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Soprano Maria Callas—controversial, temperamental, with a voice described alternately as "dazzling" and "catastrophic"—remains an enigma whose recordings…

She was an African-American woman trying to make it in a white man’s world – and she succeeded, performing with world-class orchestras and winning three…

The Johnstone Fund for New Music presents Olivier Messiaen’s Hawari, with Liz Pearse, soprano and Karl Larson, piano, Wednesday, May 27 at 7pm at the…

As the saying goes, laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and you cry alone.And — hello? — who wants to cry alone?That’s why The American Sound this…

Holy Week offers an abundance of music in the Columbus area, both in places of worship and, of course, on the radio. Live MusicThe two grand Passions by…

Over the years, many musicians have taken classical music into venues that seem a little out of character.Cellist Zuill Bailey has performed more than…

President Donald Trump and his administration are doing all they can to not call the conflict with Iran a war.

Renee joined KBBI in 2017 as a general assignment reporter and host. Her work has appeared on such shows as Weekend Edition Saturday, The World, Marketplace and Studio 360. Renee previously interned as a reporter for KPCC in Los Angeles and as a producer for Stateside at Michigan Radio. Her work has earned her numerous press club awards. She holds an M.S. in journalism from the University of Southern California and a B.A. in women's studies from the University of Michigan.

I’m late getting to the Debussy year, the centennial of his death in 1918. A new biography – Debussy, A Painter in Sound by Stephen Walsh – is an…

Don’t get me started on a lot of opera productions today.If you are of a certain age, then maybe you’re tired of seeing Carmen or Othello dressed in…