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In the five years between Blind Pilot's sophomore album and its 2016 follow-up, Israel Nebeker's 13-year relationship ended and his father died. And Then Like Lions is the stunning result of loss.

The multi-talented cellist leads her string ensemble in concert from the African-American neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, featuring her two children on voice and drums.

Two styles of banjo not normally heard together are fused in this live session of songs from their new album, Echo In The Valley.

Pianist Christopher O'Riley discusses his favorite group that's making waves in the classical community: The Bad Plus.

Although his music is popular, Strauss remains an enigma to some and a polarizing figure for others. To mark the composer's sesquicentennial, here's a puzzler to test know-it-alls and tempt newbies.

We hear one of the last pieces performed by mezzo soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson — a series of Pablo Neruda's love sonnets set to music by her husband, composer Peter Lieberson. Hunt Lieberson died earlier this week. She was 52.

Musician and writer Miles Hoffman says the great composer, born 234 years ago this week in Bonn, Germany, is still revered for his forceful music — and admired for writing a share of it after losing his hearing.

Like overeating at Thanksgiving, composers can overindulge on music. Commentator Miles Hoffman discusses the reaction some composers had to the "musical bloat" of the Bruckner and Mahler years. The result was a leaner musical waistline.

Lalo -- the artist also known as Laura Friedman -- has injected some rock vitality into an instrument most often associated with straight-ahead jazz: the vibraphone. NPR's Liane Hansen talks with Lalo about her music and her self-titled CD. Hear clips from 'Lalo.'

Phil Nohl owns about 2,000 antique homemade recordings of various strangers singing, talking, and performing. He shares samples of some of his favorites in the latest edition of 'What Are You Listening To?' from All Things Considered.