also big stars in town, video game music, and the first of a series of concerts among the art at Philadelphia's newest museum.

Tune in on Saturday, March 14 at 1 p.m. to hear WRTI's live broadcast of Puccini's Madama Butterfly, from The Metropolitan Opera.

Who said you can never go home again? This week we have resounding evidence to the contrary.

This week's offerings on the classical concert scene promise something for every taste and every age.

Join Meg Bragle from 3 to 6 p.m. on March 8 — International Women's Day — for a special focus on music by a sweeping array of women composers.

Philly Made is a new WRTI initiative featuring artists whose lives and music have been shaped by the culture of Philadelphia — including Featured Artists like up-and-coming pianist Jordan Williams, who just released his debut album, Playing by Ear.

Mark Turner is a modern master, a tenor saxophonist whose influence on the jazz tradition can hardly be overstated. So we're thrilled to talk with him about his new ECM album, Patternmaster, and some of the speculative fiction (and actual music) that inspired it.

March is here, and with it we kick off Women’s History Month in high style, while welcoming some marquee talent from out of town.