Music

Anders talks about her new film, "Grace of My Heart," based on the lives of songwriters who worked out of the Brill Building in New York. Her other movies include: "Four Rooms," "Mi Vida Loca," and "Gas Food Lodging."

Critic Ken Tucker reviews the soul group's new album "Home Again," which he says, even with its jumble of producers, is solid and mature.

Music critic Ken Tucker reviews the new record by Quad City DJs The Florida based group's album "Get On Up & Dance" has spun out the dance hit "C'mon and Ride It."

Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews "Sergio Fiorentino in Germany," a live recording from 1993, on the Appian Label. Fiorentino recently performed to the U.S. for the first time in forty years.

Music Critic Milo Miles talks about Los Del Rio's hit "Macarena." It even comes with its own dance. Miles says, given the songs substance, its popularity will likely be just a fad.

Merald "Bubba" Knight is a founding member of Gladys Knight and the Pips. He is Gladys' brother. Terry talked with Bubba about his years as one of the Pips -- one of the longest established soul vocal groups, spanning four decades.

TV critic David Bianculli reviewed The Beatles Anthology, which is out on video. This is an expanded 10-hour version of the 6-hour version which aired on television last fall.

Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews the new album "Duets and Arias" by married opera singers Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu.

Breedlove plays with the Jamaican group, The Skatalites. They're credited with creating the music known as ska, a precursor to reggae, which is often mistaken for reggae. The group got their start in the 1960s. Breedlove is an American musician who worked with Lionel Hampton, and began playing with The Skatalites about seven years ago. The Skatalites have a new album, "Greetings from Skamania."

An excerpt from the NPR program "This American Life" produced by Ira Glass. This is the story of a Tom Jones impersonator produced by Jay Allison and narrated by Dan Gediman -- brother of the ersatz celebrity.

In 1991, Turner was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. His 1951 hit "Rocket '88" is considered by some to be the first true rock n' roll recording. He discovered Tina Turner (then known as Anna Mae Bullock), and the two started performing together. Their stormy relationship was portrayed in the film "What's Love Got to Do with It." Turner spent 18 months in jail for drug charges in the early 1990s.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews "She's the One," the soundtrack to the film of the same name and the first new album by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers in over five years.

In the late 1970s Rodger's band Chic was one of the most successful disco groups. Its hits included "Dance, Dance, Dance," "Everybody Dance," and "Le Freak." Rodgers' is featured in "VH1 Presents the 70's," a new five part documentary series by the cable channel VH1 on the music of the 1970s. As a record producer, Rodgers has worked with Sister Sledge, Diana Ross, Mick Jagger, David Bowie, and Madonna.

Music critic Milo Miles reviews the new CD "Funk Power," a collection of recordings by James Brown and the J.B.'s during the heydey of his 1970s funk period.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews the new album by Syd Straw, the singer of the New York cult band the Golden Paliminos.

The opera soprano and Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees Barbara Hendricks has appeared on over fifty recordings and has won critical acclaim in performances with all the major opera companies in the world--but she remains a relatively obscure figure in the United States. This is her seventh year with the UN Commission and she says through her music, she has been able "to get people to listen in a way they wouldn't listen to a diplomat or bureaucrat."

Another excerpt from "This American Life" Sarah Vowell tells us about a fan of the Seattle pop-punk band Fastbacks. He's no ordinary groupie, though, and dedicates as much energy to fandom as many performers devote to their music. "This American Life" airs weekly on public radio stations and is produced by Ira Glass at Chicago's WBEZ.

Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reflects on some of the performances he saw at this year's Lincoln Center Festival 96. It is a three week festival in New York City that celebrates the performing arts.

Commentator Milo Miles has this profile of late Nigerian Juju music master I.K. Dairo. His music became very popular in Africa in the 1960's.