In part two of our interview, Batiste joins us from the piano and plays some of his favorite Christmas songs. He's the former ...

Luigi Mangione, a suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is escorted by police from an NYPD ...

The Early Four Tops recorded for a number of labels including Columbia and Chess. In 1963, the Four Tops came to the attention of their hometown upstart Motown Records. “Duke” Fakir remembers the ...

Saturday is the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. It's not only the shortest day of the year, but the official arrival of astronomical winter. "At 4:20 a.m. EST, the solstice marks the ...

Plus, with the usual holiday hits adorning the top of the pop charts, it's time to dig a little deeper into the Billboard Holiday 100 and glean a sense of which recent-vintage songs have a shot at ...

It’s Christmastime in the city. During the season, one thinks of silver bells, busy sidewalks filled with shoppers, and the wonderful music. One of the musical gifts that New York brings to the world ...

Despite their long standing collaborative relationship, composer, pianist, vocalist, filmmaker, and multidisciplinary artist Samora Pinderhughes and drummer/producer Jack DeBoe had never done an ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued the operator of Zelle, as well as Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo "for failing to protect consumers from widespread fraud" at the payment ...

This is FRESH AIR. Jazz historian Kevin Whitehead is going to review a newly released recording of a concert he attended in 1978 by pianist Sun Ra and his Arkestra. Kevin says the colorful ...

The bald eagle has been a symbol of the United States for centuries, with its iconography plastered across currency, documents, flags, stamps, government buildings, military uniforms and more. You'd ...

With Christmas and Hanukkah just days away, millions of Americans are packing their bags and preparing to hit the road. Meanwhile, Congress is trying — so far unsuccessfully — to find a way to ...