Arizona Spotlight for December 4, 2015
A tale from StoryCorps; Reid Anderson from the jazz trio The Bad Plus; Ray Campas from Hollywood Barber College; the Owl and Panther Project.
Arizona Spotlight for November 20, 2015
StoryCorps arrives in Tucson; visit a peaceful Asian oasis in midtown Tucson; a community finds common ground in a neighborhood park; five experimental music artists use MOCA as a soundscape.
Herb Alpert
A music legend visits Tucson when Herb Alpert & Lani Hall present an evening of jazz with Brazillian flavor at the Fox Tucson Theatre on September 26th.
Arizona Spotlight for September 11, 2015
Changes in leadership at the Tucson Museum of Art, MOCA, and the Tucson Pima Arts Council; actor Chuck Yates plays Truman Capote at the Invisible Theatre; commemorating 9/11 with the music of composer Stephen Paulus.
Arizona Spotlight for August 21, 2015
What does "Mapping Q" say about Tucson's social landscape and LGBTQ youth?; a look back to Tucson in 1776; The Friends of Tucson's Birthplace celebrates the city's 240th birthday; blues legend Stefan George remembered.
Arizona Spotlight for May 15th, 2015
Truckers compete in state driving championship; visit a class that teaches laughter yoga; Bob Boze Bell talks about Billy the Kid and tall tales from Arizona history; plus the music of Nive Neilsen.
Quartet for the End of Time
Author Johanna Skibsrud discusses drawing on a famous piece of music for inspiration, and reads from her new novel for "Sound Fiction".
Acclaimed Fusion Percussion Band Red Baraat Coming to Tucson
A Q&A with Sunny Jain, who DownBeat magazine describes as a rising star of the percussion world.
Romance Comes From Tune
Trumpeter Chris Botti plays Tucson Sunday
The Portland Cello Project
Have you ever wondered what multiple cellos and an alternative folk trio performing the music of pop composer Beck would sound like?
Indigo Girls Meet The Tucson Symphony
Singer, songwriter, and musician Emily Saliers discusses Indigo Girls' new symphonic tour, and what it takes to re-imagine their music with an orchestral backing
The Search for Bob Dylan's Electric Guitar
Has one of the most famous instruments in rock & roll history been re-discovered almost 47 years after its controversial debut at the Newport Folk Festival?
Broadway to Hollywood
Pianist & cultural historian Richard Glazier shares stories about some of the great American popular composers of the 20th century, including the Gershwins and Irving Berlin.
Roll Acosta
Listen to music from "This Dreamt Existence", the first full-length album from the Tucson acoustic trio, who tell how the experience made them both better musicians and better friends.
The Secret Origin of The Tubes
Hear some wild rock & roll stories about the Arizona adventures of The Tubes, from founding members Fee Waybill and Prairie Prince
