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  • Today Wednesday, 22nd of February of 2017 is the 53rd day of the year. There are 312 days remaining until the end of the year The sun will rise in San…
  • Today, Wednesday July 5 is the 186th day of the year. There are 179 days remaining until the end of the year. 489 days until Congressional Elections on…
  • Host Bob Edwards talks with Irish singer Mary Black about a new collection of songs called A Woman's Heart: A Decade On. It's the third in a series of compilations Black has produced since the early 90's. This latest CD has tracks by Sinead O'Connor, Maura O'Connell, The Corrs and Dolly Parton. Black says she wanted this collection to include not only Irish musicians but those influenced by Ireland as well.
  • Shedding nuance and between-song banter almost entirely, the live album Under Great White Northern Lights bursts with redlined intensity, as the Whites barrel through a decade-spanning assortment of newer songs and older fan favorites. Hear the record in its entirety here until its release on March 16.
  • Families will no longer be separated once they illegally cross the U.S. border, but the government has yet to figure out where they will put families.
  • Old Crow Medicine Show brings its rootsy back-porch sound to World Café, where it showcases songs from the new Tennessee Pusher. The disc takes a modern approach to Americana with gospel and rock overtones, but leaves the band's roots firmly intact.
  • The pop diva was discovered dead in her Beverly Hills hotel room Saturday, the eve of the 54th Grammy Awards. When she burst upon the music world in 1985, there was no doubt in anyone's mind the willowy beauty was a star. Houston's music was stellar, but her personal life was chaotic.
  • Like a hidden NINA, there are great moments in Ellen Stern's hefty new biography of cartoonist Al Hirschfeld — but they're obscured by her off-puttingly glib tone and perpetual present tense.
  • Communication breakdown is not a new phenomenon. American history features a mass — and a mess — of misunderstood messages.
  • Today is Friday July 14, 2017 The 195th day of 2017-- 170 left Sunrise this morning 5:59 a.m. set: 8:31 p.m. 14:31 hours of daylight Moonrise: Previous…
  • Filled with lavish settings and the personalities to match, Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians is the story of a wealthy heir and his over-the-top cohorts. Reviewer Tash Aw says the book is a breathless, high-speed romp.
  • The a cappella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo has been singing the story of South Africa for more than 40 years. On its latest album, the group has recorded an album of Zulu songs traditionally sung by parents to their children.
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