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WBGO's Dave Popkin chats with blues pianist and singer Eden Brent about her career and new album

NEA Jazz Master Reggie Workman chats with WBGO's Daybreak host Gary Walker about the upcoming concert at BRIC JazzFest

On the June 10 WBGO Journal, Pulitzer Prize-winning director Nilo Cruz brings Two Sisters and Piano to Two River Theater and Roselle Park Mayor Joe Signorello wants to be New Jersey's next U.S. Senator

Fresh off his triumphant John-Coltrane-centennial performance of A Love Supreme at the 2026 Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, (which he also produces) saxophonist Paul Carr is absolutely one of the busiest musicians in the DMV. On top of performing at his festival and assorted curating work, Paul Carr is a leading jazz educator. In August 2025 he was appointed assistant professor of saxophone, and director of the renowned Howard University Jazz Ensemble, at historic Howard University, his alma mater.WBGO contributor Willard Jenkins recently spoke to Paul about his “full circle moment” of returning to teach at the very place where he once studied, and the circuitous yet rewarding path he took to arrive where he is today.

UNCF's Vaughn McKoy chats with WBGO's Alexandra Hill about the organization's efforts to address the current crisis in black education, and their ongoing…

WBGO's Jon Kalish reports on how ears buds and other new products are helping those with hearing loss

WBGO's Jon Kalish reports on how Roam has created a new high-tech knee brace that could help millions with osteoarthristis of the knee.

Day-O is one of the most widely heard songs of modern times. It recently debuted on the Broadway stage in a musical based on the movie Beetlejuice. For…

Two of Newark’s most prolific political minds have come together to edit and publish a book about Newark’s first African-American Mayor. A Mayor For All…

Monmouth University President Dr. Patrick Leahy recently celebrated his first anniversary in West Long Branch. Dr. Leahy couldn't imagine what he would…