The Folks Sampler/Sundays at 6pm

(7/6)-Once a quarter, Mike Flynn – host of the Folk Sampler - likes to play new artists for you. Not all of them are brand new artists...just artists he’s not played on the program before. It's fun to meet new people. Welcome to What's New. Folk, traditional, bluegrass, and blues music from the foothills of the Ozark Mountains on the Folk Sampler.

Performance Today/M-F 7-9 p.m.

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American Routes/Sundays 7-9pm

(7/6)-"Red, White and Blues on the Fourth": Tune in and party like it's 1776 as we celebrate our nations' birthday with a swinging soundtrack of jazz, blues and country that'll make you stand up and salute. Plus we're off on a summer road trip to sample Ted Drewes' Frozen Custard Stand on Route 66 in St. Louis and play Drown the Clown at a Massachusetts county fair.

NPR World Of Opera/Sundays at Noon

(7/6)-Washington National Opera; GEORGE GERSHWIN: "Porgy and Bess"; Wayne Marshall, conductor. CAST: Gordon Hawkins (Porgy); Indira Mahajan (Bess); Terry Cook (Crown); Angela Simpson (Serena); Laquita Mitchell (Clara); Marietta Simpson (Maria); Eric Greene (Jake); Jermaine Smith (Sportin' Life). In celebration of Independence Day weekend, this week's program presents a splendid production of the great American opera from the Washington National Opera. A stellar cast brings us all the hits, from "Summertime" straight through to "I'm On My Way," from the Kennedy Center Opera house on the banks of the Potomac in the nation's capital.