The New York-based string quartet's new album Rhythm Nation teems with beats ranging from West Africa and Venezuela to jazz standards and Janet Jackson.

Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week's poet is Paula Coulahan.

America's darling diva pairs up with the banjo guru of our time for a set of old Appalachian songs about love, loss and the sturdy hope for better times.

Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Your showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. This week’s poet is Rockford's Welsh elementary school student Conner Douglas.

The rising young conductor's new album, Ukrainian Mixtape, is a introduction to composers even some Ukrainians don't know very well.

Philip Glass' newest symphony, an homage to Abraham Lincoln, was supposed to premiere at the Kennedy Center — until it didn't. And then, the Boston Symphony Orchestra stepped in.

Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. Today's poet is Michael Kirk.

Pianist Lara Downes and Pulitzer-winning author Salamishah Tillet discuss Nina Simone and one of her best-known songs at her lovingly restored birthplace in Tryon, N.C.

Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets. Today’s poet is Rick Brooks.

Welcome to Poetically Yours. Poetically Yours showcases poems by northern Illinois poets and a few from other areas. Today’s poet is Tom Zeiser.