Bill Withers

WBGO’s Lezlie Harrison talks with Michael O. Mitchell, co-creator of ‘What’s Going On?’, a theatrical concert at 92NY exploring the contributions of Black songwriters to the American Songbook canon.

WBGO’s Lee Mergner talks with singer-songwriter Jose James about his new album On and On, which features the music of fellow singer-songwriter Erykah Badu.

We’ve been losing some of our heroes. Their music lives on.Bill Withers on Beat Club, 1972Many of us, on learning of the death of Bill Withers, sought…

Generations of listeners have celebrated the signature songs of the artist who died this week at 81. But Withers' greater catalog reveals a man who stuck to his beliefs in the face of the pop machine.

The soulful artist behind a number of 1970s hits died Monday of heart disease. He created all of his hits in a 14-year recording career before walking away from the music business.