At some point in the next few weeks, you have to figure Mavis Staples' phone will ring and the person on the other line will invite her to perform at the inauguration of Barack Obama. (Today)

Something special is going on at Heinz Hall with Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, even if the folks at Gramophone magazine don't know it yet. (Today)

Gregg Gillis, aka Girl Talk, is calling from the shadow of Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., deep in New England Patriots territory, where he has a Friday night gig on his whirlwind tour of 34 cities in 40 days. (Yesterday)

On his new album, "A Different Kind of Wild," Bill Deasy comes out of the closet -- as a sentimental fool. (Yesterday)

After years of sparring, classical music and pop are getting friendly, at least on the edges. (Yesterday)