Rick Benjamin and his Paragon Ragtime Orchestra are featured performers in the PBS-Television Great Performances series Now Hear This. The hour-long episode, entitled Everyone Loves Joplin, explores the life, music, and legacy of the great American-American composer Scott Joplin. The program is hosted by violinist Scott Yoo and directed by Harry Lynch.

Everyone Loves Joplin premiers on Friday, April 17 at 9:00 pm Eastern / 8:00 Central on PBS, pbs.org/gperf and the PBS app.

Click here for details and local listings:  https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/now-hear-this-everyone-loves-joplin-about/17610/