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Jose Gonzalez is a singer-songwriter from Sweden, born to Argentinian parents. He sings quiet songs accompanied by his beautiful playing on a nylon-stringed guitar.

Miriam Makeba was exiled from her home country for speaking out against apartheid, but that never stopped her from making music. Farai Chideya talks with Makeba in the first of a series on African Music.

With their effortlessly breezy harmonies and indelible hooks, the members of Nashville's The Bees (U.S.) dispense delicately crafted, beautifully rootsy pop. Often referred to as "Nashville's best poorly kept secret," the as-yet-unsigned band is poised for a national breakthrough.

A devotee of pop, soul and jazz, singer-songwriter Jonah Smith makes songs that are best categorized as "roots music," as he skillfully blends fundamental elements into a sound that's both progressive and accessible.

Sweet Honey in the Rock joins Fred Child in NPR's Studio 4A to commemorate "Juneteenth" — the anniversary of the day when word of the Emancipation Proclamation reached the last state in the union — with three songs.

Singer-songwriter Billy Preston has died in an Arizona hospital, ending a long fight against chronic kidney failure. The Grammy-winning performer gained fame working with artists such as The Beatles, which earned him an album credit for the Fab Four's "Get Back." He also played with the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton.

The composer, Gyorgy Ligeti, has died in Vienna after a long, undisclosed illness. He was 83. Ligeti reached a wider audience than most contemporary composers, largely due to filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, who used several Ligeti works in 2001: A Space Odyssey and Eyes Wide Shut.

The singer-songwriter has been compared to everyone from Bob Dylan to Kurt Cobain — though Damien Rice is a more obvious and direct comparison — but he's a unique and exciting talent in his own right. His debut album is I Sincerely Apologise For All The Trouble I've Caused.

British singer-songwriter Alexi Murdoch doesn't exactly rewrite the classic folk songbook on his first full-length studio album. But with his rich, hypnotic ballads and tender acoustic guitar work, he's created a timeless folk-pop record that's likely to endure.

An Argentine dad who loves Brazilian music, a Swedish childhood listening to Western pop, a stint in a hard-core metal band ... that['s the curious pedigree of singer-guitarist Jose Gonzalez, who can bring a hushed, haunting quality even to Kylie Minogue's pop hit "Hand on Your Heart." His music, well-known in Europe, is now finding an audience in the United States.