“Hush, Lil Darlin” by Brittain Ashford is built on the well-known lullaby “Hush, Little Baby” (traditional) 🎶💤

Originally submitted to the 2025 #WNYC Public Song Project, the piece reimagines a familiar song with curious promises of goats and diamond rings 💍🐐 Ashford transforms it into something more intimate, singing to an anxious beloved rather than a child 💙

Listen now and get inspired 🎧

Submissions are open ⏳ Deadline May 10 ⤵️
https://wnyc.org/story/2026-public-song-project/

@WNYC

🎶 Create Songs from the Commons! 🎶

WNYC’s Simon Close shares how the Public Song Project invites anyone (yes, YOU) to transform #publicdomain poems, books, music, and more into original songs with no fancy gear required.

Let this Q&A inspire you to start creating👇 https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2026/04/songs-from-the-commons/

#PublicSongContest @publicdomainrev #WNYC

🌙 “Moonlight” by Devon Press is a composition built on the chords of Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven.

It was a winner in the 2025 #WNYC Public Song Project.

The piece transforms Beethoven’s work into something personal, layering subtle, nearly inaudible sounds that reflect Press’s hearing loss and create a conversation across centuries.

Listen now + get inspired
Submissions are open; deadline May 10 ⤵️
https://wnyc.org/story/2026-public-song-project/

📩 Questions? Email [email protected]

🎶 Hear from WNYC’s Simon Close on the Public Song Project

What can you create from the public domain? From poems to forgotten songs, discover how open culture becomes new music and how you can take part.

Learn more 👉 https://www.wnyc.org/story/2026-public-song-project/

#PublicSongContest @publicdomainrev #wnyc

NOW PLAYING == Brian Lehrer 4/8/26 The Future of #AI in #Journalism

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🎶 The Public Song Project is back for 2026! WNYC invites everyone to create songs inspired by the public domain. Remix, reinterpret, or reimagine & be heard on WNYC & the Internet Archive.

📅 Submit your song by May 10.

📝 Submission form, contest rules & more info ⤵️
https://www.wnyc.org/story/2026-public-song-project/

📩 Questions? Email [email protected]

#wnyc @internetarchive #PublicSongProject #PublicRadio

Digital Music News: WNYC and the Internet Archive Invite Musicians to ‘Reimagine the Public Domain’. “WNYC has teamed up with the Internet Archive for this year’s Public Song Project, inviting musicians to ‘reinterpret the public domain.’ Artists of any level are encouraged to ‘adapt, remix, or reimagine works published in 1930 or earlier.’ Selected submissions will featured by WNYC and […]

Christy Tanner Named CEO of New York Public Radio

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/christy-tanner-ceo-new-york-public-radio-1236650761/

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