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In the '50s, Richard Adler collaborated with his partner, Jerry Ross, on the Broadway musicals Damn Yankees and The Pajama Game. Currently, there is a new Broadway staging of The Pajama Game, starring Harry Connick Jr., and Michael McKean. This interview originally aired on August 9, 1990.

Thousands of guitar collectors head to Dallas for one of the biggest guitar shows of the year. Vintage Martins, Fenders and Gibsons might sell for as much as a quarter of a million dollars. The market for the guitars has been brisk, as aging baby boomers buy up classic models.

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones have been perfecting a dynamic hybrid of bluegrass, jazz and pop for more than 15 years. In the process, the band has practically created its own genre. Hear the group recorded live in concert, from XPN and World Cafe Live in Philadelphia.

Jazz violinist Regina Carter is currently traveling the globe promoting a new CD, I'll Be Seeing You: A Sentimental Journey. She talks about discovering her instrument and her passion at an early age.

Britain's experimental rock group Gomez is known for blurring lines between musical forms and genres, creating an entirely original sound nearly impossible to pin down to any one style. The band visited Washington, D.C. for a full concert June 22, webcast live on NPR.org with jazz trio The Bad Plus.

The Walkmen's members create an airy, room-filling, guitar-driven racket when needed. But they also craft ballads with loving attention to detail, sprinkling in delicate bells and wintry piano, producing a tone of introspection not often found in the work of their peers.

Dennis Coles is a Staten Island rapper whose moniker is Ghostface Killah. A member of the veteran hip-hop supergroup the Wu Tang Clan, Ghostface has gone from performing exclusively in a white ski mask to become one of the most recognized and respected rappers in hip hop. His new album is Fishscale.

A cult favorite among soul aficionados, Bettye LaVette is back with a scorching new CD, I've Got My Own Hell to Raise.

The Essex Green are a pop band based out of Brooklyn that have created their own blend of classic harmonies and modern sensibilities. Their new album is called Cannibal Sea.

A loose, fun, freewheeling energy dominates the new Bruce Springsteen CD, from the very first strains of songs like Old Dan Tucker, Jesse James, Erie Canal and others — songs first made popular by folk music icon Pete Seeger.