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Scott speaks with Jim Nayder, host of the radio feature The Annoying Music Show, about music for weddings.

Midwestern singer-songwriter Greg Brown is both a road poet and a keen observer of the natural world. He says that he likes to think about his work as stories sanded down into songs. His new CD is called Covenant; it's his 17th album. He talks to Jacki from his home in Iowa City. (Red House Records 2000)

The twelve men a capella group called Chanticleer was formed in San Francisco 20 years ago. Their latest CD Magnificat features compositions from the middle ages that are dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Noah speaks with Chanticleer's musical director Joseph Jennings and alto Philip Wilder about the CD.

Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett. Called one of the greatest improvisers in the history of jazz, Jarrett was famous for his wildly passionate solo recitals. In 1996, Jarrett came down with a mysterious illness-- an interstitial bacterial parasite-- that caused him to stop performing for about two and a half years. Jarrett has started performing and recording again, but he still keeps a low public profile, so his condition will not worsen again. His newest CD, Whisper Not (Universal Classics), will be released next month. His other recent CD, Melody at Night, With You, was a solo album Jarrett recorded at his home studio in rural New Jersey.

NPR's Renee Montagne talks to members of the North Mississippi Allstars about their new CD Shake Hands With Shorty. (8:34) North Mississippi Allstars latest CD is titled Shake Hands With Shorty, Uni/Tone Cool; ASIN: B00004T0EE, www.tonecool.com

NPR's Rick Karr reports that the first Latin Grammy will be held tonight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences is hosting the event.

Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews recordings by two countertenors: a collection of religious music for solo voice by Vivaldi performed by German born Andreas Scholl (on Decca) and Serenade (Virgin Classics) by American David Daniels.

Guests: DONNIE MCCLURKIN Gospel singer his two albums are titled Donnie McClurkin and Live in London and More Nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album Author of the forthcoming book Eternal Victim, Eternal Victor (Fall, 2000) HORACE CLARENCE BOYER Professor Emeritus, Music Theory and African-American Music, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Author, How Sweet the Sound: The Golden Age of Gospel (Univ. of Illinois, 2000) Its roots are in work songs and spirituals, but Gospel music has changed greatly in the last few decades. Early artists like Mahalia Jackson first brought gospel to a larger audience. Today, Contemporary Gospel incorporates elements from jazz, pop and even hip-hop. Join Juan Williams for a conversation with an award-winning Gospel singer about Gospel and its place in American music.

McEntire and members of her team were checking out a historical building in Atoka, Okla. They got trapped inside after its staircase collapsed and had to be rescued.

Rodrigo's spiky "good 4 u" isn't just a breakup song: It inserts her into a tradition of art, including one particularly beloved cult horror film, about the right of teenage girls to get angry.