A celebration of Willie Nelson, now into his 90s, and as vital as ever.

Songs, ballads and poetry from Ovid to Tom Waits that tell stories for the long hot summer days and nights of July.

Portraits of summer by Ray Charles, Vivaldi, Gershwin, Janis Joplin, Luciano Pavarotti, Sting and a few others for an hour of superb music.

A side-by-side comparison of Ballads by John Coltrane and the tribute album of the same name by Karrin Allyson. Give a listen. Check it out. It’s good. You might like it. You might really like it.

Music for the heat of summer featuring Tom Waits/Crystal Gayle, Michel LeGrand, Renée Fleming, Bill Frisell, Monica Zetterlund, Bill Evans.

A look at the genius of French composer Claude Debussy.

An hour of really good music.

A tribute to the darling buds of May and one of Christopher Marlowe’s (d/b/a Shakespeare) finest sonnets, No. 18.

Songs of spring, of April, of returning birds, falsettos, a troubadour, an aria for soprano and masterful guitar work.

A look into the significance of Cinqo de Mayo and an hour of great Mexican music.

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