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Composer Deborah Wicks La Puma has written music for Mo Willems' famous Pigeon, Elephant and Piggie - and now for Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed on HBO Max.

Musician Jeff Healey, blind since the age of 1, taught himself how to play guitar seated with the instrument flat against his lap. The technique brought him to the attention of blues legends like Albert Collins and Stevie Ray Vaughn, who introduced the Canadian to a worldwide audience. After two decades of exploring the blues (and later, jazz), Healey died of cancer March 2. Bass player and producer, Alec Fraser, talks to Noah Adams about his last collaboration with Healey, the posthumously released CD Mess of Blues.

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Dawnlands: A Novel, Addams Family Values, Wind of Change and Turnstile.

The singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist spent years in various bands, including Birds of Chicago and Our Native Daughters. Now Russell's startling sophomore album serves as a sort of rebirth.

From music producer Quincy Jones, to critic and archivist Dan Morgenstern, jazz historian Kevin Whitehead remembers just a few of the influential musicians and personalities we lost this year.

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the TV show Silo, Rilo Kiley's reunion tour, and a send up of Emilia Pérez.

This weekend on Theater Talk, Peter and Anthony talk about a new audio play, free, titled "Conversations With Eligible Voters In Pennsylvania" by Matthew Crehan Higgins. It was a weekend avoiding prison for Peter, finally catching up with ARSENIC AND OLD LACE at Lancaster Opera House, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION at Desiderio's Dinner Theater, and THE BREAK SONG, a new play by Buffalo's Mark Humphrey, at The Compass Performing Arts Factory, 545 Elmwood . Speaking of prison, next week we'll talk about BONNIE AND CLYDE, Bellissima Production's show on stage at The Allendale (Theater of Youth). And HAMILTON opened a two-week run at Shea's, the third tour to come to Buffalo.For 31 years (as of November 2023), Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian Anthony Chase, who joins Peter Hall for a five-minute weekly broadcast at 6:45 and 8:45 Friday mornings on 88.7 WBFO with a podcast available on wbfo.org. NOTE: Theater listings are included with the podcast. As part of BTPM (Buffalo Toronto Public Media), their beat is primarily Buffalo theater, but Broadway, The Shaw Festival, The Stratford Festival, and Chautauqua are covered as are other relevant art forms, including ballet and opera.

The Muppet Movie is an unusually silly and unusually profound musical. At 40 years old, the music still astounds, provokes and entertains.

New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services Commissioner Jackie Bray told WBFO Sunday she has "no concerns" for tomorrow's rescheduled Buffalo Bills game at Highmark Stadium. The Bills face the Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL Wild Card Game at 4:30 p.m.

The married British duo Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt — aka Everything but the Girl — have their first album in 24 years. Ken Tucker reviews Fuse, then we listen back to a 2018 interview with Thorn.