The book that inspired today’s playlist, the cultural critic Lucy Sante’s “I Heard Her Call My Name,” isn’t about music per se. As its subtitle attests, it is mostly “a memoir of transition,” centered ...

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The young Spanish violinist Maria Dueñas has a new album out called "Paganini: 24 Caprices" on Deutsche Grammophon records, but this two-CD set includes much more. TPR's Nathan Cone spoke to Dueñas ...

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Created in collaboration with Neil Diamond himself, 'A Beautiful Noise' is the uplifting true story of how a kid from Brooklyn became a chart-busting, show-stopping American rock icon.

Roland Kirk’s 1967 album 'Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith' was his only recording for Verve Records.

Jon Batiste's white piano, which wife Suleika Jaouad painted with a series of colorful butterflies, is now on view at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Jaouad speaks with PEOPLE about her inspiration for ...