A sampling of Helen Merrill, Jimmy Scott, Angèle Dubeau, Lang Lang and Jeff Buckley with a 5000 year-old vignette of Babylon.

A sampling of new and old from Paul Simon, and a musical appreciation of the Indian mystic Rabindranath Tagore.

A sampling of the great jazz pianist and swing-era holdout, Teddy Wilson.

A one-hour tonic to lift you out of the routine and deliver you back refreshed, revitalized, rekindled.

A brief biography and a sampling of music from the 19th C. master of solo piano, Frédéric Chopin.

A celebration of April, the month of eternal youth. Peepers, bird song, and songs of the human heart singing of spring eternal.

A sampling of Aaron Copeland’s music written for Martha Graham’s ballet, which she named Appalachian Spring, and a host of others celebrating the arrival of spring.

A selection of song with an explanation of how, when and why women were pushed out of music.

The story of a treasured work of modern art, Elis & Tom.

A further look into the black American musicians who fled Jim Crow for Europe, and the magnificent music they made.

For the week of Valentine’s Day, a selection of songs that look at love from all different angles.