Josephine Baker leading the way for black American musicians fleeing Jim Crow for Europe.

Music to warm your heart.

Music to “weight [your] eyelids down and steep [your] senses in forgetfullness.”

Sampling some of the standouts for this year’s Oscar nominations for Best Original Song and Best Soundtrack.

A celebration upon the 50th anniversary of Keith Jarrett’s masterpiece, the Köln Concert.

Music of the heavens and a few words on the close approach of Mars.

Music for the long cold month of January, and a brief review of Yip Harburg, above.

2025! Happy New Year One and All, with words of wisdom from Georges Gurdjieff (above).

An Hour Of Music for the Holidays.

A celebration of the drowsy descent and reawakening of Helios.

Richness of sound that defies a tally, with a chilling standout, the oldest Irish poem to come down to us through the ages, Song of Amergin or The Mystery.

An 18th Century Middle Eastern musician visits Leipzig; Emily Jane Brontë in the 19th, finishing with music of the present.

The grace and wisdom of Tecumseh in the face of certain defeat.

A look into one of humanity’s most expressive instruments.

“…laugh about it, shout about it but when you’ve got to choose, every way you look at it you lose.”

Music of the Master, the Maestro, the Mystic from Montreal.

Interpretations! (Above, Karrin Allyson)

Music of a wide-ranging nature for wide-ranging sensibilities.

La di da di la di dum, ’tis autumn

Shigeru Umebayashi, Kremerata Baltica, the Big O, and Hurricane Helene.