Kim Theory is a punk band of four L.A. teenagers who love Kim Gordon, Kim Deal, and Kim Shattuck. We interviewed them before ...

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August 4, 2026 • We open this week’s show by reflecting on the loss of Glen Hansard, an artist who was critical to shaping the sound and spirit of All Songs Considered in its earliest days. We then ...

Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst for 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). Liquidity preference theory is a concept that suggests that people prefer ...

Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson might be a little mystified by being called "Iceland's Glenn Gould," but the Reykjavik native's approach to Bach's Goldberg Variations not only lives up to the hype but ...

There comes a moment in every musician’s journey when the mechanical side of practicing stops delivering results. You can ...