Sep 8th, 2008 · Alex Chadwick has an essay comparing the presidential and vice presidential candidates to movie characters. Rather than Jimmy Stewart in Mister Smith Goes to Washington, he draws from Field of Dreams and Alien to explain to us what we're watching this election season.
Sep 4th, 2008 · British pop icon Paul Weller has described his new double-disc album, 22 Dreams, as "a year in my life." It tracks Weller's course through the changing seasons. The former frontman of The Jam performs his kaleidoscopic pop music in a session on World Cafe.
Aug 13th, 2008 · After the wild success of its debut, Under the Table and Dreaming, Dave Matthews Band asked Steve Lillywhite back to produce the follow-up. In an interview with host David Dye, Lillywhite talks about the process behind recording Crash.
Mar 21st, 2008 · Wexler grew up hearing jazz, and after a while, she decided to try singing it. The jazz vocalist, noted for her versatility, speaks with Susan Stamberg about the songs on her new second album.
Mar 8th, 2008 · A new generation of activists and political dissidents are at the heart of politics in the Middle East, but many are not well known outside the region. Robin Wright, author of Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East, offers her insights.
Feb 13th, 2008 · Hopping a freight is so wonderful, says Laura Conaway, that if you do it even once you'll dream of it for the rest of your life. She dedicates Robyn Hitchcock's "I Often Dream of Trains" to William Vollmann, as the Bryant Park Project's Best Song in the World Today.
Jun 28th, 2007 · Songstress Lena Horne is preparing to celebrate her 90th birthday. Author Donald Bogle talks about Horne's legendary career as a singer and an actress as chronicled in his book "Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood."
Sep 1st, 2006 · Detroit-born jazz pianist and singer Geri Allen says she owes as much to Motown as she does to jazz greats like Dizzy Gillespie and Bill Evans for the inspirations for her sound. Her latest album is Timeless Portraits and Dreams -- musician and Day to Day contributor David Was has a review.