Vocalist, guitarist, and jazz icon George Benson joins Christian McBride for a conversation about his early years on the jazz scene, fame and his new “lost” album.

Singers Angelique Kidjo and Carlene Carter reflect on their favorite Jimmy Carter moments and why music is the best way to celebrate the former president's life and legacy.

LL Cool J is out with his first album in over a decade. He says on Morning Edition, "I've been here for years, baby. How are you going to call it a comeback?"

The British rock band Keane is famous for that 2004 worldwide hit which also became a TikTok sensation and has joined the "billions club." Now the group is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its debut album, Hopes and Fears, and performs at The Eastern in Atlanta on Sept. 14, 2024. 

The Scottish singer, guitarist and keyboardist who co-wrote and co-produced the 1984 Band Aid charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" with Bob Geldof and makes a rare appearance at The Earl in Atlanta on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024 where he performs songs from his Band in a Box tour. 

As music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Heyward is the youngest to lead a major American orchestra and the first Black music director in the organization’s 107-year history.

The beloved Australian rock band makes a rare appearance at Atlanta's Chastain Park Amphitheater on Aug.30, featuring singer Neil Finn, his musician sons Liam and Elroy, bassist Nick Seymour and keyboardist Mitchell Froom. The group released a new album, Gravity Stairs, earlier this year. GPB's Kristi York Wooten spoke with the band ahead of its long-awaited return to Georgia. 

"If I have to define my music in any way," Nick Cave says, "it's religious music." His new album is a gallery of encounters with spiritual, possibly divine figures, not all of whom are benevolent.

The quartet known for its country and Southern gospel recordings — and its 1982 hit "Elvira" — headlines at the Anderson Music Hall in Hiawassee, Ga., on Aug. 23. Oak Ridge Boys bass singer Richard Sterban talked with GPB about his career with the group and singing background vocals with Elvis Presley, Paul Simon and others.

Musician esperanza spalding was in college when she became a fan of Brazilian singer Milton Nascimento. Now she's made an album with him.

On his latest album, the Atlanta rapper, who swept the hip-hop prizes at this year's Grammys, continues to turn personal turmoil into testimony.

As a kid, the former Alabama Shakes singer/guitarist was told repeatedly she didn't look like a lead singer. "It made me sing ... louder and perform just as hard as I could," Howard says.

The revered interdisciplinary artist, now in her 80s, remains vigorous and regards the joy of curiosity as the key to staying young.

The principal conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra radiates an empathetic, Yoda-like wisdom when it comes to conjuring beautiful sounds from both pros and students.

Saxophonist Joey Berkley lost his ability to play due to the muscular disorder focal dystonia, but experimental treatment has given him enough flexibility to record a comeback album titled A Suite Life.