Sep 12th, 2008 · Widely considered one of his generation's premier saxophonists, Potter plugs in with his quartet of backbeat-blasting electronic wizards. Hear the band's slippery grooves and tactful textures in a live set from New York.
Sep 5th, 2008 · Samak Sundaravej has had a 40-year career in Thailand's politics, but it's not clear whether he can ride out the country's latest political crisis.
Sep 2nd, 2008 · The lights at the Peach Pit went out at the turn of the century when Beverly Hills 90210 went off the air. But the television show that was a pop culture sensation in the 1990s is back, in what's being marketed as an edgy, updated form. The prime time teen soap premieres Tuesday.
Aug 4th, 2008 · Saudi Arabia is not known for great research universities, so the oil-rich country has decided to build one. KAUST, the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, is rising in the desert near Jiddah. The biggest lure is the freedom to work without constantly having to beg for money because King Abdullah is giving the school one of the world's biggest endowments.
Jul 23rd, 2008 · Known as a premier accompanist to singers and a masterful soloist, the inimitable trumpeter cultivated a spare yet bluesy approach. His career spanned a long stay with the original Count Basie band, as well as an even lengthier solo career.
Jul 22nd, 2008 · Named after the Dutch artist M.C. Escher, the up-and-coming group has both taken up residency at Lincoln Center and performed with singers in nightclubs. Hear the Escher String Quartet christen WNYC's new studios with a Dvorak classic and a world premiere.
Jul 21st, 2008 · Paula Felix-Didier of the Museo del Cine in Buenos Aires, Argentina, discovered more than 20 minutes of missing film footage from the classic science fiction silent movie Metropolis in her museum's archives. German filmmaker Fritz Lang directed the film, and three reels have been missing almost since its premiere in 1927. Felix-Didier, the museum's director, talks with Deborah Amos.
Jun 26th, 2008 · Hopkins, which premieres tonight, is the sequel to a 2000 ABC documentary series that told intimate, very real stories about medical staff and patients at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University. Fresh Air's TV critic has a review.