Music

Rock historian Ed Ward profiles Dike and the Blazers, a group that played in the mid-60s and put Phoenix on the Soul map.

Jazz Critic Kevin Whitehead reviews the new album by flugelhornist Art Farmer. The album is titled "Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn."

Brazilian guitarist Orlando Haddad performs two compositions.

Rock Critic Ken Tucker reviews the "... Nothing Like the Sun," the new album by Sting, the former lead singer of the Police.

Classical Music Critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews a new CD of the late pianist Glenn Gould playing Bach's Goldberg Variations.

Rock historian Ed Ward looks at the songs the Beatles gave away, the songs Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote at the urging of manager Brian Epstein for other Liverpool bands.

Jazz Critic Kevin Whitehead reviews "It Just So Happens," the new album by trombonist Ray Anderson, whose style draws on the technique of the old New Orleans jazzmen.

Ellen Pfeifer, music critic for The Boston Herald, reviews the brief career of cellist Jacqueline Du Pré, who died on Monday from the effects of multiple sclerosis. Her playing was a described as a mixture of elegance and ferocity. When the disease struck at the age of 26, it cut short one of the most promising solo careers in all classical music.

Rock Critic Ken Tucker reviews "Introducing The Hardline According to Terrence Trent D'Arby," the most recent album by British rock and soul singer Terrence Trent D'Arby.

Rock historian Ed Ward profiles The Stooges, A Detroit group that was pioneered punk, even before the famed British punk bands.

Ed McBain (also known as Evan Hunter), prolific writer of detective fiction, best known for his "87th Precinct" series of police procedurals and mystery novels. His most recent novel is titled Tricks. McBain writes in other genres under different pseudonyms.

Classical Music Critic Lloyd Schwartz will review the new Angel recording of Gustav Mahler's 8th Symphony, conducted by Klaus Tennstedt.

Television Critic David Bianculli previews the HBO concert special of Billy Joel's recent performances in Leningrad.

Jazz Critic Kevin Whitehead reviews "Days Aweigh," the new album by singer Cassandra Wilson.

Folk singer Bill Staines will perform two songs that reflect on the change in seasons.

Cousin Brucie, one of the leading top-40 DJs in New York City in the early 60s when AM radio was king and New York radio set the national tastes in pop music.

Rock Critic Ken Tucker will review "All Fired Up," the new release from country-rock musician Bobby Lee Springfield.

Classical Music Critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews a CBS compact disc re-issue featuring the late George Szell conducting the Cleveland Orchestra in a performance of Mozart's "Sinfonia Concertante."

Buck Clayton, jazz trumpeter, arranger and band leader. He was a member of Count Basie's original band.

K.D. Lang, Canadian country and blues singer, who brings a compelling theatricality to her performances.