music

Kurt Vile talks about how tunes by Lou Reed, the Pixies and Thelonious Monk shaped his work.

John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats discusses how songs by Stockholm Monsters, Digital Underground and Ava Gabriel shaped his creative process.

The popular South African musical troupe, the Ndlovu Youth Choir, joins us for a celebratory hour of song. The world-renowned ensemble is on a month-long Eastern US concert tour.

French musician Cécile Schott, who records as Colleen, talks about how music by Lee "Scratch" Perry, the Beatles and This Heat changed her life.

The Beijing Guitar Duo joins Midday for a live music preview in advance of their performance on October 21 at Towson University.

Kim Deal talks about how songs by Hank Williams, Black Sabbath and Pink Floyd shaped her course.

Vocalist Sara Serpa and Guitarist Andre Matos discuss their album "Nightbirds," their first release after a seven-year hiatus. The pair will perform October 12 at An Die Musik.

Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood discusses how pieces by Abdel Halim Hafez, Kraftwerk and Mohamed Abdel Wahab influenced his recent album with Kuwaiti-Israeli musician Dudu Tassa.

Reeds player Henry Threadgill discusses how music by Howlin' Wolf, Thelonious Monk and James Brown shaped his course.

Kuwaiti-Israeli musician Dudu Tassa's latest record, a collaboration with Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, is a love letter of sorts to a variety of favorite, but potentially lost-to-the-ages songs of the Middle East.