A collection of humanity’s finest for your careful consideration.

Music of Brazil and Mexico with brief sketches of Salli Terri, Laurindo Almeida and Chavela Vargas (above).

A brief selection of Nuria Rial, as a teaser of more to come in following weeks, and further works of late summer song.

Kathleen Turner performs Ariel Dorfman’s arresting poem Correspondence that will both chill and warm you. And in honor of their magnificent collaboration, a sampling of tangos.

A program of Brazilian music featuring Heitor Villa-Lobos and his second thoughts on his most widely known piece.

A sampling of some magnificent contemporary music, and a brief sampling of a 200-year-old classic, Vincenzo Bellini’s La Sonnambula.

Upping the cellular voltage.

A scant 58-minute review of the vast career of violinist Gidon Kremer, a door to contemporary composers far and wide.

A selection of musical, literary and historical renegades throughout history with music and poetry to accompany their stories. Alfonsina Storni, above.

A further look at the melodic mastery of John Coltrane.

Joni Mitchell’s sine qua non, Hejira, with notes to parse out a fuller picture of a magnificent work of art.

Music for the fullness of summer.

A sampling of pieces by film composer Shigeru Umebayashi (above) and other like-minded individuals.

Damn everything but the circus, and this week’s collection of song and story telling from Ovid to The Boss.

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

A look at the wildflowers that help make June the magnificent month it is, with music to settle, soothe and stimulate.

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

Our annual celebration of summer in song.

More of what you’ve come to expect–music that celebrates the glorious month of June, summer’s eldest and fairest child.

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