The Story of Saul Chandler

Read the astonishing story here.

And let's listen to the young Itzak Perlman's take on the Bach E Major Partita:

Patti Smith on Mountain Stage

Meshell Ndegeocello: 'Ventriloquism'

  Here and here are a couple of NPR pieces on this excellent, imo, Ndegeocello album.

South X Lullaby: Max Richter

https://www.npr.org/event/music/589337022/south-x-lullaby-max-richter

The Elgar Enigma

Discovering Sam Baker

Today, hearing a reprise of a 2014 interview with Terry Gross of NPR's Fresh Air, I discover Sam Baker, survivor of a 1986 terrorist bombing of a passenger train in Peru.  How I never knew of him before astonishes me.   One of the songs inspired by his experience:


Direct link to the NPR interview and performance of several songs.

Evolution of Music