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"Any Other Day," from Woods' new Sun and Shade, is a brief but appealingly off-kilter two-minute concoction.

Title Fight hits the sweet spot between the heartfelt pop-punk and melodic post-hardcore, but keeps its ear open to unexpected pop sources like Sonic Youth.

On her latest record, the Detroit-born singer teams up with songwriting veteran Brian Holland to pay tribute to the Motown sound.

Josh Norek and Abraham Velez of Hip Hop Hoodios talk to host Michel Martin about their latest CD, Carne Masada: Quite Possibly the Very Best of Hip Hop Hoodios. The two discuss the way they mix Jewish and Latin sounds with cultural commentary and a healthy dose of humor.

Susan Werner has done alternative folk, original American songbook material, and gospel for agnostics. And for her latest effort, she's picked a handful of '60s and '70s pop hits, and arranged string and woodwind backings for them.

A new Johnny Cash album, American Recordings VI: Ain't No Grave was released this week to coincide with what would have been Cash's 78th birthday. We remember the singer, songwriter and guitarist, who wrote more than 1,500 songs — and performed from the 1950s until just before his death in 2003.

The songwriter's music is often described as "swamp rock," an appropriate designation given that he writes most of his material in the backwoods outside Jacksonville, Fla. His latest album, Georgia Warhorse, unofficially pays tribute to his grandmother.

Vega is releasing an ambitious series of recordings in which she remakes her past work as voice-and-guitar folk music. With 1987's gentle, stripped-down ballad "Gypsy," that's not such a difficult task.

Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton are joined by Ann Powers and Stephen Thompson for a special edition of All Songs Considered that brings together the themes of the year.

The percussionist and bandleader, who died in 1983, played a significant role in Latin jazz history. A new album of recently recovered music is cause for revisiting his legacy.