Music

"Walk This Way," by Geoff Edgers. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

How 'Walk This Way' Opened Up The Airwaves For Rap And Hip-Hop

On March 9, 1986, Run-D.M.C. and Aerosmith recorded a hip-hop mashup of Aerosmith's hit "Walk This Way." The result was "something special," author Geoff Edgers says.

Here & Now

09:524 hours ago

Chanel Thervil's "Enigma: Reactions to Racism" is on view at Urbano Project until May 3. (Courtesy Faizal Westcott/Urbano Project)

5 Things To Do This Weekend, From Oscar-Nominated Shorts To Harlem Renaissance Chamber Music

Plus, the multicultural music extravaganza CRASHfest is at the House of Blues and Chanel Thervil's work exploring reactions to racism is up at the Urbano Project.

The ARTery

11 hours ago

Audio ecologist Gordon Hempton (Courtesy of soundtrackerthemovie.com)

An Acoustic Ecologist Who's Losing His Hearing Wants To Help Us All Be Better Listeners

Gordon Hempton says listening to nature is a skill that we can relearn, and he wants to help us do it.

Here & Now

05:26Feb 20, 2019

British guitarist Lynval Golding performs with his band "The Specials" during the Eurockeennes Music Festival in July 2010 in Belfort, France. (Sebastien Bozon/Getty Images)

DJ Sessions: 5 Songs For February When You Want To Be In Ibiza

KCRW DJ Valida Carroll shares a mix of music to chase the winter blues away.

Here & Now

09:54Feb 20, 2019

Elizabeth Rowe performs with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2016. (Courtesy Winslow Townson/BSO)

Principal Flutist Settles Equal Pay Lawsuit With BSO

Elizabeth Rowe sued the BSO in July, stating the pay disparity between her and principal oboist John Ferrillo violated Massachusetts’ Equal Pay Law.

The ARTery

Feb 14, 2019

The Changing Nature Of 'I Love You' Songs

For the last few years, Valentine's Day chart-topping music with "love" in the title has been cynical and self-obsessed.

Here & Now

Feb 14, 2019

One of the weedy seadragons at the New England Aquarium. (Courtesy NEAQ)

5 Things To Do This Weekend, From Seadragons To Lion Dances

Plus, the Fitchburg Art Museum is exhibiting a retrospective on the visionary Groton artist Otto Piene and a play at Hibernian Hall imagines what Nat Turner's last night was like....

The ARTery

Feb 14, 2019

Boston native Bianca Landrau, aka BIA (Courtesy RCA Records)

Straight Outta Medford, Bia Keeps That Same Energy Out In LA

Like so many rappers past and present, she proudly reps her American hometown through her work. While Boston may not be as renowned on the national scene today as, say,...

The ARTery

Feb 14, 2019

How A Percussionist Learned To Love The Violin

Former percussionist Fran Hoepfner explains how she became drawn into the violin after hearing Camille Saint-Saens.

Here & Now

11:06Feb 13, 2019

Listen To The Premiere Of Hawthorn's 'In The Morning,' A Gentle Folk Meditation On Growing Older

“In The Morning” is the second single from the band’s sophomore album, “Maggie Willow,” which comes out March 6.

The ARTery

Feb 13, 2019

Antonio Sánchez. (Courtesy Justin Bettman)

Immigration At The Heart Of Drummer Antonio Sánchez's New Album 'Lines In The Sand'

It's an issue the acclaimed musician knows personally: He emigrated to the United States from Mexico to study music, and became an American citizen in 2017.

Here & Now

09:53Feb 12, 2019

Blues musician B.B. King performs on Dec. 12, 1989, in Paris. (Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images)

DJ Sessions: An All-Time Blues Playlist

In a blues edition of the Here & Now DJ Sessions, we listen to some of the genre's best with Cary Wolfson, host of "Blues from the Red Rooster Lounge."

Here & Now

11:09Feb 11, 2019

Jacques-Louis David's "The Loves of Paris and Helen." (Wikimedia Commons)

How Gluck's 'Paride Ed Elena' Marked Opera's Shift From Singing To Storytelling

Largely neglected since its 1770 debut, Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera gets a rare staging by Odyssey Opera for one weekend.

The ARTery

Feb 11, 2019

Cardi B performs "Money" at the 61st annual Grammy Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles. (Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Eager To Make Up For Past Missteps, The Grammys Make A Show Of Representing Women

Kacey Musgraves took home Album of the Year for "Golden Hour" and Childish Gambino's "This Is America" won Record of the Year.

The ARTery

Feb 11, 2019

Andris Nelsons conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra. (Courtesy Marco Borggreve/BSO)

Boston Symphony Orchestra Scores 2 Grammys For Shostakovich Recordings

The BSO's recording of Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphonies Nos. 4 and 11 won for both Best Orchestral Performance and Best Engineered Classical Album.

The ARTery

Feb 10, 2019

Remembering 'Sunshine' Sonny Payne, Host Of America's Longest-Running Blues Radio Show

Payne hosted "King Biscuit Time" from Helena, Arkansas, from 1951 until his death last February.

Here & Now

03:53Feb 8, 2019

Carlos Izcaray, who was born in Venezuela, conducts the Alabama Symphony Orchestra during a performance. (Courtesy of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra)

What Music Does A Conductor Listen To As His Country Falls Apart?

As he watches political unrest in his native country grow, the Venezuela-born conductor of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Carlos Izcaray, is turning to a familiar place in search of hope:...

Here & Now

11:04Feb 8, 2019

Boston Symphony Is Up For Grammy Awards For Their Shostakovich Symphonies — Again

Dmitri Shostakovich was composing in the Soviet Union where, at first, he was regarded as a "great hope" for communist art, until Joseph Stalin objected to one of his works....

Radio Boston

09:00Feb 7, 2019

Ex Hex. (Michael Lavine/Courtesy of the artists)

DJ Sessions: Long Live The Ladies

We hear from punk rockers Ex Hex, Portland-based Y La Bamba, 19-year-old Christinna O and indie rock band Pedro The Lion.

Here & Now

09:53Feb 6, 2019

Vocalist Aubrey Haddard. (Courtesy Darius Hale)

Aubrey Haddard Finds Power In The Subtleties Of Her Voice

The Cambridge-based musician has the kind of voice that divas are made of, and is well-poised for national success.

The ARTery

06:51Feb 6, 2019