Japan's century-old Mingei, or folk art, movement celebrates the everyday work of anonymous artists. It stands in contrast to ...

Oscar nominations were revealed Thursday morning. We get reaction from NPR critic Linda Holmes.

The Songwriters Hall of Fame inducted a new class on Wednesday, including funk legend George Clinton and writers for The ...

Oscar nominations will be announced this morning. They had been delayed twice by the wildfires in Los Angeles.

Two previously unknown poems by Virginia Woolf have been found in a library at the University of Texas at Austin. They are ...

Imagine being a touring musician and being able to pilot your own commercial flights! That’s the life of Daniel Harding, an ...

Connecticut, New York and 13 other states have announced a tentative $7.4 billion settlement with the Sackler family and their company, Purdue Pharma, for their role in the opioid crisis.

"A song which essentially expresses one idea — 'hot for you, baby' — was a little monochromatic for her," said Rolling Stone magazine contributing editor Anthony DeCurtis. "The rest of the stuff ...

The movie 'Sing Sing,' starring Colman Domingo and a cast of real-life formerly incarcerated actors, tells the story of a group of incarcerated men who work together to stage an original musical.

Connecticut state education officials have voted to intervene in operations at Bridgeport Public Schools, which is facing a major budget deficit and low student success rates.

Emmanuel Ax and Yo-Yo Ma first met in the early 1970s when they were both studying at the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City.

Cambridge, Mass., is full of grand academic buildings. It's a place that oozes prestige, grandeur and history. But nestled in an alley in Harvard Square, down some stairs and so unassuming that you ...