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This Saturday evening on Fretworks, I'll have the Guitar Concerto from Brazil's best-known composer, Heitor Villa-Lobos. This piece was written for Andres…

Mexican composer Manuel Ponce wrote a fine guitar concerto for Andreas Segovia in 1941, using his own original theme and native Mexican rhythms and…

[VIDEO IS DEAD] What makes a melody stick in our minds? Sometimes it's the circumstances in which we first heard it, or maybe the person or people we…

[caption id="attachment_14793" align="alignright" width="130" caption="Gunther Herbig"][/caption] [this has audio] The Columbus Symphony performs…

This time of year in particular, John Rutter's music and recordings are heard by millions around the world. The mention of his name brings to mind…

Ohio poll shows that Sen. John McCain has a slight lead against Sen. Barack Obama in the race for the white house. The poll also shows that some voters…

NPR Music's Bob Boilen talks with Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin about a song that changed his life, "Rock Island Line," by Lonnie Donegan.

Around the holidays, many bakers pay extra attention to how pretty their baked goods look. Their new secret weapon? Gourmet sprinkles.

In Spain on Sunday, the autonomous region of Catalonia held an independence referendum. Things turned violent after voters clashed with police.

Rockport, Texas, was among the hardest hit towns when Hurricane Harvey made landfall. Rachel Martin talks to Mashon Hunt, who is staying in a shelter in Austin after being evacuated from Rockport.