On Tour Archive
Joey DeFrancesco comes from a musical family and began sitting in on his father’s gigs wh ...
Air Date: February 11, 2011
Holland-born Benjamin Herman began playing saxophone at 12 and was soon active on the profess ...
Air Date: January 28, 2011
You don’t often hear of a musician graduating magnum cum laude from Berklee College of Music and going on to perform as an unpaid stree ...
Air Date: January 13, 2011
Philadelphia native Leon Bates began his formal study of music at the age of ...
Air Date: December 20, 2010
Dirty Dozen Brass Band is a world famous music machine, whose name is synonymous with genre-ben ...
Air Date: November 18, 2010
Blitzen Trapper has been exploring the contours and boundaries of American music since they came ...
Air Date: November 11, 2010
After his album, Historicity, was named #1 jazz album of 2009 by The New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times ...
Air Date: November 4, 2010
Second albums come with their own set of anticipations and anxieties, especially if your first album wa ...
Air Date: October 28, 2010
Listen to any of the songs on Diane Birch’s album, Bible Belt, and you’ll hear the voic ...
Air Date: October 21, 2010
Up until this year, Dr. Dog had been making their albums in their home studio. For their latest albu ...
Air Date: October 7, 2010
Comprised of twin sisters Maria and Lucia and younger sister, Angella, the Ahn Trio was formed a ...
Air Date: June 24, 2010
Watching Shearwater live is a bit like watching musical chairs. In addition to their own instru ...
Air Date: May 19, 2010
Miguel Zenon was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, studied classical saxophone at the f ...
Air Date: April 22, 2010
When Zach De Pue, Nick Kendall, and Ranaan Meyers would jam together at The Curtis School of Music, they never expected their experimenta ...
Air Date: April 14, 2010
The classically trained pianist began performing at local coffee shops in northern California while still in college but never considered ...
Air Date: March 31, 2010
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