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

Music for the fullness of summer.

We bid fare-thee-well to June and shake out a mix of music for July and open-air listening.

An all too brief sampling from the finest years in jazz, 1957 through 1959, featuring John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Duke Ellington, and Red Garland, above.

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

A celebration of the beautiful month of June.

A brief foray into the final works of Ludwig van Beethoven, his late string quartets.

A tribute to the musical world we live in, especially that of birdsong, and in particular, the eastern virtuoso, the catbird.

Another look at the stories surrounding the composition and premier of the world’s greatest symphony, 200 years ago this month.

Celebrating the 200th anniversary of humanity’s treasure, Beethoven’s Ninth.

A variety of songs and a few comments from outside the limits of permissible debate.

Walking through the Viennese landscape on a spring day with Ludwig van Beethoven.

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

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).

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!

Music of the sublime and interesting tidbits on Canada geese.