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The world's most popular glam band takes the stage at World Cafe Live as part of the WXPN's Life Fridays concert series.

Andy Hurwitz, creator of the CD Baby Loves Disco, returned with Baby Loves Hip Hop, in which top acts sing, rhyme and tell stories for the preschool set. This story first aired April 24, 2008.

Bob Dylan says that being labeled the voice of his generation actually got in the way of what he really wanted to do: write songs and play them. Hear his interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with music critic Tom Moon about the death of Glenn Frey, a founding member of The Eagles.

Jazz musician Keter Betts died Saturday in Maryland. He was 77. His bass could be heard on more than 100 albums, including three solo efforts. In 2003, he spoke with NPR for the series Musicians in Their Own Words.

Gustavo Dudamel has been called "the Obama of classical music." Hear the charismatic 28-year-old conductor from Venezuela officially take over the Los Angeles Philharmonic with a gala opening concert that includes a new piece by John Adams, as well as Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1.

NPR Music's Stephen Thompson reports on how halftime shows significantly influence listening habits.

Recorded just a week and half before Christmas, Jeff Coffin says his new trio album is "kind of a cross between Santa's Workshop and the Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop."

After nearly 30 years, 20 albums and countless concerts, the acclaimed vocal ensemble has announced the 2015-16 season will be its last. Hear a preview of the group's forthcoming album love fail.

Dekker plays drums in the innovative black-metal bands Agalloch and Ludicra, but says that before he'd ever heard Kiss, "there was only Coltrane." Find out which Mingus album he calls a "Lovecraftian noir soundtrack" and more with Dekker's favorite five jazz records.