The astonishing life and music of Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, the Ethiopian nun who has died at 99

‘It was a social revolution’: The Turkish Embassy’s surprising role in desegregating DC jazz

Maria Schneider: in progress

Space is the place

Stephane Wrembel on Django Reinhardt

From the archives: An interview with the late Hugh Masekela

Remembering Argentine jazz great Gato Barbieri

In New Orleans, Marco explores Japan’s jazz links to the Big Easy

Why American country legend Jim Reeves endures … in Nigeria

The music of JuJu is where West African tradition meets English punk

How do you make a movie about jazz? Add plenty of blood

Jazz great Billy Taylor dies at 89

Japan’s obsession with centuries-old bourbon says a lot about the country’s culture

Growing up without religion in the Soviet Union, believing in jazz

When Duke Ellington Played Kabul

When Duke Ellington Played Kabul

Music Heard on the Air for August 30, 2013

Music Heard on the Air for August 29, 2013

Music Heard on Air for August 9, 2013

Teenage Ethiopian Americans bring parents’ music to life

Darcy James Argue’s ‘Brooklyn Babylon’ almost never was

Guaraldi’s Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack differentiates itself in noisy season

The Bad Plus CD is all original

What’s on Marianne Faithfull’s iPod

Gracie Award-winner ‘Sounding Black’

Celebrating Thelonious Monk

No secular music for funerals, says Australian Catholic Church

Afro-futurism and jazz, funk, & hip-hop

Conversation with Keith Jarrett

Modern music

The making of Miles Davis’ ‘Kind of Blue’ album

Zimbabwean Global Music Artist Chiwoniso Dies

Colombian Gypsy Swing from Monsieur Periné

Music Heard on Air for June 18, 2013

Georgian Jazz Piano Prodigy Beka Gochiashvili

Music Heard on Air for April 3, 2013

Omar Sosa and Paolo Fresu Perform from their Album ‘Alma’

Taiwan-Born Emy Tseng Swings to Brazilian Jazz

Music Heard on Air for February 8, 2013

Jazz Samba Singer and Pianist Tania Maria

Stephane Wrembel: ‘Midnight in Paris’, Django, and the Call of the Desert

Playing for Animals and Humans

‘Letter from America’ Examines the United States Through a British Lens

Pioneering Jazz Musician Dave Brubeck Dies

Diana Krall: Glad Rag Doll

Aha Moment: Earl “Fatha” Hines

Music Heard on Air for September 12, 2012

Hafez Modirzadeh: Persian Classical Music Meets Bebop and Beyond

Alfredo Rodriguez: Cuban Pianist Produced by Quincy Jones

‘The Cherry Thing’: Sweden’s Neneh Cherry and The Thing

Music Heard on Air for July 13, 2012

Korean Jazz Pianist Hey Rim Jeon

Edmar Castaneda’s Jazz Collaboration ‘Double Portion’

The Jazz Genius and the Heiress: Thelonious Monk’s Connection To English Aristocrat

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival: Loads of Global Hits

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival: Lessons Learned

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival: The Crescent City Looks to Africa

Music Heard on Air for April, 12, 2012

Macy Chen’s ‘After 75 Years’ from Taiwan

Aha Moment: Jack DeJohnette