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R.E.M. isn't exactly religious, but spiritual themes do creep into its music. Singer Michael Stipe says he comes from a "place of faith," and that generations of men in the Stipe family have been Methodist ministers. Widely billed as R.E.M.'s best album in ages, Accelerate takes inspiration from religious issues.

The Juneteenth Jam Block Party is back & better than ever! In partnership with the Harvey B. Gantt Center, The Mint Museum and the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, we're taking over Uptown and cranking up the celebration! The lineup will include an explosion of artistry from FRESH2DEATH, performances by Moving with the Spirits & CLT Double Dutch Aerobics, plus a tik-tok dance battle between families called Family Dance Feud! Join us at the block party! Sounds will be provided by DJ Heff and DJ Micki Blends, along with delicious food trucks, vendors, games, and MORE! All events are FREE and open to the general public. Grab the crew and GET OUTSIDE! Two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, freedom was finally realized for all enslaved people of the United States. Juneteenth is a joyous national holiday that celebrates that historic moment. Conceived by Emmy Award-winning poet and Blumenthal Director of Creative Engagement Boris "Bluz" Rogers, Juneteenth Jam will be held at the super cool Levine Ave. Juneteenth Jam - guaranteed fun that will have the whole family jammin'!

https://www.blumenthalarts.org/events/detail/juneteenthjam

Join us for our Fall Tosco Music Party on October 14th at Knight Theater! Come experience what makes Tosco Music Parties so unique, with more than a dozen local, regional, and national acts sharing a wide variety of music genres and we will have several singalongs throughout the evening.

Performers include:

Time Sawyer

Curt Keyz

Gabby Fariñas

Mary Lou Lackey

Vadim Kolpakov & Friends

John Doll

AV Trio

Queen City Juvenile Pipes & Drums
And more performers yet to be announced!

Season subscriptions available for the entire Tosco Music season including our Tosco Music Holiday Party (12/18) and our Spring Tosco Music Party (4/20/24) as well. Mark the seasons with amazing local music for the whole family.
For tickets and more info visit us at www.toscomusic.org/events

Charlotte Blues Society’s inaugural Southern Resonance Roots Festival is Sunday Sept 7, 2025 with live music from 12-7.30 on 2 stages. This event is open to all ages and presented free of charge by CBS with Sponsorship from Bojangles.
They invite you to join them for this Live Roots and Blues music event featuring 14 of NC and SC’s finest roots musicians. At Heist Brewery & Barrel Arts 1030 Woodward Ave (Camp North End) in Charlotte, NC 28206. They will host an open blues jam in the Skyline Room after the last act.
There will be musician’s meet and greet, raffles, festival merch, artisan market, food and beverage, free parking. Donations and tips for the artists will be appreciated. Bring your own chair.
CBS is a local non-profit dedicated to the promotion and preservation of American Blues. They normally meet the First Sunday of the month from 6 to 10PM at Heist Brewery.
Vendor spots are still available. Contact CltBluesSociety@gmail.com or www.CharlotteBluesSociety.org for the full line up and more information. Follow them @cltbluessociety and @southernresonancefest

John Clifton "Jack" Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group, passed away yesterday at the age of 89. Today we look back at his life and career.

A new recording of Allegro, a 1947 musical by Rodgers & Hammerstein, has just been released on CD. Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization President Ted Chapin joins Fresh Air to discuss the musical.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy may not like some of his wife's lyrics. In one cut, Carla Bruni compares her lover to high-grade heroin. We hear what Parisians think of the new album.

A law that allows the executive branch to direct industrial production is being used to spur firms to step up their output of scarce items, such as face masks and ventilators.

The morning after winning two Grammy awards, R&B singer H.E.R. received an Oscar nomination for the song "Fight For You" from the film Judas and the Black Messiah.

The R&B icon's concert in Fulton County, Ga., is scheduled to go on despite a local effort to cancel it.

A Billie Holiday tribute from James Carter; Malian story-song guitarist Habib Koite; Scottish folk electronica from Martyn Bennett; Canadian fiddle player April Verch and more.

The singer and self-taught musician, who recently visited NPR studios and performed songs from his new album Intimacy, talks candidly with host Michel Martin.

"It was all part of me. It was my inheritance.”

The prolific, and often risque, crooner's 14th album explores sounds from earlier eras with surprising restraint.

Walking near the senator from Kentucky and his wife, protesters spoke out about the police killing of Breonna Taylor in Louisville. The situation escalated as police attempted to push them back.

Tornadoes hit several states in the central U.S. on Saturday, killing dozens in a devastating path of destruction.

“Rich from the Sea: Florida Native Americans’ Indigenous Wrecking in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries”
Dr. Peter J. Ferdinando, Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of History, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

The Native Americans of Florida’s east coast exploited the resources of the Atlantic Ocean for centuries before European contact. Following the arrival of Europeans, they employed those same maritime skills to acquire shipwrecked goods, castaway peoples, and even parts of the shattered ships that washed ashore. They then modified and used such materials, and also traded them with other indigenous peoples, the Spaniards of St. Augustine, and passing European ships. Through Indigenous wrecking, these coastal peoples both resisted and participated in an emerging Atlantic World.

Attend by registering at https://bit.ly/48ky80q

Representative Trey Gowdy made a surprising announcement on Wednesday. The South Carolina Republican is quitting politics and will not seek re-election to…

Barry White, the honey-voiced baritone known for his sultry, romantic songs, dies at a hospital in Los Angeles. White, 58, had been in poor health for several years and died while awaiting a kidney transplant. The soul singer became a star during the disco era, but had a resurgence in popularity in recent years. He won two Grammies for his 1999 album, "Staying Power." NPR's Scott Simon has a remembrance.

In an interview with New Yorker writer Emily Nussbaum Wednesday, NPR mistakenly characterized a segment on the The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as paid product placement. Both Taco Bell and Ben & Jerry's say they had nothing to do with the segment.