The great Duke Ellington described the best music as being "beyond category." The new VOA TV program "Beyond Category with Eric Felten" brings the best of jazz, blues, swing, and more. Host Eric Felten, a jazz trombonist in his own right, interviews great artists - and sits in to perform with them, taking the audience on an unpredictable musical adventure.

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 Beyond Category: Grace Kelly

Saxophonist and singer Grace Kelly was recognized as a prodigy in her teens by jazz saxophone masters Lee Konitz and Phil Woods. She’s now touring with her own band playing a cheerful mix of jazz standards and original tunes. She met up at Blues Alley in Washington to talk and perform with Eric Felten.

Through the door and down the stairs, VOA's "The Hamilton Live" brings the audience along to a state-of-the-art music club, hidden just blocks from the White House in Washington, D.C. It's a 30-minute night out in the nation's capital, and an exclusive backstage pass to American music.

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 The Hamilton Live: Dumpstaphunk

Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk was voted 2007’s “New Orleans Best Funk Band” by both Offbeat Magazine and Gambit Weekly, and performs at some of the nation’s largest music festivals such as Bonnaroo, Voodoo Fest, 10,000 Lakes, and High Sierra. Ivan called in cousin, Ian Neville (guitar), the double-bass bottom of both Nick Daniels and Tony Hall, and drummer Raymond Webber to round out the show. Named after a song Ivan had recently written, Dumpstaphunk’s informal performance became that of immediate legend. The project has since grown from chance side-project into what is now widely considered to be New Orleans’ most popular musical export.

Join host Larry London every third Wednesday for the world's best variety of music and your requests on Border Crossings. Call or email us during the show and tell us what you want to hear! Larry will read your dedication on the air and play your song.

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 Border Crossings: Midnight Red

Joining the ranks of pop-charting “boy bands,” such as One Direction, The Wanted, and New Kids on the Block, is the new group Midnight Red. They join VOA’s Larry London in Studio 4 to talk and perform.