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The three young classical string players in Time for Three join Fred Child in Studio 4A to play their ethereal arrangement of the Beatles tune "Blackbird," as well as an original called "Of Time and Three Rivers." Time for Three's debut CD is called, logically enough, Time for Three.

The Jamaican native, who died last week in London at age 63, was one of the first popular artists to perform his island's local sounds for a world audience. His international success helped fuel the reggae revolution.

To Guy Davis, the stories behind Southern blues are as important as the familiar music that defines the genre. His new CD, Skunkmello is full of legendary tales, old and new.

Avant-garde rock band Sonic Youth is celebrating 25 years of making music together. In that quarter-century, its members have stayed true to their roots in the downtown New York art scene of the 1980s.

Andrae Crouch talks about his new CD Mighty Wind, which celebrates the gospel musician's four-decade career.

Every country has its token composer: Finland has Sibelius, Poland has Chopin, the U.S. has Copland, and Norway has Edvard Grieg. The Bergen Woodwind Quintet plays arrangements of five of Grieg's Folk Songs and Dances, Op. 17.

Three young men who play classical music most of the time needed an outlet for their other musical endeavors, so they formed a trio called Time for Three. Performance Today takes a classical detour with them into a pair of tunes written by bass player Ranaan Myer.

On Remember Me, Bill Malone and Rod Moag pay tribute to the Bailes Brothers. The International Bluegrass Music Association has taken note of the self-produced CD.

It was written in 1919, and in its bittersweet beauty, many listeners hear an elegy for those who died during WWI. It's the Cello Concerto by Edward Elgar. Our concert performance took place two weeks ago at the Grand Teton Music Festival in Wyoming. Lynn Harrell is the cello soloist, Donald Runnicles conducts.

Our series continues with the inimitable musical storyteller Jon Kimura Parker. Plus, a pointed mid-concert comment from the usually stoic pianist Alfred Brendel, directed at an audience with a higher-than-usual rate of throat irritation. Finally, letters and comments on concert-hall curveballs and music by Steve Reich.