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

Beloved throughout the northern and southern hemispheres, composer, pioneer and performer from Rio de Janeiro, “Tom.”

A look back at the monumental achievement of Marvin Gaye, at what Rolling Stone Magazine calls the greatest album of all time, What’s Going On.

A sampling of the “Off Sunset Blvd” offerings of this year’s great film composers, Dirk Bross, Gabriel Yared, Laura Karpman, and Jon Batiste, above.

Samplings from the soundtracks to the films Carmen and Oppenheimer by Nicholas Britell and Ludwig Göransson.

The first of several samplings of the notable soundtracks of 2023, beginning with Robbie Robertson’s (above) Killers of the Flower Moon..

Palestinian and Persian lullabies, music of Cy Coleman, Thomas Newman, Bill Frisell, Jane Siberry, and Violet Orlandi (above).

Tangos of James Crabb and Susanna Moncayo. Also Alberto Iglesias, James Horner, and a tribute to the courage of Martin Luther King Jr.

A 2000-year-old prayer to head us out in the right direction, a few words about coherence, and an hour of right good music.

Music for the entirety of your vast cellular network. Because each and every one of them is listening!

A few comments on the effectiveness of music on the brain, and then a lot of excellent brain soothing music.