On this week’s pod: Herbie Hancock preaches at Newport, Taylor Swift rakes in the cash, we remember artists we’ve lost over the summer, new music, and more…

This month we read Timothy Gallwey's 1974 blockbuster, The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance. The June 12th livestream conversation is presented here.

Apple’s New Classical Music App, the discovery of two selves (via the Inner Game of Tennis), is musicology racist?, new music, and more…

We got through another school year! Yay! Christopher Azzara on creativity in music, Spotify’s algorithmic bias, yet another NYC jazz club closes, new music, and more…

Ed Sheeran threatens to quit music, the legacy of singer-songwriter, Connie Converse, the Hollywood writers strike ramps up, new music, and more…

Here’s the fifth entry in our series of best-of lists, Four for Foray—from under our rain-soaked umbrellas—these are our favorite songs of Spring.

Charlie remembers Ahmad Jamal, Amy sees Ripe, Alexandria goes to Philly, we talk about whether or not music survive streaming, Terrance Blanchard does it again at the Met, Drake and the Weeknd get deepfaked, new music and more…

Keegan-Michael Key on self-encouragement, Raphael Saadiq and Steve Lacy on collaboration, the creative urge of John Coltrane, new music, and more…

Cécile McLorin Salvant tells us about her day, while T-Pain tells the naysayers to shut up, Brian May is named the greatest guitar player of all time, new music, and more…

On this week’s pod: re-labeling our tools as toys, celebrating 100 years of Thad Jones, Coldplay’s secret sustainability sauce, new music, and more…

On this week’s pod: actress/vocalist Adriana Scalice reflects on the last 10 months of tour life (Mean Girls), the band Lawrence speaks up about the ticketing industry, vinyl's resurgence, new music, and more...

Amy sees Sweeney Todd in previews, Alexandria goes to the rodeo, Charlie announces the Foray Music Book Club, Keith Jarrett plays again, the escape of the band room, introducing students to the inner workings of the music industry, new music, and more…

On this week's podcast we remember the life and music of jazz saxophonist and composer, Wayne Shorter.

On this week’s pod: Alexandria has a big birthday, Amy visits Mezzrow, Charlie needs a rest, why people love and hate music, why we keep handing out awards to adults, why creative people need rest, new music, and more…

On this week’s pod: Charlie goes to Iowa, Alexandria sees Jamison Ross, Amy gives her first clinic, should traditional jazz still be taught in schools, how to be an artist, perfectionism and productivity, new music, and more…

The thrilling conclusion to our epic Holiday Music pod! On Part 2 of the Holiday Music podcast: the fourth entry in our series of best-of lists, Four for Foray—from our nerdy little workshop up in the North Pole—here are our favorite holiday albums (the second 20!).

Here's part one of our big holiday music blowout, the fourth entry in our series of best-of lists, Four for Foray—from our nerdy little workshop up in the North Pole—here are our favorite holiday albums (all forty of them!)... well, actually it's the first twenty, but that's still a lot.

On this week’s pod: Alexandria reflects on being a young teacher, Amy considers her ego, Charlie bums everyone out about Ticketmaster, what the Suzuki method really taught, Esperanza Spalding leaves Harvard, Nate Chinen enters the chat re:jazz standards, new music, and more…

The one sentence teaching philosophy, removing ego from music, a process for learning new standards, Dolly Parton puts her money where her heart is, the pitfalls of creating in the public sphere, new music, and more…

Taylor Swift fans listen to more music than normals, the new Selena Gomez doc, we rocked the vote, Thelonius Monk’s sage (if strange) advice, new music, and more…