Wfiu: Popular Music

"Every song is different and some are well known, it's a challenge." Hoagie Bix Carmichael

"And as we talked, it just seemed as if we'd known each other all our lives!" Louise Seger

Two actors talk about how their own family experiences informs their parts of Alison Bechdel's story.

"Being famous actually makes life harder!" a hard learned lesson for the group.

Local musicians Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen bring "new" Old-time music to the 2018 Bloomington Early Music Festival.

"Aunt Em is all about 'no nonsense,' and Glinda is all about nonsense!" Ashleigh Thompson

I’m George Walker for WFIU Arts. West Side Story opened this weekend at the IU Opera Theater. When the show debuted on Broadway in 1957 I was just about the age of Baby John, the youngest member of the Jets. My friends and I spent a lot of time listening to the gang’s “Officer Krupke” […]

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Be careful of what you wish for! Stephen Sondheim

it's the sound of America...in close four part harmony

The Great American Songbook Foundation has just received a donation of a $30 million estate, the first steps towards creating a museum.

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Local musicians create music to lend to the Black Lives Matter movement, and Dr. Tyron Cooper talks about the history of African American protest music.

Love Songs For A Lasting World is part music and dance extravaganza, part apple pie fest.

The newest album from Bloomington band Busman's Holiday was two years in the making

Longtime WFHB Music Director Jim Manion finds continuity between Hoagy Carmichael's musical impulses and the DIY spirit of today's punk shows.

Rock drumming legend Kenny Aronoff reflects on a moment when he knew he would either hit paydirt or be sent packing.

Is music-making valuable only when pursued toward mastery? The St. Charles Parent Band revels in its amateur status, yet nudges members toward improvement.

The Swedish/Icelandic folk duo, My Bubba, brings artistic intimacy to its audiences through minimalist folk music -- and bacteria samples.

Aubrey Seader takes Alexa Bruetman, freshman at IU and avid concert-goer, to the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival, and sees the festival through new eyes.