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Alcoholic Beverage Control officials are under fire across the state. Mecklenburg ABC Board Chairman Parks Helms is under pressure to resign because he…

Charlotte’s arts education just got a boost.PNC Bank has donated more than half a million dollars to fund early arts and science education in the…

On this 1986 episode of Piano Jazz, Jolly demonstrates his swinging piano style with a solo in "You, The Night And The Music." Then, host Marian McPartland joins in for a performance of "Barbados."

Timber Timbre's video for the sultry and seductive song "Curtains?!" pays homage to vintage noir crime thrillers.

On this 1988 Piano Jazzepisode, Harris opens with a slow and easy "Black and Blue," then McPartland joins him on "Bag's Groove."

The subtle, lyrical guitarist plays a delightful solo rendition of "Round Midnight" and duets with host Marian McPartland in "Don't Worry 'Bout Me."

One of the great bebop stylists of his time, the pianist joined host Marian McPartland for this session shortly before his death in 1990.

Hear the singer-songwriter pay tribute to his mentor, Guy Clark, live on stage in West Virginia.

Accompanied by Ry Cooder's guitar, Crowell offers up a tender take on "God I'm Missing You."

President Bush's three recent Supreme Court nominations reveal the complications and motives involved when politicians choose the nation's top judges, legal observers say. Political science professor David Yalof is an expert on the history and evolution of the Supreme Court nomination process.

Author Christopher Moore read — and reread — Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear, as many versions of the play as possible. He decided Lear's canny fool needed a more prominent role in the tale. Moore's book, Fool, is his story.

NPR's Bob Mondello looks back at the films released in 2004, and finds a handful that prove to filmmakers that you can create films that deal with politics, memory and religion and not suffer at the box office.

NPR presents "The Man and His Music," a special two-hour edition of Jazz Profiles, plus on-demand audio of the swinging Count Basie Centennial Concert featuring the Jon Faddis All-Stars and recorded live at the 2004 Caramoor Festival in Katonah, N.Y.

In 1854, a thick book of meditations about a New England pond appeared in bookstores. It took five years to sell those first 2,000 copies, but 150 years later, Henry David Thoreau's Walden is considered a classic of American literature. Join NPR's Neal Conan and his guests to celebrate the anniversary and the history of the man and his book.

"In Nichelle Nichols, our nation has lost a trailblazer of stage and screen who redefined what is possible for Black Americans and women."

The Philadelphia singer-songwriter is preparing to release his much-anticipated sophomore album, Mission Bell. Hear his intriguing blend of folk, soul and jazz live in concert at World Cafe Live.

The deadly 7.8 magnitude quake hit China Monday afternoon — Xinhua News Agency reports that more than 8,533 people have been killed in the devastation. Its force flattened at least eight schools and one hospital and was felt hundreds of miles away in Beijing and Shanghai.

Obama's supporter and former South Dakota Senator Tom Daschle was nominated to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and director of the new White House Office of Health Reform.

For his sixth album, 'Playing Robots Into Heaven,' James takes us back to the electronic music scene of the early 2000s.

Kensington Palace is refusing to release the original photo. And for many royal watchers, that’s a huge red flag.