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The face of New Orleans business is changing. So is the face of New Orleans itself.Peter’s guests on Out to Lunch this week are the prime movers of both.…

For half a century, New Orleans producer, arranger, and songwriter has given entertainers around the world something to sing about. He's written R&B,…

Taj Mahal has guts. What else would explain the song title, "You Ain't No Streetwalker Mama, Honey, But I Do Like the Way You Strut Your Stuff?"In the…

Now that July is here, the staff at Classical 104.9 FM has put together 7 Summer-themed pieces of classical music to keep you company as the mercury – and…

The influential American composer John Adams turned 70 earlier this year.As a student, I had the pleasure of meeting Adams when he was teaching at Harvard…

If this week's show doesn't bring out the animal in you, consult a doctor. You may be a vegetable... or a mineral... or a big block of cheese.This is the…

The wait is finally over... a brand-new season of live, Saturday afternoon radio broadcasts from The Metropolitan Opera begins at Noon on Saturday,…

According to government statistics, about 30 million Americans are under 5 years old. That’s a big market. But even in today’s generation of accelerated…

Many of our greatest artists liked cocktails. Degas, Van Gogh, Manet, and many others spoke glowingly of the effect of alcohol on their work, and painted…

This is not John Philip Sousa's band music.Don't get us wrong, Sousa is in the pantheon of them-who-haul-brass-through-the-streets, but we suspect the…