Among the notable new releases in our August edition of Sunday Classical are albums by Neave Trio, pianist Steven Osborne, Orchestre de Paris with Klaus Mäkelä, and guitarists Xuefei Yang and Raphaël Feuillâtre.

It’s midsummer, and that means that we here at WRTI are taking stock of some of our favorite releases to come out thus far in 2025.

An accomplished harpist and educator, Jill Pasternak led a distinguished career in radio, including 18 years at WRTI.

We're so sad to share the news that Jill Pasternak died on July 26 of natural causes at age 91. Here are a few of our memories of Jill. What are yours?

Whether you feel like summer is whizzing by or dragging on, we’re here with objectively good news: excellent live music just keeps coming. This week brings a visiting legend, a hot band from across the pond, and a local institution celebrating a festive occasion.

Painter of the Invisible is Jaleel Shaw's first full-band album in more than a dozen years. But it's not as if Shaw, an alto and soprano saxophonist from Philadelphia, has been slacking; as he explains in this revealing episode of The Late Set, the pause had more to do with high standards and pure convictions.

In Moment's Notice this week: free shows by Keyon Harrold and Brian Betz, an ambient set from Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer and more.

National Ice Cream Day was July 20, so we asked you to vote for your favorite ice cream flavor and tell us how listening to WRTI has so much in common with indulging in everyone's best-loved frozen treat.

Jaleel Shaw's elegy "Tamir" is vividly rendered in this exclusive live performance at Solar Myth, available exclusively on The Late Set.

Meet 15-year-old vocalist and guitarist Alison Haydu, a rising sophomore at Central High School in Philadelphia, and a member of the All-City High School Chorus, the Philadelphia Girls Choir, and a 2025-2026 Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts Philly All-City Jazz Fellow for guitar.