Classiclectic
Monday through Friday from 9:30am to 12pm EST
Experience an eclectic collection of classical music with host Kurt Hauswirth, on weekdays from 9:30 am to Noon on Public Radio 90. Soothing and adventurous classical music provides you with listening companionship throughout your morning.
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Classiclectic’s mission is to foster love, knowledge, and enthusiasm for classical music; to expand the awareness and accessibility to the art form; to highlight and explore the stories and performances of the arts community; to continue serving the community of the Upper Great Lakes Region through the vision of Public Radio 90 WNMU-FM.
- Marquette Symphony Orchestra shares 2026-27 concert season plans, kicking off with an outdoor performance
- The 2026 Pine Mountain Music Festival season brings light opera, chamber music, youth talent, and more
- Beacon Arts Michigan offering new vision for U.P. tradition of chamber music performances
- Deux Saisons duo entertaining and raising awareness for Earth Day Concert at The Honorable Distillery
- Celebrating 25 years of the Rozsa Center with the KSO and Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony
NPR Music
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A musicologist discovered a pattern found all over modern pop music which he's dubbing the Gen Alpha melody.
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Best-known for his band The Frames and his part in the 2007 film Once, Hansard got his start as a street busker in Dublin. He died July 29 in a motorcycle crash. Originally broadcast in 2008.
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Bennett, who died in 2023, was known for a string of hits, including "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." Kevin Whitehead offers an appreciation and remembers some of Bennett's lesser-known songs.
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K-pop supergroup BTS will not enter their music for consideration for the 2027 Grammys. We ask New York Times reporter Ben Sisario what's behind this decision.
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The R&B group's breakout stars released new solo albums on the same day — one leaning out of the spotlight while the other confronts viral fame. -
America's darling diva pairs up with the banjo guru of our time for a set of old Appalachian songs about love, loss and the sturdy hope for better times. -
What you'll hear this week on The Shuffle -
Glen Hansard, the Irish singer who won an Oscar for the musical movie Once and the led the bands The Frames and The Swell Season, died on Wednesday. He died following a motorcycle crash in Dublin. -
New York emcees ELUCID and billy woods ain't just for the heads; it takes a heart to feel what they're putting down. Kenny Segal assembles a killer band to bring their kaleidoscopic hip-hop to life.
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Beginning Aug. 1, NPR Music will publish a week-long list of stories and podcast episodes exploring the legacy and future of the Grateful Dead. And we want to hear from you!
