Chicago native and Grammy Award-winning rapper Rhymefest will perform in studio.

Local musician Sad Brad Smith tells us how the movie Up in the Air helped put him on the map, and performs his song from the film.

Grazyna Auguscik, a Chicago jazz singer born in Poland, performs new arrangements of songs written by her native country's most famous composer.

A music preview of the Old Town Folk and Roots Festival, with rural blues from the Sanctified Grumblers.

Chicago favorite, rocker Nicholas Tremulis, performs live in our studio.

We find out what's cooking at Ravinia this summer -- Welz Kauffman and friends are here to give us a taste.

He started playing the blues in the 1920s and is still going strong. We'll have a live performance from Chicago blues legend and Grammy Award winner Honeyboy Edwards.

Live music tonight from a critically acclaimed young band from Chicago -- Canasta.

We meet a family that truly plays together....stringed instruments, that is. Live music from up-and-coming young stars -- and cousins --SugarStrings.

Individually, they are two of the most gifted guitarists in town. Together? You have to hear for yourself. We have a live performance from the guitar duo of Andreas Kapsalis and Goran Ivanovic.

He grew up on the south side of Chicago and fell in love with....ragtime. We have a performance from celebrated young pianist and MacArthur Genius Grant winner Reginald Robinson.

Multi-platinum artist David Broza performs and fills us in on his latest projects.

Live Music Wednesday

We have a performance from the cast of the Writers' Theatre production of Oh, Coward!, which celebrates the songs of the legendary playwright and composer Noel Coward.

We have a special performance from members of the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, including Chicago's trumpet master Orbert Davis.

The Grammy-winning opera singer Susan Graham, currently appearing in Lyric Opera's production of The Damnation of Faust, shares some of her adventures in opera and performs in our studio.