The Route Song of the Day
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
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
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The program creates opportunities for children at Charles T. Lunsford School 19 in the RCSD to benefit from the transformational power of music.
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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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Marsh, who died Aug. 14, was one of rock's most influential voices. He edited The Rolling Stone Record Guide and wrote profiles of Bruce Springsteen and The Who. Originally broadcast in 1997.
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Jurors on Thursday heard Duane "Keffe D" Davis tell detectives in 2008 that his nephew Orlando "Baby Lane" Anderson fired the shots that killed Tupac Shakur.
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We showcase a new generation of artists with swag: Alex Isley, Madison McFerrin and Ravi Coltrane. All three of these Tiny Desks feature folks who come from legendary musical families. Look for Tiny Desk Radio on your local NPR station.
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Taja Cheek's psychedelic project L'Rain has always been tagged as experimental. On fata morgana, she asks what separates music like hers from the mainstream.
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"Weird Al" Yankovic returns to the Tiny Desk with a couple parodies, a Weezer pastiche and the Emmy-losing closing-credits blues-rock jam to Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.
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There's a reason why the escapist hit from singer Aitana has swept most of the Spanish-language world.
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AI can generate songs in seconds. But behind every AI track is a complicated question: Who should get paid? And, how? The fights have started.
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The Seattle band's latest album is a cheeky critique of late-stage capitalism.
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James Ellis Ford's new album Lost In Another World tells a story of survival and imagination. He made it from his hospital room during cancer treatment.
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NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Alex Suskind, news director at Pitchfork, about the artist Tyga's use of AI technology on his new album. Pitchfork rated the album 0.0 out of 10.