This is FRESH AIR. Early in his career, clarinetist Andy Biskin worked as an assistant to the folklorist Alan Lomax. Biskin's new album features new settings of songs drawn from Lomax's massive ...

Every episode of The Andy Griffith Show opened with its infectious theme song, “The Fishin’ Hole.” Its simple melody, topped by music composer Earle Hagen’s whistle, made it one of the most popular TV ...

It’s not unusual for fans to credit their favorite musicians for “saving” them through the power of a song. Music can positively influence someone’s life whether it be through making them feel less ...

Emmy Award winner and acclaimed multi-platinum singer/songwriter Andy Grammer has released his new song, “Without You,” out everywhere via S-Curve Records. In addition to the release, Grammer also ...

Tempe rockers Katastro were getting their groove on in an Orange County studio with kindred spirits Dirty Heads, recording tracks for their next album, fresh from playing Denver’s Red Rocks on a bill ...

Andy Hill, along with Renee Safier and their Hard Rain band, has been a serious Dylan champion for a long time. Dylanfest, the annual all-day Dylan festival they present each year, has become a ...

Andy Frasco & The U.N. have released “Birthday Song,” a psychedelic birthday anthem that sees Frasco, along with a circus of animals including a monkey drinking whiskey, enjoying a birthday ...

Were Andy Williams entering the music business as a performer today, he conceivably might also be a songwriter. When he began recording in the 1950s, however, the choice of songs was most often left ...

Andy Shauf has shared two new songs, “Satan” and “Jacob Rose.” The former arrives with a video directed by Ryan Steel. Check out both below. Shauf explained the inspiration for “Satan” in a statement: ...

Jamaican reggae legend Horace Andy started recording in the late '60s, and he released the classic debut album Skylarking in 1972. For the past few decades, however, Andy has been best known as a ...

Andy Gibb, the pop singer who skyrocketed to fame as a teen idol, was hopeful to make a comeback before his life came to a sudden end at age 30. In 1987, the disco sensation, who once had six hit ...