Musgraves' album Middle of Nowhere has the dramatic detail of good fiction. The same is true of Gary Stewart: I Am From the Honky-Tonks, Jimmy McDonough's portrait of a gifted but tragic performer.

The fearless free-funk and jazz artist, a student of Ornette Coleman's Harmolodics concept, followed his unorthodox path to a singular five-decade career.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Amy Lee, lead singer of the band Evanescence, about their new album, Sanctuary.

The Nigerian pop star delivers Afro-fusion grooves, dreamy soundscapes and high-energy rhythms with a stellar band.

In Tupelo, Miss., the next generation of Elvis tribute artists competed at an annual Elvis fest in the town where The King was born.

What makes a good World Cup anthem? Since the early '90s, FIFA officials have commissioned an official song for each World Cup. Some have been duds, while others turned into global hits.

Frontman Ben Gibbard talks about the band's latest album, I Built You a Tower.

We celebrate the rich culture, history of all Americans with Caribbean ancestry. Look for Tiny Desk Radio on your local NPR station.

A new HBO documentary by Questlove tells the story of the R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire. Morning Edition host A Martinez speaks with band members Philip Bailey, Verdine White and Ralph Johnson.

No discussion of the midyear pop charts would be complete without a breakdown of contenders for the honorific "song of the summer."

With a focus on music from Early Romantic Era composers, the show - Blossoming into Romanticism - now airs each Thursday at 4:00pm.

"Opera Shop" host Darren Hellwege talks with Matt Haney, who is directing two performances of Puccini's La Boheme with the Ozarks Lyric Opera in Springfield next weekend. https://ozarkslyricopera.com/la-boheme

"Opera Shop" host Darren Hellwege visits with some of the talented young people bringing a production of Gian Carlo Menoti's "Amahl and the Night Visitors" to Columbia. The production will be Dec. 5th and 6th at First Baptist Church of Columbia. Our guests are Molly Symmonds (Ahmal) Kennedy Kinnick (mother) and Carter Thiemann, who is the pianist.

Darren Hellwege, host of The Opera Shop, talks with Greg Campbell of the Lyric Opera of Kansas City about their run of "Madame Butterfly," this Friday through Sunday at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Lyric Opera of Kansas City

Darren Hellwege, host of The Opera Shop, talks with Anh Le of Opera Theatre of St. Louis about fall events with OTSL and how she discovered her love for opera through our public broadcasting colleagues.