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In a curious case of musical evolution, the older Lee Fields becomes, the closer he gets to perfecting the sound of soul that he grew up with. His latest release, My World, finds an ideal middle ground between the slow grind of Southern blues and the faster, funkier stylings of retro-soul.

Today on Midday, as WYPR begins its annual Spring Membership Campaign, it's a special Reporters' Notebook edition, as three members of WYPR's outstanding…

Leading Democrats and even some Republicans had kind words Tuesday for the Michigander, who was first elected to the House when Eisenhower was president. His wife was elected to his seat in November.

Welcome to Sports at Large. I’m Milton Kent.Here’s a rhetorical question; If you hit the jackpot early on in your career, how long do you get to ride the wave before people expect you to strike gold again?

Director Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain is winning acclaim as a dramatic success, and buzz for a love scene between stars Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal. Lee tells Alex Chadwick about the making of the modern Western tale.

Much of Maine is under a tropical storm warning and Lee is expected to bring high seas, heavy rain and strong winds. The governor has declared a state of emergency.

Anyone up for some... birthday chicken? In this game, Russian Doll actor Greta Lee and co-creator Leslye Headland team up to play a multiple-choice quiz on food trends.

Baltimore County is close to landing an Amazon distribution center, to be located at Sparrows Point in eastern Baltimore County.When County Economic…

Kevin Kamenetz is the Baltimore County Executive. He joins Tom in the studio for the first installment of our new series, Focus on the Counties, in which…

Midday's Tom Hall speaks with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about the Francis Key Scott Bridge's collapse and how the region might recover.

Singer-songwriter Amos Lee grew up around Philadelphia, but the former teacher and bartender's music sounds more like he came from a background of porch swings and wide-open spaces.

Kathie Lee Gifford will be on our program next week. I gather from some messages I received that some people just don't think NPR and Kathie Lee Gifford belong in the same sentence.

John Grisham's book "Framed" was released in 2024 and is his second work of non-fiction. The book follows the stories of people falsely convicted of crimes, and the efforts to clear their names.

In the early days of the Maryland colony, John Dandy, the only gunsmith in town, got away with murder for years. This is his story.

A note on the life of Lee Erwin, a silent film organist who composed music for Charlie Chaplin, and classic films like "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." Erwin died last week at the age of 92.

It's good to have a career.

Director Spike Lee examines the collision of race and politics in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in his provocative new HBO documentary, When the Levees Broke, which has a special showing on Aug. 16 at the New Orleans Arena.

A landmark downtown building that is the longtime home to Uncle Lee's Harbor Restaurant is on the market.The all-brick, 114-year-old former Farmers and…

John Marra, a member of the Baltimore Rock Opera Society artistic council, tells a Stoop Story about the magic of community theater and the importance of…