Music

In the early 1960s, New York City’s “Queen of the Beatniks” was a young singer from Chippewa Falls: Judy Henske. Writer Patti See looks back on Henske’s talent and western Wisconsin’s influence on the singer.

For this recording, Javier Perianes performs on a modern Steinway piano, bringing even more life and sparkle to these timeless works.

This Veterans Day, a troupe of musicians, historians and theater artists will put on a multi-media rock ‘n’ roll history show about Wisconsin in World War I. And they’re hoping to bring the show around the state in the near future.

WPR’s music producer, Ava Kuredjian, interviewed composer Viet Cuong about his new work debuting in Milwaukee, his creative process and what other works inspire him.

In addition to our weekly new releases of the week, written by Stephanie Elkins and Jason Heilman, we also add many other classical, world and folk albums to the library every month. Here are our new additions from the month of October. 

Here’s the fourth release in a Grammy-nominated Beethoven for Three series, which includes a great piece for spooky season.

Each week more than 20 million listeners around the country enjoy music on public radio stations, including WPR.

Swedish clarinetist Martin Fröst has released a new album of music by Johann Sebastian Bach.

The album comes from German violinist Isabelle Faust, who teams up with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, one of the leading ensembles playing on instruments from the 18th century.

Twenty years later, “Voodoo” stands as an epoch in music and pop history. Filmmaker and writer Faith A. Pennick has penned the 33 1/3 series book on D’Angelo’s masterpiece called, “D’Angelo’s Voodoo.” She writes that “Voodoo” was “a gumbo of rock, soul, gospel, hip-hop, jazz, and indigenous African and Caribbean music, exploring the pitfalls of fame, love…