Music
Weekend America's Music Coverage
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Cleaning to an "Icy Blue Heart"
Roxanne Cronin listens to "Icy Blue Heart" by John Hiatt while she cleans. And mends a broken heart.
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Resurrecting the Rosary
Bill Gildenstern works in the commercial jingle writing business. But lately, he's been thinking about how to make the rosary easy to remember.
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Radio Twentysomething
Megan Chaney tells Bill Radke
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The Paganini of Timpanists
There aren't too many timpani soloists. We meet perhaps the only one.
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The Bad Plus
A lot of times, acoustic jazz means something like easy listening. But acoustic jazz trio the Bad Plus makes it their business to challenge the jazz establishment. They put their own stamp on contemporary music by groups such as Black Sabbath, Blondie, and Nirvana. Weekend America's Bill Radke caught up with the Bad Plus on tour and hears their twist on today's music and talks with the band.
