Music

Rock critic Ken Tucker has a review of Bob Dylan's "Greatest Hits Volume Three."

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Tom Petty's new album, "Wildflowers."

The Grammy Award-winning jazz musician Wynton Marsalis. He's been playing the trumpet since he was six, and won his first Grammy at 20. Marsalis is also the cofounder and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He recently announced that he is breaking up the Septet so he can spend more time with the Lincoln Center. "Sweet Swing Blues on the Road" is his new book, written in collaboration with photographer Frank Stewart.

Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews Christopher O'Riley's piano versions of three Stravinsky orchestral scores.

Jeff Moss was one of the original creators and writers of "Sesame Street." He created Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch, and wrote such songs as "Rubber Ducky" and "People in Your Neighborhood." He has won 13 Emmy's, four Grammy's, and an Oscar nomination for his work on "Sesame Street" and with the Muppets. Moss is also the author of four books for children, the newest of which is "Hieronymus White: A Bird Who Believed That He Always Was Right."

Panter is well known in the punk-rock scene, and was a founding member and writer of "Pee-Wee's Playhouse." She is a member of the punk band Honk if Yer Horny. In 1992, Panter co-founded The Bohemian Women's Political Alliance, a feminist organization of "the teenagers who dressed in black, the bad girls who climbed out of [their] bedroom windows at dark and caught taxis home at dawn."

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Madonna's new release, "Bedtime Stories." He says she's discovered that there's something to be said for unadorned beauty.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews "Who's Bridge," by the Misha Mengelberg Trio. He says, amid the strong Thelonious Monk influences, it's got real heart.

World music critic Milo Miles discusses how gnawa music has been "discovered" by mainstream groups.

Gordy and his record label made stars out of musicians including Diana Ross and the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and Michael Jackson. He has written his autobiography, "To Be Loved: The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown: An Autobiography."

Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews Stephen Sondheim's "Passion."

We talk with jazz critic Kevin Whitehead about singer Carmen McRae, who died last night at age 74. McRae has been called one of the three greatest female jazz singers, along with Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan.

Rock critic Ken Tucker has a review of "Pretty Close to the Truth," the new recording by Jim Lauderdale.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Joni Mitchell's new album, "Turbulent Indigo," which incorporates some of the tone and styles that made her famous early in her career.

From the Metropolitan Opera, soprano Dawn Upshaw. She has a new recording of Broadway showtunes, called "I Wish It So." It includes lesser known works by Marc Blitzstein and Kurt Weill as well as songs by Sondheim and Bernstein. Upshaw has played more then 20 roles at the Met, including the current "The Marriage of Figaro" and the recently completed "Idomeneo," both by Mozart.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews the musician's debut album, "Closest to the Sun."

World music critic Milo Miles reviews the new collection of singles recorded for Sam Cooke's R&B label. Miles says the only problem with it is the high price.

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews a reissue of "True Blue," by saxophonist Tina Brooks.

World music critic Milo Miles reviews "Udi Hrant" by oud virtuoso Hrant Kenkulian. It's on the Traditional Crossroad label.

Rock historian Ed Ward explores some of the lesser known music from the Vietnam War era.