This week, Andre 3000 released an instrumental album featuring the flute instead of an expected rap album. Scott Simon asks LA Times' August Brown about the flute's decades-long role in pop music.

In 2024, the singer Sade released her first song in six years, “Andre 3000” debuted a 26-minute flute song, and Sam Smith covered Sylvester’s “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)”—and it ...

Flute innovator Claire Chase’s musical field of dreams began on a San Diego baseball field The internationally celebrated flutist and 2025 Ojai Festival music director was a solid hitter in her ...

This year's Ojai festival, led by super-flutist Claire Chase, brilliantly featured Anaheim native Susie Ibarra, who just won the Pulitzer Prize for music.