"I am always trying to make that melody sing because I love melodies. Even if there is no lyric, I'm still singing it." That's Houston Person, who's been letting his soulful tenor saxophone do his ...

Agroup of students gather to listen to Carnatic music at the University Of Illinois (UIUC) at Urbana-Champaign. They see a 19-year-old Anvita lost in her music. During summer and winter holidays, ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with musician Derek Brown about his new album Beatbox Sax. Brown squeezes sounds out of his instrument that sound more like stand up bass, than saxophone. When you ...