The music program had been on WNYC for four decades. Listener contributions spared it from the ax. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Friday. Today we’ll find out how a program on the public radio ...

June 28, 2024; Washington, D.C. —NPR’s The Thistle & Shamrock®radio program will end on September 30 after 41 years on air. In the weekly radio program, show creator, producer, and host, Fiona Ritchie ...

Today’s country music genre had its beginnings in the 1920s with the popularization of two types of music: rural white bluegrass or “hillbilly” music and “western” or “cowboy” music. The two styles ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Michael Barone, host of Pipedreams, a public radio program dedicated to the pipe organ and celebrating 40 years on the air. The pipe organ. No harmonica, now is it? It can ...

Music played by D.J.s like Flo Dill on NTS encompasses obscure ambient tracks and timeworn dad rock. The approach has won it fans far beyond its London home. By Shaad D’Souza Reporting from London On ...

In 2015, Zane Lowe left his job as a DJ on the BBC’s venerable Radio 1 in the U.K. to become the principal voice of a new digital radio station at the music-streaming service launched that year by ...