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The technologies that record companies blame for a downturn in retail sales -- computers, CD burners and the Internet -- are also allowing musicians to do more of the things that record labels used to do. In a three-part series, NPR's Rick Karr profiles artists and Internet sites embracing emerging business models.

Sorry, the Web audio for this segment is unavailable due to Internet rights issues. Donovan Leitch, known for psychedelic hits such as "Mellow Yellow," is back with his first album in 8 years, Beat Cafe. Known best by his first name alone, Leitch grew up in Glasgow, and was a big part of the San Francisco music scene in the late 1960s.

Miles Davis died on this day in 1991. Commentator Daphne Muse offers a remembrance of one of the giants of jazz music, and his legacy.

Norman Brown has been known as a top-notch smooth jazz guitarist. But in his new CD, West Coast Coolin', Brown unveils his singing voice. Hear NPR's Tavis Smiley and Brown.

The subway transformed the nation's largest city, and how the world viewed it. Over the decades, pop culture depictions of the subway have reflected the ever-changing image of the Big Apple. NPR's Robert Smith reports.

Members of the New York City rock band Interpol talk about life on the road as they prepare to tour for their new album, Antics.

Music critic Milo Miles reviews Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster, featuring performances by many contemporary artists, including John Prine, Yo Yo Ma and Mavis Staples.

Members Michael Hearst and Joshua Camp talk about their new CD, As Smart as We Are, which is a blend of literature and music. Each track is written by a different author, including Paul Auster and Margaret Atwood.

Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour burst on to the worldwide scene with his energetic vocals on Peter Gabriel's album So. He devotes his latest album Egypt to the Islamic religion — hear full-length tracks from the CD.

In the 1800s, community brass bands were a prime source of entertainment in America. Damon Talley and the Dodworth Saxhorn Band recreate 19th century bandstand music on period instruments.