World of Music: Bealtaine (Celtic Folk)
With roots in Irish and Scottish folk music, Pittsburgh-based folk band Bealtaine keeps traditions alive while borrowing influences from the modern world ...
Thursday Night Jazz: Colter Harper Quintet Celebrates the Music of Brazilian Singer-Songwriter & Activist Caetano Veloso
A dedicated musician and staunch activist in his own right, Colter Harper and bandmates Kelsey Jumper, José Luis Martins, Tony DePaolis, and Lucas Ashby honor nine-time Latin Grammy winner and member of the Tropicália arts movement Caetano Veloso ...
World Literature: Karen Tei Yamashita’s “Questions 27 & 28” with Anderson Tepper
Author of National Book Award finalist I Hotel shares a new novel illuminating the lives of laborers, artists, scholars, informants, and activists who, over three generations, defined the Japanese American community post–Pearl Harbor ...
World Literature: Madeleine Thien’s “The Book of Records” with Anderson Tepper
Booker Prize–shortlisted author Madeleine Thien discusses her latest work, a “Time” Must-Read Book of the Year ...
Thursday Night Jazz: Bassist Paul Thompson Explores the Bass-Drum Connection with Drummers (& Best Friends) David Throckmorton, Paul Wells & Thomas Wendt
In a tribute to the myriad ways jazz builds and becomes community, lifelong friends and iconic musicians explore themes of connection both within and beyond the making of music ...
