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Soprano Jennifer Forni appeared in the KPR studio with pianist Charles Tsui.Forni sang as the soloist with the Topeka Symphony on their Jan. 19…

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gives the 190th Landon Lecture at Kansas State University. Also, KPR Statehouse Bureau Chief Stephen Koranda and Kaye McIntyre talk about the crowded race for the seat of retiring U.S. Senator Pat Roberts.

The Mient Duo is Michael Averett, trumpet/flugelhorn and Brent Ferguson, guitar.They played pieces by Astor Piazolla, Louis Bonfi and Rafael Mendez in…

October 2, 2016: former Governor John Carlin and former Speaker of the House Mike O'Neal talk politics in this event recorded live in Topeka.

October 9, 2016: Juan Manuel Santos -- President of Colombia, University of Kansas graduate, and winner of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize.

October 23, 2016: former U.S. Senators Bob Dole and Nancy Kassebaum Baker talk about politics, their careers, and the 2016 elections.

The Heartland Chamber Music Festival is a yearly nine-day intensive workshop for students of stringed instruments. Three quartets of scholars from this…

Kendrick Lamar won his rap war with Drake last year by just about any measure, but this week, Drake got a small measure of revenge when his new album, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, knocks Lamar out of the No. 1 spot on the Billboard charts.

Existing comfortably in the tension between tradition and the musical frontier, Run Boy Run's all-acoustic format blends bluegrass, folk and the old timey American vernacular with touches of classical and jazz. From winning the band contest at Pickin' In The Pines in 2009 and a special appearance at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in 2012, to two appearances on National Public Radio's A Prairie Home Companion, Run Boy Run have been making friends and fans alike with their open-ended musical approach and wonderful stage presence. Run Boy Run come from Tucson, Arizona and were tagged by Paste magazine as "One of the top 10 Arizona bands to hear now." The band is brother and sister Matt Rolland (fiddle, guitar) and Grace Rolland (cello, vocals), sisters Bekah Sandoval Rolland (fiddle, vocals) and Jen Sandoval (mandolin, vocals) and bass player Jesse Allen.

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