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Smart, witty and sometimes absurd lyrics have become a trademark of Boston-based trio Jim's Big Ego. The band's latest CD is called They're Everywhere. NPR's Liane Hansen talks with lead singer Jim Infantino. Hear songs from the CD and watch two of the band's videos.

With more than 25 records released, you might think 56-year-old Emmylou Harris would fall into some sort of rut, or at least lean on successful formulas. Her new record, Stumble Into Grace, turns out to be another ground-breaking record for the singer and songwriter. Reviewer Meredith Ochs says the songs are modern day folk songs that are personal and well crafted.

HearingVoices.com producer Dmae Roberts profiles Wu Man, a Chinese musician who has worked to introduce the pipa, a traditional Chinese instrument, to American listeners.

The mbira, or Zimbabwean thumb piano, is a revered ceremonial instrument from Southern Africa. As played by Stella Chiweshe, the mbira's often haunting sound has recently been embraced by world music enthusiasts. Chiweshe performs songs from her new CD and talks about the deeply spiritual and political sources of her inspiration.

If Steely Dan's new album sounds familiar, it's because it features the distinctive style of smooth but funky jazz that Walter Becker and Donald Fagen have brought to their music for more than 30 years. NPR's Steve Inskeep interviews the duo. Hear songs from Everything Must Go.

Artists who entered this year's Tiny Desk Contest impressed us with their outstanding performances — and their creative desks. Check out some of our favorites desks of the 2022 Tiny Desk Contest.

If this is any indication of what Old Crow Medicine Show still has in store so many recordings in its career, we should count ourselves lucky.

Musically, 2015 was a heavyweight champion year: Tame Impala, Father John Misty, Kendrick Lamar, Grimes, Sufjan Stevens, Adele, Drake and Chris Stapleton all released exceptional new albums.

A single from Allen's 1980 album, soon to be reissued, finds the singer on the road from his home state of Texas, pointed to California, poised between country music tradition and something wilder.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Orville Peck, the country musician whose identity is kept secret behind a fringed mask, about his second full-length album Bronco.