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WBGO's Dave Popkin catches up with Carla and Vanesse Thomas about their recent star-studded benefit concert for ALS research, plus growing up in Memphis as daughters of the great Rufus Thomas, and more.

WBGO’s Dave Popkin recently spoke with 17-year-old guitarist and bandleader Marel Hidalgo about beginning to play guitar at the age of four, Hidalgo's Jamaican roots, upcoming performances, and learning to arrange for an orchestra.

Mexican singer-songwriter Julieta Venegas on how growing up in Tijuana - a border city suspended between Mexico and the United States - developed an instinct for living “in-between,” musically and personally.

On the WBGO Journal, we meet actors Atandwa Kani and Kelcey Watson, the stars of Crossroads Theatre Company's production of the powerful play "Sizwe Banzi is Dead"

Jeh Johnson in conversation with New Jersey Congressman Josh Gottheimer

WBGO's Willard Jenkins sat down with D.C. based vocalist Heidi Martin to chat about one of her heroes Abbey Lincoln, as well as the importance of jazz education and the D.C. Jazz Fest.

Kyla Marshell catches up with vocalist Shenel Johns about her journey of self-discovery, musical and otherwise.

On this edition of The Art of the Story, WBGO's Doug Doyle talks to trombonist and composer Clifton Anderson about his upcoming concert at The Iridium as well as the gift he got from uncle Sonny Rollins when he was seven.

On the May 2 WBGO Journal, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack joins us and WBGO's Jon Kalish has the story of businessman Ben Masters

WBGO’s Ray Long chats with NYC-based trumpet player Jon Lampley about his forthcoming album Notes To Self, as well as a prolific career as a sideman, backing Jon Batiste, Lake Street Dive, Cory Wong, O.A.R. and many more - not to mention Lampley’s decade-long tenure as a member of the house band for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.