Routinely called a "musician's musician," the pianist had an atypical career that even he called mysterious. He spent it returning to a handful of favorite composers, with acclaimed results.

Here are some of the ways to celebrate and honor Juneteenth in San Antonio in the coming days.

A unique biopic when released, the film "Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould" uses everything from short interviews, to recreations, to abstract art to illustrate different facets of the famous pianist. Randy Anderson has a review of the 1993 film, newly available on 4K and Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection.

New generations of Americans are taking to the street in protest, demanding change and accountability. And they are discovering what protestors of the 1960s and '70s found out— protesting is hard, frustrating and requires sacrifice. But protest songs can help. Songs demanding freedom and justice go back generations and are also being composed today. We hear from Stephen Stacks about his new book The Resounding Revolution: Freedom Song After 1968.

Escobedo says when she plays the old songs nowadays, it makes men cry because they remember how their fathers taught them, too.

The ambitious violinist has an insatiable appetite for new music, much of which she's commissioned herself.

Readers of Geoff Dyer’s books have come to expect his trademark humor and incisive cultural commentary. His new book, Homework, shows us that the more success he had in school, the further he diverged from his parents. But his telling of this story brings us up close to share in his profound appreciation of his past.

This week on Texas Matters—50 years of Asleep at the Wheel. How did Ray Benson become the carrier of the flame for Western Swing? For half a century, Asleep at the Wheel made it on the rocky road that is the music biz.

The recent death of Brian Wilson reminded Hector Saldaña that he and his band had once celebrated the iconic music.

On Cruel Joke, Pomeroy, age 22, sings with an acoustic twang about farms and cowboys. The 92-year-old Nelson's Oh What a Beautiful World is an album of covers of songs by Rodney Crowell.