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The trio of musicians behind the CD Toto Bona Lokua did something almost unheard of in today's world of over-produced recordings: they improvised.

Forty years ago this month, the Beatles began recording Rubber Soul. A new tribute CD features remakes of the landmark album's 14 tracks. Some of the artists weren't even born yet in 1965, when Rubber Soul came out.

Producer Derek Rath looks at the new book Global Beat Fusion: The History of the Future of Music. Author Derek Beres compares the contemporary worldwide club scene to ancient shamanistic rituals.

Michele Norris speaks with BBC disc jockey Charlie Gillett, who hosts a world music program in London. He's put together a two-CD set offering a sample of the most exciting music he's found during the past year

Stephen Stills has finished his first solo album in 14 years, a project interrupted by tours with David Crosby, Graham Nash and Neil Young. They appear on the new Stills CD, Man Alive!, but Stills made sure the songs reflected his own, ever-shifting musical tastes.

The son of Delta bluesman Big Milton Campbell made his first record at 18 and was still performing three weeks before his death this week. Rock and blues expert Peter Guralnick reflects on Little Milton's career.

A review of Get Behind Me Satan, the new album from the Detroit duo the White Stripes, by reviewer Tom Moon of the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Ed Gordon talks smooth jazz with one of the biggest names in the genre, saxophonist Kim Waters. His new CD is All for Love.

Rock historian Ed Ward offers a retrospective on the Australian group The Go-Betweens. The band has a new album, Oceans Apart, and is currently on tour.

Alta Ripa, or the "High River Bank," is an ancient name for the German city of Hanover. The European Baroque group Musica Alta Ripa got their start there in 1984, but they're just making their U.S. radio debut now, on Performance Today.