Music

The Puerto Rican artist asked history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo to help write historical “visualizers” about his island to accompany each song on YouTube. 

Flutist Genevieve Eichman returns to southwestern Wisconsin as the featured soloist in the La Crosse Wind Symphony concert on Feb. 2.

The Sun Prairie High School Jazz Ensemble will compete with 29 other schools from across the country in the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band competition this spring.

WPR’s “BETA” sat down with critic Peter Ames Carlin to discuss R.E.M. and how the band found its unique sound.

Folk music played a big role for lumberjacks in the heyday of Wisconsin’s logging industry. Now these “shanty boy” songs are being shared with a new generation by a local musician who created a massive playlist.

“The Radio Hour,” is a one-act opera by Jake Heggie that reveals the innermost thoughts of a character as she turns the dial to interact with what she hears over the airwaves.

WPR’s “BETA” sat down with critic Craig D. Lindsey to boogie to the music and talk about how it worked in the film.

The Les Paul Foundation’s program director recently joined WPR’s “The Larry Meiller Show” to share stories from Paul’s life in Wisconsin and beyond, as well as explain the continuing work of the foundation.

Join WPR for the 2024-25 season of Metropolitan Opera matinee broadcasts from Lincoln Center in New York City, airing every Saturday starting at noon, through June 2025.  Season highlights will […]

The group of rotating classically trained musicians can be found singing in harmony across the state. Listen to them sing some of their most popular tunes and learn what makes caroling special.