Episodes

Music from The Pat Metheny Group, Bonnie Tyler, Billy Bragg, Mike Oldfield, Electric Light Orchestra, Enya, The Chieftains, Tina Turner, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Acoustic Alchemy, The Alan Parsons Project, and Tony Rice

Music from The Ron Carter Quartet, Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks, Neko Case, Robert Plant, Bruce Cockburn, Taj Mahal (solo & w/Keb' Mo'), Grant Green, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, and Kathy Brier

Music from Rod Stewart, Bruce Hornsby and the Range, Butch Baldassari & John Mack, The David Grisman Quintet, George Benson, Sierra Hull, Sam Bush, Watchhouse (formerly Mandolin Orange), Sarah Jarosz, and Erik Soderlind

Instrumental music from the 15th and 16th centuries is contrasted with traditional folk and folk rock, with performances by Jordi Savall and Hesperion XX and XXI, Steeleye Span, Elton John, Kate Rusby, Lindisfarne, The Academ...

Music from Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet, Arild Andersen, The Beatles, Maria Muldaur & Her Garden of Joy, Charley Crockett, Patty Griffin, Caitlin Canty, Paolo Fresu, Johnny Smith, Calexico, Gram Parsons, Frode Alnaes (w/Arild...

Music from Bill Frisell, John Lennon, Leo Kottke, Sierra Ferrell, Jethro Tull, Ben Folds, The Who, Deer Tick, Michael Chapman, Doc Watson, and Lilly Hiatt

Music from Dire Straits, Lucinda Williams, Ennio Morricone, Marty Robbins, Brennen Leigh w/Asleep at the Wheel, Steve Martin, Cal Tjader, William Tyler, The Eagles, Hot Club of Cowtown, Gregory Alan Isakov, and Mark Knopfler

Music from T-Bone Walker, Aretha Franklin, Susan Tedeschi, The Rolling Stones, Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Muddy Waters, David Bowie w/The Pat Metheny Group, Birds of Chicago, and Mose Allison

Music for the arrival of autumn from Cheryl Wheeler, George Winston, Eleni Karaindrou, The Roy Hargrove Big Band, Wynton Kelly, Gordon Lightfoot, Lou Reed, U2, Sandy Denny, Doc & Merle Watson, John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman, ...

Music from Booker T. & the MG's, Gene Ammons, King Curtis, John Fogerty, Ella Fitzgerald, Jack McDuff, Nina Simone, Otis Redding, Lizz Wright, the J.B.'s, and Kenny Burrell

Music from Loreena McKennitt, Kacy & Clayton, Boz Scaggs, Simon & Garfunkel, Tommy Emmanuel & Martin Taylor, Sarah Vaughan, Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton, Chris Thile & Michael Daves, Seals & Crofts, Madeleine Peyroux, Daniel...

Music from The California Guitar Trio, Jean-Luc Ponty, Bob Brozman w/John McSherry & Donal O'Connor, Robbie Robertson, The Band, Todd Mosby, Sharon Isbin & Stanley Jordan, Paul McCartney, David Lanz, Barbra Streisand, and The...

A tribute to the late Tony Bennett, focusing on some of his favorite songs, jazz artists, and fellow singers. You'll hear Bennett solo; in duets with Lady Gaga, k.d. lang, and Amy Winehouse; and with pianist Bill Evans in sel...

Music from House of Hamill, Counting Crows, The Doobie Brothers, Regina Carter's Freedom Band, John Denver, The Anat Fort Trio, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Siobhan Miller, and Gerry Rafferty

This program highlights the work of accomplished women performers from Canada, Norway, Sweden, and Scotland. Music from Ane Brun, Caity Gyorgy, k.d. lang, Joni Mitchell, Alanis Morissette, ABBA (featuring Agnetha Faltskog & A...

Music from The Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Michael Hedges, Tori Amos, The Mamas & the Papas, Shelby Lynne, Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen, and Patty Loveless

Music from Matteo Myderwyk, The Bangles, Lavinia Meijer, Suzanne Vega, Neil Diamond, The Monkees. Michael Nesmith & the First National Band, The Be Good Tanyas, Carole King, and 10,000 Maniacs

A combination of music from fantasy films with psychedelic and narrative songs from the 1960's and 70's and a spot of music from a recent HBO series. Music from Danny Elfman, Jefferson Airplane, Emiliana Torrini, Al Stewart, ...

Music from The Avett Brothers, Harry Chapin, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Billie Holiday, Paul Simon, The Lumineers, Marlon Williams, Wes Montgomery, Teddy Randazzo, Cat Power, Carole King, and Elvis Presley

Piano-based jazz, pop, and classical music from Ahmad Jamal, Sonny Clark, Diana Krall, Elton John, and Simone Dinnerstein

Music from Mary McCaslin, Joan Shelley, Sturgill Simpson, Richie Havens, Marisa Anderson, Dillard & Clark, Jacqueline Schwab, Kate Wolf, Old Crow Medicine Show, Ani DiFranco w/Ry Cooder & Dan Gellert, Townes Van Zandt, Jason ...

Music from Marian McPartland, Melody Gardot, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Oded Tzur, Sophie Zelmani, Gerry & the Pacemakers, Natalie Merchant, Rodrigo y Gabriela, and Markus Stockhausen w/Ferenc Snetberger & Arild Andersen

Music from 1960 by Dean Martin and Tina Brooks; from 1970 by B.B. King and Nucleus; from 1980 by Joan Armatrading and Bruce Cockburn; from 1990 by Alannah Myles and Mazzy Star; and from 2000 by Nickel Creek and Johnny …

Music from Plains, Eurhythmics, The Bee Gees, Robben Ford, Emmylou Harris, Väsen, Feist, Chrissie Hynde w/the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble, The Chieftains w/Ry Cooder, and Bill Frisell