Music

Saxophonist, keyboard player and producer Steve Berlin joins host John Floridis to discuss his four-decade work as a member of the legendary band Los Lobos.

The Washington Middle School String Quintet played for us on the Children’s Corner last week for a live in-studio performance. Listen now as they perform holiday classics, works by Bach and Mozart and arrangements of contemporary popular music.

Upcoming holiday programs on MTPR

After a year defined by emergence and creative combination, our critics zoom in on their own listening to choose one inescapable album and song each.

Acclaimed Irish American multi instrumentalist and composer Seamus Egan returns to Musician's Spotlight to talk about his most recent recording project "A Good Winter" which includes collaborations with his partner in music and life, the equally acclaimed vocalist and composer Moira Smiley.

"All I Want For Christmas Is You" is the first song to ever have four separate runs at No. 1 on the chart, beginning in 2019. It's become a holiday hallmark in the years since its 1994 release.

We ranked our 50 favorite records of the year, from hip-hop to classical and everything in between.

Multiple Grammy Award winner, the composer of the soundtrack for the Oscar winning film "Birdman" and one of the most respected drummers in any genre, Antonio Sánchez joins host John Floridis on this episode of Musician's Spotlight.

Let's Stay Together all week for a Journey Through the Past while we Listen to the Music of 1972! Keep it Mellow with the Folk Show or crank up the volume on Freeforms. From Puppy Love to Burnin' Love, it's a musical Cornucopia of songs from '72. Tell us your favorite for the listener request show.

Broadway-legend-in-training Stephen Sondheim was a college sophomore in 1948 when his musical Phinney's Rainbow was produced — and recorded — at Williams College in Massachusetts.