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people in a public square
Barcelona is one of Europe’s loudest cities. It’s trying to turn down the volume.
A baseball player watches a foul ball go into stands filled with photos of fans.
Sports
Can artificial crowd noise match the thrill of packed stadiums?
a black and white Herrera and her band in a recording studio
Exclusive 360-degree video: Magos Herrera and Brooklyn Rider perform ‘Balderrama’
Arts, Culture & Media
Is It Live or Is It Memorex?
Arts, Culture & Media
Watch a Water Droplet Dance in a Field of Sound
Ben Mirin, beatboxer, bird watcher
Music
His beats are pretty fly for a bird guy
Pianos rest in the Case Department of the Steinway piano factory in Astoria, Queens, awaiting finishing. Once each is complete, it will have its own, specific sound.
Music
Science tries to understand what gives a piano its voice
Pianos rest in the Case Department of the Steinway piano factory in Astoria, Queens, awaiting finishing. Once each is complete, it will have its own, specific sound.
Music
Science tries to understand what gives a piano its voice
Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax
Arts, Culture & Media
Meet the ‘dangerous Belgian’ who invented the sax
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Music Heard on Air for September 10, 2013
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Music Heard on the Air for August 22, 2013
Mapping Our Digital DNA
Arts, Culture & Media
VIDEO: Musician rediscovers her yodeling talent in Berlin nightclubs
Arts, Culture & Media
Classical music star Hilary Hahn branching out into improv pieces with Hauschka
Arts, Culture & Media
Historic violins, long lost to history, get new life in France
Arts, Culture & Media
From Malaysia to major record deal via YouTube
Arts, Culture & Media
What puts the crash in the clash
Arts, Culture & Media
Musician plays through “open-head” surgery
Arts, Culture & Media
Guitarist Les Paul on ‘Bob Edwards Weekend’
Global Hit
Sweden’s Anna von Hausswolff Draws Inspiration from Pipe Organ for ‘Ceremony’
Arts, Culture & Media
Lithuania’s Got Accordion Talent
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Music Heard on Air for July 19, 2013
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Music Heard on the Air for July 2, 2013
Global Hit
Memphis Meets Mumbai: Hindustani Slide Guitarist Debashish Bhattacharya
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Music Heard on Air for May 24, 2013
Global Hit
US Navy Trombonist Composes Score for Viral Animated Movie ‘Maker vs Marker’
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Music Heard On Air for April 30, 2013
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Music Heard on Air for April 16, 2013
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Music Heard on Air April 12, 2013
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Music Heard on Air for April 11, 2013
Arts, Culture & Media
New Year’s Resolution: The Repertoire
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Music Heard on Air for March 27, 2013
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Music Heard on Air for March 26, 2013
Music Heard on Air for March 15, 2013
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Music Heard on Air for March 11, 2013
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Music Heard on Air for February 20, 2013
Arts, Culture & Media
Celebrating the Music of Maqam, From Spain to Western China
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Music Heard on Air for February 11, 2013
Arts, Culture & Media
Aha Moment: La Forza del Destino
Arts, Culture & Media
World Kora Trio Shine at the Africolor Festival
Lifestyle & Belief
New Year’s Resolution: A Cello Recital
Arts, Culture & Media
From Poland: The Mesmerizing Tones of Glassduo
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Music Heard on Air for December 17, 2012
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Music Heard on Air for November 26, 2012
Arts, Culture & Media
Optimism and Female Power from Kenya Trumpeter Christine Kamau
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Music Heard on Air for November 9, 2012
Arts, Culture & Media
Recreating King Louis XIV’s Vanished Violins
Global Hit
Musicians from Germany and Senegal Collaborate for ‘Amanké Dionti’
Arts, Culture & Media
Austrian Duo Attwenger Stirs the Funky Pot
Emerging Science Note: Nano Ear
Arts, Culture & Media
CGS: Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino
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Music Heard on Air for January 16, 2012
Arts, Culture & Media
The Stradivarius vs. the Modern Violin
Neutral Milk Hotel’s Julian Koster on His Favorite Holiday Tunes
Abigail Washburn on Her Banjo Mission
Building Music
Arts, Culture & Media
Yang Ying’s Jazzy Take on Chinese Folk Music
The Noisy Ocean and its Consequences
Arts, Culture & Media
Preserving America’s earliest recordings
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Music Heard on Air for May 5, 2011