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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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On "Reckoning," Mary Gauthier unpacks her recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. -
The deep-voiced Scottish mezzo-soprano just made her Royal Opera House debut. Now, with her debut solo album, The Deeps Have Music, she is on the doorstep of stardom. -
Reich, who turns 90 on Oct. 3, created a vocabulary that influenced nearly every form of music — classical, electronic, jazz and pop. He talked about his groundbreaking work in 1999 and 1989.
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NPR Music culture critic and reporter Rodney Carmichael ruminates on the latest in rap culture. This week: a hip-hop divorce, an OutKast lawsuit and the state of rap music on the charts. -
It's been 50 years since Pat Metheny released his first album in 1976. -
After selling tens of millions of records worldwide, the singer-songwriter says she's finally aged out of pop music — and she's OK with that. Crow's latest album is Pick You Up. -
For over three decades, Panteón Rococó has been at the forefront of Mexican ska. The band's skankin' grooves slide easily between cumbia and Afro-Caribbean rhythms. -
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Even among ATLiens, Kenny Mason is an outlier. As he faced a creative crisis — and commercial pressures — the rap-rock iconoclast realized that he feels most comfortable on the fringes. -
Tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana and pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba interpret the soul of the Latin American song book at El Tiny. -
Danny Bones is supposedly a working-class British rapper popular among far-right groups thanks to his lyrics about immigration, national identity and a broken Britain.
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