"Every song is different and some are well known, it's a challenge." Hoagie Bix CarmichaelPopular Music – Arts and Music által

"And as we talked, it just seemed as if we'd known each other all our lives!" Louise SegerPopular Music – Arts and Music által

Two actors talk about how their own family experiences informs their parts of Alison Bechdel's story.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

"Being famous actually makes life harder!" a hard learned lesson for the group.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

Local musicians Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen bring "new" Old-time music to the 2018 Bloomington Early Music Festival.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

"Aunt Em is all about 'no nonsense,' and Glinda is all about nonsense!" Ashleigh ThompsonPopular Music – Arts and Music által

I’m George Walker for WFIU Arts. West Side Story opened this weekend at the IU Opera Theater. When the show debuted on Broadway in 1957 I was just about the age of Baby John, the youngest member of the Jets. My friends and I spent a lot of time listening to the gang’s “Officer Krupke” […]Popular Music – Arts and Music által

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Be careful of what you wish for! Stephen SondheimPopular Music – Arts and Music által

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The Great American Songbook Foundation has just received a donation of a $30 million estate, the first steps towards creating a museum.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

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Local musicians create music to lend to the Black Lives Matter movement, and Dr. Tyron Cooper talks about the history of African American protest music.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

Love Songs For A Lasting World is part music and dance extravaganza, part apple pie fest.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

The newest album from Bloomington band Busman's Holiday was two years in the makingPopular Music – Arts and Music által

Longtime WFHB Music Director Jim Manion finds continuity between Hoagy Carmichael's musical impulses and the DIY spirit of today's punk shows.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

Rock drumming legend Kenny Aronoff reflects on a moment when he knew he would either hit paydirt or be sent packing.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

Is music-making valuable only when pursued toward mastery? The St. Charles Parent Band revels in its amateur status, yet nudges members toward improvement.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

The Swedish/Icelandic folk duo, My Bubba, brings artistic intimacy to its audiences through minimalist folk music -- and bacteria samples.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

Aubrey Seader takes Alexa Bruetman, freshman at IU and avid concert-goer, to the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival, and sees the festival through new eyes.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

The all-women Patagonian trio Fémina is bringing rap folk fusion and social consciousness to Lotus Festival.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

UK folk duo Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker, will be playing at the Lotus Festival next week. We talk about music making, their US touring debut, and ice cream.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

A recent show by up-and-coming performance troupe Pig Pen Theater Company at the BCT highlights the venue's role as an incubator for emerging talent.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

Erin Tobey's first solo album in a decade "Middlemaze" is a rich and varied reflection on youth and maturity.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

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The lineup of artists performing at the 2016 Lotus Festival of World Music and Arts has been announcedPopular Music – Arts and Music által

Since beginning his musical career career in Bloomington in 1993, Will Oldham, a.k.a Bonnie Prince Billy, has released 19 studio albums and 17 EPs.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

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Julia Baird, a half-sister of John Lennon, will be accompanying The Mersey Beatles on their Bloomington tour stop October 24.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

The singer-songwriter family patriarch brings songs and stories, old and new, to Bloomington.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

Audio engineer Mark Hood started his successful career in an unlikely place.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

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Jessica Hopper is a music and pop culture critic. She’s senior editor at Pitchfork, the Chicago-based Internet publication for music criticism and commentary.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

A veteran singer-songwriter enjoys the most prolific period of a three-decade-plus career.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

The once-obsolete vinyl record has seen a renaissance in the last eight years. But for Bloomington record stores, vinyl is nothing new.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

WFIU's DeShawn Wells speaks with Tyron Cooper about the IU Soul Revue.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

Eric Weisbard's new book, "Top 40 Democracy," examines what we can learn about American culture from Top 40 radio.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

The Irish performer pays tribute to a fellow singer-songwriter who had Bloomington ties.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

A band with longtime Bloomington ties kick-starts a fresh chapter in its career.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

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I was set for music college as a bass,but on the radio there was the countertenor Andreas Scholl and knew that I wanted to sing like that." Timothy Wayne-WrightPopular Music – Arts and Music által

Emergent Theater breaks through the fourth wall of social justice issues through semi-improvised dance, theater, poetry and music performances.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

IU's Hoo Shir A Capella, a group created by a request from the White House.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

Singer-songwriter Kay Bull has "protested most everything in the twentieth century." But alienation from the mainstream has been key to her music-making.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

On the eve of an Indiana appearance, the singer-songwriter and film composer reflects on his career.Popular Music – Arts and Music által

Lee Williams has been booking musicians for Lotus since the very beginning, but his history as a music programmer in Bloomington goes back to the early 1980s.Popular Music – Arts and Music által