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Hannah Maier welcomes Zach Koch (2nd grade) and Alan Murphy (elementary band) into The Route studio to talk about what it's like to be a teacher and also an active member of the Rochester Music Scene
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News & Views from WRUR
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Patty Yarmel is one of the founding members of Strings For Success. She comes on Hannah Maier's show to talk about donations of stringed instruments and music in our schools month in Rochester NY -
The program creates opportunities for children at Charles T. Lunsford School 19 in the RCSD to benefit from the transformational power of music. -
Hannah Maier interviews Warren Haynes ahead of his show on March 3rd at Kodak Center in Rochester
Latest Route Music News
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Christian McBride and John Clayton celebrate the centennial of their mentor, the legendary bassist Ray Brown, with stories and music. -
Li won a Pulitzer for her memoir about the suicides of her two sons. In her new novel, Music Against the Night, she writes about two young prodigies in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. -
Wolf's latest album emerged from a period of major personal change, including a breakup and getting sober. -
Laufey sees libraries as an important third space at a time when younger generations are yearning for something that feels physical and nostalgic. -
The documentary "Smooth World" explores the world of smooth jazz: its waning popularity, the remaining stars, its aging but passionate fanbase, and those trying to move the genre forward.
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Behind the Desk, Draco Rosa creates shimmering, electric guitar-driven ruminations on life and love. -
"I just want to make people really feel things about the world they live in," Grian Chatten says of Dopamine Chamber, which he describes as the band's attempt to map the tensions of our moment. -
Saxophonist and composer Immanuel Wilkins talks about the impact that winning a 2026 MacArthur Fellowship will have on his art.
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Prine died in 2020 from complications of COVID-19. To mark what would have been his 80th birthday, we listen to an interview from 2018 in which he talked about the surgeries that altered his voice.
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KidzBop churns out clean versions of popular songs. It strips out any explicit language or references to sex and repackages even the raunchiest songs in the bright, cheerful voice of a child.
