Lou Reed and Metallica have just released this year’s frontrunner for strangest musical collaboration: Lulu, a 10-song album inspired by the work of German Expressionist playwright Frank Wedekind. We get reactions from Maura Johnston of the Village Voice and Phil Freeman, music writer and editor of RoadRunnerRecords.com. Plus, Maura and Phil help us explore unusual musical partnerships – and they offer their picks of the good and not so good.

Transgender artist, singer-songwriter, and actor Justin Vivian Bond (or, “v”) first turned heads in the ‘90s with the drag cabaret act Kiki and Herb, and later starred in the 2006 film “Shortbus.” Today, v joins us with a new memoir, called “Tango,” a solo album, called “Dendrophile” – and a live performance.

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Loutallica is part of a long history of musical collaboration, says John Schaefer. 

Saxophonist Michael Webster brings his own fresh take on classical and Latin jazz to the Brooklyn Lyceum on Wednesday night.